Alayna

Low key, we can get into it now. I was putting it off a little bit because we are covering, if you have clicked on this episode, you know that we're covering Rodney Alcala, the dating game killer. I had a very surface knowledge of this case. And when I tell you so surface, it was barely even, I don't know.

Low key, we can get into it now. I was putting it off a little bit because we are covering, if you have clicked on this episode, you know that we're covering Rodney Alcala, the dating game killer. I had a very surface knowledge of this case. And when I tell you so surface, it was barely even, I don't know.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. So I saw, you know, that movie and I was like, oh, cool. Like, that's an interesting case. I'd like to cover that. So I told Dave and Dave was like, are you sure? And I said, yeah. We should have known then. We should have known then. It's obviously a case that should be told because these people deserve to have their story told.

Yeah. So I saw, you know, that movie and I was like, oh, cool. Like, that's an interesting case. I'd like to cover that. So I told Dave and Dave was like, are you sure? And I said, yeah. We should have known then. We should have known then. It's obviously a case that should be told because these people deserve to have their story told.

But it is brutal.

But it is brutal.

it is very gruesome uh a lot of these women were unfortunately raped so we're gonna that that's something we're gonna be talking about um so i am gonna break this up i think into three parts yeah um just you know it makes it a little easier to digest and there's a lot of parts and there's a lot to cover yeah so this is gonna be part one part one i think is definitely gonna be a little bit shorter

it is very gruesome uh a lot of these women were unfortunately raped so we're gonna that that's something we're gonna be talking about um so i am gonna break this up i think into three parts yeah um just you know it makes it a little easier to digest and there's a lot of parts and there's a lot to cover yeah so this is gonna be part one part one i think is definitely gonna be a little bit shorter

Then parts two and three, but it kind of sets the sets the scene. So let's start even somewhat kind of in the middle, I would say. And a lot of people will know this as the dating game killer case. So that's what we're starting. Yeah. When Cheryl Bradshaw appeared on the popular game show The Dating Game in 1978, she was very charmed by bachelor number one Rodney Alcala.

Then parts two and three, but it kind of sets the sets the scene. So let's start even somewhat kind of in the middle, I would say. And a lot of people will know this as the dating game killer case. So that's what we're starting. Yeah. When Cheryl Bradshaw appeared on the popular game show The Dating Game in 1978, she was very charmed by bachelor number one Rodney Alcala.

And by the end of the episode, she had actually chosen to pick him as her date. But just minutes after the episode finished taping, she actually met him in person backstage. And she was immediately uncomfortable and actually quickly contacted producers of the show to cancel the date immediately. This is the craziest part to me. It was just a gut instinct she had.

And by the end of the episode, she had actually chosen to pick him as her date. But just minutes after the episode finished taping, she actually met him in person backstage. And she was immediately uncomfortable and actually quickly contacted producers of the show to cancel the date immediately. This is the craziest part to me. It was just a gut instinct she had.

And it just, I don't know what happened during that conversation, but something struck her and she went with her gut, which you have to applaud. Thank goodness she did. She called the contestant coordinator, Ellen Metzger, I believe is how you say her name. The day after filming. And she said, Ellen, I can't go out with this guy. There's weird vibes that are coming off of him. He's very strange.

And it just, I don't know what happened during that conversation, but something struck her and she went with her gut, which you have to applaud. Thank goodness she did. She called the contestant coordinator, Ellen Metzger, I believe is how you say her name. The day after filming. And she said, Ellen, I can't go out with this guy. There's weird vibes that are coming off of him. He's very strange.

I'm not comfortable. Is that going to be a problem? Luckily, Ellen was like, nope, is not going to be an issue at all.

I'm not comfortable. Is that going to be a problem? Luckily, Ellen was like, nope, is not going to be an issue at all.

She said, trust your gut, girl. That's fine. Now, what Cheryl Bradshaw didn't know at that time was that in canceling the date, she had narrowly avoided spending an evening in the company of one of America's most notorious serial killers. At the time of his appearance on The Dating Game in 1978, Rodney Alcala was already a convicted sexual predator.

She said, trust your gut, girl. That's fine. Now, what Cheryl Bradshaw didn't know at that time was that in canceling the date, she had narrowly avoided spending an evening in the company of one of America's most notorious serial killers. At the time of his appearance on The Dating Game in 1978, Rodney Alcala was already a convicted sexual predator.