Alayna

I had no fucking clue.

I had no fucking clue.

Agreed. More important than what his peers and neighbors thought of him, though, was the fact that none of them had seen him recently. In fact, Hodel could have searched all over California, and he never would have found Rodney Alcala, because by then, Rodney Alcala was thousands of miles away.

Agreed. More important than what his peers and neighbors thought of him, though, was the fact that none of them had seen him recently. In fact, Hodel could have searched all over California, and he never would have found Rodney Alcala, because by then, Rodney Alcala was thousands of miles away.

As Steve Hodel was making the rounds of the UCLA campus to learn about his suspect, Rodney Alcala, now calling himself John Berger, walked into the admissions office at New York University, and applied for a spot in the undergraduate film program at the School of Fine Arts.

As Steve Hodel was making the rounds of the UCLA campus to learn about his suspect, Rodney Alcala, now calling himself John Berger, walked into the admissions office at New York University, and applied for a spot in the undergraduate film program at the School of Fine Arts.

You know what I think I'll do? I think I'll take a film class after, you know, terrorizing people in California and a small child. That sounds good. Yeah. Despite the highly competitive nature of the program, actually at the time, one of the instructors was the then acclaimed Roman Polanski. And the fact that the semester had already started, Alcala was admitted. Wow. Like he's a charmer. Wow.

You know what I think I'll do? I think I'll take a film class after, you know, terrorizing people in California and a small child. That sounds good. Yeah. Despite the highly competitive nature of the program, actually at the time, one of the instructors was the then acclaimed Roman Polanski. And the fact that the semester had already started, Alcala was admitted. Wow. Like he's a charmer. Wow.

Yeah. That just goes to show you. That right there. That's a competitive school. At the time, Roman Polanski was like a very. Prominent name. Prominent name. Exactly. And they're like, yeah, you can take this class. Wow. What? Damn. Once again, though, he impressed his professors, his peers who found him to be charismatic, like I just said, and highly motivated student.

Yeah. That just goes to show you. That right there. That's a competitive school. At the time, Roman Polanski was like a very. Prominent name. Prominent name. Exactly. And they're like, yeah, you can take this class. Wow. What? Damn. Once again, though, he impressed his professors, his peers who found him to be charismatic, like I just said, and highly motivated student.

Yes.

Yes.

Yeah, he's got that smarmy charm. Smarmy charm. Yep. Admissions chairperson R. Lee Mock said of Alcala, there was a quiet determinism that seemed to pervade everything he did. Outside of class, it appeared that he was similarly successful. He dated casually. Oh, can you fucking imagine? Can you imagine looking back? Absolutely not. Because you'd have no way of knowing. No, you'd never know.

Yeah, he's got that smarmy charm. Smarmy charm. Yep. Admissions chairperson R. Lee Mock said of Alcala, there was a quiet determinism that seemed to pervade everything he did. Outside of class, it appeared that he was similarly successful. He dated casually. Oh, can you fucking imagine? Can you imagine looking back? Absolutely not. Because you'd have no way of knowing. No, you'd never know.

That's the thing. Again, he's so charismatic.

That's the thing. Again, he's so charismatic.

I mean, again, going back to the beginning of the episode, he was the bachelor who won the dating game, won the date.

I mean, again, going back to the beginning of the episode, he was the bachelor who won the dating game, won the date.

Yeah. I can't even imagine. I cannot even imagine. He made friends with fellow students. He was working on group projects with people. Wow. He even managed to make some money as a commercial photographer at that time. In every sense, he seemed an ordinary but particularly driven student and nobody suspected there was anything dark about him at all.

Yeah. I can't even imagine. I cannot even imagine. He made friends with fellow students. He was working on group projects with people. Wow. He even managed to make some money as a commercial photographer at that time. In every sense, he seemed an ordinary but particularly driven student and nobody suspected there was anything dark about him at all.