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"In the nightmare realm of American serial killers, few names carry more sadistic depravity than Rodney Alcala. Also known as the ""Dating Game Killer,"" Alcala hid behind a disarming charm and innocent-seeming persona as a photographer to orchestrate a decades-long spree of rape, torture, and necrophilic murder across the United States. From his twisted beginnings as a diagnosed psychopath in the U.S. military to his tenure as a student at elite universities like UCLA and NYU, Alcala insinuated himself into the lives of hundreds of young men and women through the lure of appearing in his sinister ""portfolios."" His evil double life finally imploded after the 1979 disappearance of a 12-year-old girl led police to his disturbing locker of over 1,000 photographs of potential victims. This comprehensive account chronicles every phase of Alcala's monstrous trail of terror - from his assaults on children to his convictions for murdering seven victims including Robin Samsoe and Ellen Jane Hover. It explores his arrogant decision to serve as his own attorney during his third trial, where he was finally sentenced to death in 2010. The hunt also continues to identify additional potential victims from Alcala's vast photographic catalog of depravity. Was Rodney Alcala one of history's most deranged and depraved serial killers, or merely the most charming and sophisticated? Just how many more nameless victims remain forever preserved in his haunting galleries of evil? And will the long-delayed justice served finally bring solace to the loved ones of the innocents he defiled? The Dating Game Killer is true crime's ultimate exploration into the darkness of one human monster."

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