The chilling thriller, about a woman named Sheryl Bradshaw who crosses paths with a serial killer on a dating show, is based on a true and gruesome story. Read on to find out everything that happened.

Plenty of people from Tom Selleck to Farrah Fawcett went on "The Dating Game" looking for love, fame and fortune — or at least a free trip. One woman got more than she expected: An encounter with a ...

“Woman of the Hour” star and director Anna Kendrick says watching the real Rodney Alcala’s appearance on a dating game show “really informed” his character in the Netflix thriller. Alcala, a convicted ...

While the recent release of a new film has brought the infamous case of serial killer Rodney Alcala back into the public eye, a former detective who helped put the "monster" behind bars for life told ...

There’s a troubling pattern over the years of murderers and serial killers appearing on television, namely game shows. One example is Rodney Alcala, who was on the hit game show “The Dating Game” in ...

Don’t pick Bachelor No. 1. Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, “Woman of the Hour,” tells the chilling and unbelievable story of serial killer Rodney Alcala, who appeared on the hit game show “The ...

Retired detective Craig Robison explained in a new interview how a re-run of ‘The Dating Game’ led to Alcala’s arrest Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Rodney Alcala’s infamous appearance on The Dating Game ...

It has been four years since the 'Dating Game Killer' Rodney Alcala died on July 24, 2021 Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

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“The Dating Game,” which first premiered in 1965, paired a bachelorette with three eligible bachelors who were obscured behind a wall. The young lady would ask a series of saucy questions to each ...