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Dec 2021
52m 59s

217: The Dating Game Killer (From 20/20)

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In the 1970s, a serial killer was running rampant, crisscrossing the country murdering young women and girls in California, Wyoming, and New York City...and probably more. The cops had nothing to go on. And little did they know that the killer was hiding in plain sight and even appeared on the popular TV show "The Dating Game" WHERE. HE. WON. THE. SHOW. AND. A . DATE. WITH. THE. FEMALE. CONTESTANT. 

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