On this episode, Payton discusses two different killers with almost identical methods of luring victims to their deaths. One of which was on a Dating Game Show and won! The man later became one of the most notorious killers in American History.
Rodney Alcala — unidentified women:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/scpr/albums/72157623600695928
Bill Bradford — ... Show More
Aug 2018
Ep81 - The Cleveland Torso Murderer
The Cleveland Torso Murderer is an unknown serial killer who murdered at least 12 and maybe as many as 20 in the 1930s. The murders were absolutely horrific, as victims were decapitated, dismembered, and disembowled. The famous lawman Eliot Ness even headed up the search for the ... Show More
1 h
Feb 2024
203. How Ancestry Websites Solved a Cold Case
In this episode, Payton and Garrett dive into the case of two women who were murdered 100 miles apart. When police can’t identify the women, they turn to an emergent technology to help solve this cold case.
Case Sources:
“Web of Death” Season One, Episode Four
“Cold Case Files” ... Show More
40m 47s
Apr 2022
Murder Made Me Famous: The "Dating Game Killer"
With estimates that run as high as 130 murders, Rodney Alcala’s ruthless spree of murder, rape, and sexual assault throughout the 1970’s has been widely compared to that of Ted Bundy’s. During this time, Alcala took sexually explicit photos of hundreds of young men and women as a ... Show More
44m 2s