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Oct 2023
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40. The Game Show Killer and The Shutter...

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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 — unidentified women:

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14026634


Lonnie Franklin — unidentified women: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/grim-sleeper-serial-killer-suspects-secret-photos/2/


Episode sources:


abcnews.go.com/US/dating-game-serial-killer-connected-victims-decades-deaths/story?id=75061341


abcnews.go.com/US/serial-killer-rodney-alcalas-photographs-recognize/story?id=75067205

americansecuritytoday.com/dating-game-killer-dies-yet-police-still-seek-ids-of-women-photographs/


caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-supreme-court/1122302.html


casetext.com/case/people-v-bradford-2


cbsnews.com/news/serial-killers-secret-photos-21-women-identified-from-rodney-alcalas-archives/#textSerial20Killer27s20Secret20Photos3A2021Alcala27s2022Archives22202D20CBS20News


cbsnews.com/news/exposed/


cbsnews.com/pictures/grim-sleeper-serial-killer-suspects-secret-photos/


cnn.com/2006/LAW/07/26/bradford.interview/index.html


crime.about.com/od/serial/a/Profile-Of-Serial-Killer-Rodney-Alcala.htm


criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Rodney_Alcala


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bradford_(murderer)


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grim_Sleeper


facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=1609711022811430&id=209739509475262&paipv=0&eav=AfZZfyl2SC1NhbD-ZpBaAdeKUJNCQAWj6cdrHecP_hK0R9gKv8KSEIbhjjBEpZbZUP4&_rdr


flickr.com/photos/scpr/albums/72157623600695928/page1


imdb.com/title/tt1631219/


kpcc.org/2010-03-16/missing-women-identified-convicted-serial-killers


murderpedia.org/male.A/a/alcala-rodney.htm


ocregister.com/2010/03/17/4-alcala-photos-linked-to-missing-women


people.com/crime/rodney-alcala-serial-killer-woman-survived-attack-as-child


the-sun.com/news/8664600/who-tali-shapiro-rodney-alcala


thecinemaholic.com/where-is-chris-camacho-now


thecinemaholic.com/where-is-tali-shapiro-now


web.archive.org/web/20151031182957/http://www.ocweekly.com/2010-01-21/news/rodney-alcala-murder/2/


youtube.com/watch?v=BbbUz43Tahk

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