Produced by Gayane Keshishyan Mendez and Tom Seligson. When "48 Hours" first investigated the case of Rodney Alcala, he had been convicted of the murder of five California women. But it wasn't ...

Rodney Alcala was convicted of murdering seven women and children in the '60s and '70s, two survived their encounters with the serial killer Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She ...

MONIQUE Hoyt was one of the few people who survived an encounter with serial killer Rodney Alcala, during his crime spree which ran from 1968 until 1979. The murderer’s crimes were dramatized in ...

She eventually picks bachelor number three, Rodney Alcala, who describes himself as a successful photographer and amateur skydiver. Turns out, Rodney is actually a prolific serial killer around ...

You’ll sometimes hear people say, ‘Rodney’s kind of like Ted Bundy,’ by which I think they mean he’s handsome and well-educated. But he was actually very different: He was a chameleon.

Rodney Alcala appeared on a dating show that led to his infamy. Pic credit: Huntington Beach Police Department/ @criminologytube/YouTube In 1978, Rodney James Alcala appeared on the popular TV ...

“When they came to us, we were really kind of flattered. It made total sense.” Rodney echoed that sentiment. “There’s so many people out there … of a certain age that have kind of been ...

Photo of Rodney James Alcala who was handed the death penalty for the slaying of 12 year-old Robin ... [+] Samsoe in 1979. (File Photo by Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty ...

The film’s ending does just that: it highlights the bittersweet victory of a teenage runaway who manages to escape while acknowledging the haunting reality that Rodney would go on to kill again.