40. The Game Show Killer and The Shutterbug Murderer

Listen to this episode from Into The Dark on Spotify. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices