According to the book “The Dating Game Killer: The True Story of a TV Dating ... Alcala’s trail of blood intensified in the ...

The movie stars Kendrick as Sheryl, a very close stand-in for Cheryl Bradshaw, a 28-year-old woman who in 1978 went on a popular TV show called "The Dating Game." Start the day smarter.

Dubbed "The Dating Game Killer" because he was Bachelor #1 on a popular television show of the same name, Alcala raped the little girl before police arrived. But Tali Shapiro was not yet dead.

California's 'Dating Game' serial killer and rapist arrives in New York to face two NEW murder charges of women murdered in the 1970s The 'most prolific' serial killer in U.S. history is sentenced ...

How one of America’s most infamous rapists and serial killers wound up on The Dating Game TV show in 1978 and even beat out his fellow contestants.