The Dating Game Killer
How did serial killer Rodney Alcala get on the popular TV show The Dating Game, and win!?

How did serial killer Rodney Alcala get on the popular TV show The Dating Game, and win!?
How did lottery winner Joseph Rukaj end up in Sing Sing prison? Was he the target of a blood feud, or did he commit intentional murder?
Who killed Peggy Nadell? Was it a complete stranger, or did someone very close have a few million dollars worth of motive? Linda and Mike share the details of this grizzly murder that occurred in January 2014 in Valley Cottage, NY.
16 year old Carlton Mason brutally murdered two young girls in the woods of Spring Valley, NY, in 1953.
Robert Reldan was a smooth talking murderer who left a path of crime from New Jersey to Rockland County, NY. He was sentenced to life in prison in 1979, but may be eligible for parole in the near future.
Convicted murderer Edgar Smith was such a smooth talker, he even fooled famed attorney William F. Buckley. His known crime streak started with the 1957 murder of 15 year old Victoria Zielinski in Ramsey, New Jersey.
On May 12, 1967, Dr. Steven Schaff, a veterinarian in Palisades, NY, fatally shot Robert Nowak in the head with a shotgun. Was it an accident?
All four members of the Harris family were murdered, then set on fire, three days before Christmas in 1989.
John Martine was murdered in Port Jervis, NY, in 1903. The case involves an affair (of course) and early techniques of bullet trajectory investigation. Originally aired April 9, 2019.
Linda and Mike revisit the brutal murder of Paula Bohovesky in Pearl River, NY, in October 1980. Originally aired July 9, 2019.
Joseph J. Fischer travelled across the country, leaving untold numbers of victims along the way, including his wife, Claudine Eggers, in Dutchess County, NY. Originally aired May 14, 2019.
The Death Mask Murder in Stony Point, NY, occurred on March 17, 1985. The investigation took several unexpected turns. Originally aired March 12, 2019.
Serial killer Nathaniel White as active in the Middletown, NY, area in 1991 and 1992. Originally aired January 15, 2019.
14 year old Bobby Leonard was shot between the eyes in 1950 in Milan, NY. The murderer, Joseph Paonessa, claims he was forced to do it under "thought control."
Linda and Mike take a rare trip outside the Hudson Valley to talk about three brutal murders in Illinois.
Serial Killer Kendall Francois was active in the Poughkeepsie, NY, area from 1996 to 1998. Aired January 1, 2019.
Nobody liked Richard Jennings. His was the first murder-for-hire in New York State, back on December 21, 1818, in Sugar Loaf. Aired on November 13, 2018.
Talk about corruption. Rockland County political boss William Cleary admitted to killing his daughter's husband in Haverstraw, NY, in 1914, and couldn't even get himself arrested.
Arnold and Elaine Sohn were brutally murdered in their home in Monsey, NY, on December 28, 1980. Join Mike & Linda as they discuss all the details. Aired April 30, 2019
Five year old Nancy Jean Costigan was murdered and placed in an apartment building furnace in Mount Vernon, NY, in 1934.
The Last Call Killer, Richard Rogers, Haverstraw, NY, in 1993. Originally aired October 9, 2018
Joachim Fuerte was murdered in Spring Valley, NY, in 1869 over an $8 debt.
The robbery of a Brink's armored car at the Nanuet Mall in Nanuet, NY, on October 20, 1981, resulted in the murders of two police officers and a Brink's armed guard. Originally aired July 23, 2019.
"The Scarsdale Diet Doctor" was murdered on March 10, 1980, in Purchase, NY. Originally aired January 29, 2019
Aired October 19, 2019
A grizzly murder solved with the help of New York City's first female police officer. Originally aired February 26, 2019.
Fair warning: This one is especially disturbing.
Computer nerd Wyley Gates confessed to killing his father, brother, 3-year-old cousin, and his father's girlfriend in East Chatham, NY, in 1986. He is now back in society.