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166 The Dating Game Killer, Rodney Alcala Part 2

·1 hr 11 min·4 clips

Monique Hoyt survived by calming Alcala after he hit her with a large rock and tied her up.

1. Crimes, Killers, Cults, and Beer: A True Crime Podcast centers this episode on Rodney Alcala Part 2 and the killings tied to his name. 2. Bill hosts with Kevin Carlton, who is introduced as the interim co-host and host of History Goon, and their joking banter frames the episode’s tone. 3. The episode asks how Rodney Alcala moved from one violent crime scene to another, then onto The Dating Game, while police missed him. 4. Georgia Wickstead, a 27-year-old nurse in Malibu, is described as Alcala’s next victim after he returned to Los Angeles. 5. Her apartment shows forced entry through a removed window screen, a blood-soaked bed, and blood spatter on the walls and ceiling. 6. Bill says Wickstead was nude, beaten, raped, strangled, and marked with multiple bite wounds, then posed on the floor with her arms stretched out and legs spread. 7. Charlotte Lamb’s case in El Segundo follows, with her car found in the apartment parking lot and her body found in a laundry room. 8. Bill emphasizes that Lamb was posed nude with her arms tucked behind her back and her breasts facing upward. 9. The episode links that posing behavior to photographs and mentions serial killer Harvey Glattman and Danny Rolling as comparisons. 10. Ellen Hover’s disappearance returns the story to New York City, where Bill says Alcala was using the name John Berger. 11. Hover’s remains were recovered after a tip about sunsets from the cliffs in Westchester, New York, and dental records confirmed the identification. 12. Bill says Hover had written Alcala’s name on a calendar, and relatives later said she had described him as pursuing her before they went on a date. 13. The Dating Game segment explains that Alcala entered the show in September 1978 while he was still active as a killer. 14. Cheryl Bradshaw picked him over the other bachelors, and Bill says she later backed out because she felt creeped out. 15. Bill and Kevin replay the show’s dialogue, including Alcala’s answers about nighttime, the banana, and being a drama teacher in a reenactment. 16. The Monique Hoyt attack becomes a major survival story, with Bill describing the rock attack, the restraints, and her apology-driven attempt to keep him calm. 17. Bill says Hoyt’s calm responses helped him break down crying, which gave her the opening to escape and call police at a gas station. 18. The tone stays conversational and unscripted, with jokes about music, YouTube, technical problems, and movie portrayals woven into the crime chronology. 19. Listeners who like detailed serial-killer case timelines and police procedure will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting a tight, spoiler-light summary without banter may prefer a shorter recap.

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