About this episode
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/
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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/
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cbsnews.com/news/exposed/
cbsnews.com/pictures/grim-sleeper-serial-killer-suspects-secret-photos/
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youtube.com/watch?v=BbbUz43Tahk
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