TV Dating Game contestant Cheryl Bradshaw could barely contain her excitement when the screen rolled back to reveal her "dream date"- fashion photographer Rodney Alcala.
She smiled as tall, tanned and handsome Alcala clasped her hand. Bradshaw was looking for love and hoped the popular US blind dating game would lead her to happiness.
But backstage, when the cameras stopped rolling, Bradshaw began feeling "uneasy" as smooth-talking Alcala promised her a date she would never forget.
"I started to feel ill. He was acting really creepy," said Bradshaw. "I turned down his offer. I didn't want to see him again."
It was a life-saving decision. For "bachelor number one" Alcala was a serial killer - a sadistic psychopath who had murdered four women in California, including a girl, 12.
And, after his appearance on the ABC TV show in September 1978, his death tally grew ... with police believing Bradshaw's rejection drove a new hunger to kill.
Read More: Daily Telegraph Australia
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