Rodney Alcala had the perfect all-American white smile and long, flowing hair, so it's hardly surprising that he was a big hit with the ladies when he appeared on a dating TV show.
But behind his smooth chat up lines was a sickening double life, in which he had brutally murdered up to 100 innocent women in the 1970s.
When he appeared on The Dating Game in 1978 he had already committed a series of murders - and seemed to have no plans of stopping.
His charm won him a date with Cheryl Bradshaw, but when the cameras stopped rolling she reportedly found him a little odd - and was so concerned that refused to go on a date with him.
One of the other men who appeared on the show hoping to get a date, Jed Mills, later told a newspaper: "Rodney was kind of quiet.
"I remember him because I told my brother about this one guy who was kind of good-looking but kind of creepy.
"He was always looking down and not making eye contact.”
Decades later, in February 2010, Alcala was convicted of strangling four women and a 12-year-old girl and after he was sentenced police released more than 100 photos of other young women he may have murdered.
On the show, he was introduced as a "successful photographer", and the host said: "Between takes you might find him skydiving or motorcying."
Speaking from behind a screen, in a similar set up to the UK's Blind Date, Alcala said hello to by saying: "We're going to have a great time together Cheryl."
He later says: "Night time is when it gets really good."
He goes on to do an impression of a "dirty old man" and makes groaning noises when telling Cheryl to "come over here".
Alcala murdered Georgia Wixted, 27, Charlotte Lamb, 32, Jill Parenteau, 21, Jill Barcomb, 18, and 12-year-old Robin Samsoe.
He showed little emotion when he was sentenced and kept his head down as families of his five victims took their turn condemning the 66-year-old amateur photographer.
Bruce Barcomb, the brother of victim Jill Barcomb, said: "There is murder and rape and then there is the unequivocal carnage of a Rodney Alcalastyle murder."
Alcala acted as his own lawyer during the bizarre trial in California.
He questioned the mum of one of his victims, showed a clip of him appearing on 70s TV show The Dating Game and played a song by folk star Arlo Guthrie.
He had been sentenced to death twice before for killing Robin in 1979 but those verdicts were overturned on appeal.
Prosecutors refiled charges in that case and added the four other murders in 2006 after investigators linked them to Alcala using DNA samples and other new evidence.
In 2013 he was sentences to additional prison time for the murders of two more women - Cornelia Crilley and Ellen Hover.
The horrifying case brought the veteran judge who sentenced him to tears.
As she handed him an addition 25 to life sentence, New York Supreme Court Judge Bonnie Wittner said: "This kind of case is something I've never experienced, hope to never again.
"I just want to say I hope these families find some peace and solace for these inexplicably brutal and horrific acts.
"In 30 years I've never had a case like this", reports the Wall Street Journal.
Alcala grew up in Texas but moved to LA when he was 11 after his parents split.
He joined the Army at 17 but was dismissed under medical grounds, so enrolled at film school before getting a job at the Los Angeles Times.
He used the role to pose as a fashion photographer, and convinced thousands of people to pose for explicit photos.
