Episode 71 - The Dating Game Killer & The Life and Lies of Belle Gibson
In this week’s Episode, Erika covers the murders of Rodney Alcala a.k.a. “The Dating Game Killer”. For years, Rodney was able to get away with murder, by posing as a photographer and luring young girls, young boys and women into his web of lies and deceit. He would even appear and win a date with Cheryl Bradshaw on the popular game show “The Dating Game”. Luckily, Cheryl saw through the charm and got a weird creepy vibe from him, so the date never happened. That decision possibly saved her life. Sadly, many other women were not so lucky. Listen in while Erika shares the story of how Alcala got away with murder until he didn’t.
For Valentine’s Day, Jason found Erika a ‘Diet’ Wine. LOL - It’s Bota Box “Breeze” Red Blend, and its pretty good. Per a 5oz pour its only 85 Calories, 4.3g of Carbs and 8% Alcohol.
Sources:
www.allthatisinteresting.com / The Horrifying Story of Rodney Alcala, The Serial Killer Who Won ‘The Dating Game’ During His Murder Spree / Erin Kelly / July 30,2021
www.nytimes.com / Rodney Alcala, the ‘Dating Game’ Serial Killer, Dies / Michael Levenson & Eduardo Medina / July 24,2021
www.rollingstones.com / Rodney Alcala, ‘The Dating Game Killer,’ Dead at 77 / Daniel Kreps
www.en.wikipedia.org
Photo Credits:
www.mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com
Then Amber covers the story of an Australian influencer and “ecopreneur”, Belle Gibson who scammed everyone into believing she came up with an at home cure for Cancer. She created a mobile app called The Whole Pantry which had over 300,00 downloads and even wrote a book. She claimed to have donated thousands of dollars to numerous charities, but all of it was a lie. So, listen in while Amber dives deep into Belle Gibson’s fake and fraudulent life, it’s a doozy.
Amber was drinking a Rose by Tucana from South Africa, she really enjoyed it.
Sources:
www.en.wikipedia.org
Maintenance Phase Podcast / February 1, 2022 / “Illness Influencer” Episode
https://www.bbc.co.uk / Belle Gibson: The influencer who lied about having cancer / Hannah Price / July 9, 2021
https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk / Bad Influencer on BBC One: Who is Belle Gibson, why did she lie about cancer and where is she now? / Helen Fear
Photo Credits:
www.abcnews.com
