Before he was a convicted serial killer, Rodney Alcala, now 66, was a winning bachelor on "The Dating Game" in 1978 according to a report on CNN. Alcala, who already had been convicted for the 1968 rape of an 8-year-old girl, was the first contestant to be introduced in the game-show episode. "Bachelor No. 1 is a successful photographer who got his start when his father found him in the dark room at the age of 13, fully developed," host Jim Lange said. "Between takes you might find him skydiving or motor-cycling. Please welcome Rodney Alcala." Alcala was chosen by the woman contestant for a date but refused to go out with him.. Within months of his "Dating Game" appearance, Alcala would become a killer, prosecutors say, abducting and murdering a 12-year-old girl in 1979. Before the decade was over, Alcala would claim four more victims. Last month Alcala was convicted of muderdering four women and a 12-year ld girl. All in the klate 1970s. He acting in his own defense trying to convince a California jury to spare his life