9 Killers On TV Unrelated To Their Crimes

Do you think minor reality show players hide dark secrets?

June 2014, an episode ofMasterchef airedthat showed English singer JB Gill serving pasta and meatballs to bus drivers. People later realized a chef working with him, Stephen Port, was arrested in October 2015 for poisoning four men.

The man cooking with Gill met men on gay websites, lured them somewhere, and poisoned them. Three of Port's victims were found around the time this episode aired.

Would you go on a blind date with a serial killer? This happened to Cheryl Bradshaw onThe Dating GameShe chose back in 1978 whenhe choseRodney Alcala over other contestants. He said "nighttime's when it really gets good," explaining that nighttime is when things get good. Alcala told Bradshaw, "Peel me," when she asked about his food, a banana.

On air, Alcala seemed charming and funny, yet creepy. His outside activities made him one of history's most notorious killers. Nicknamed the Dating Game Killer because of his show appearance, Alcala became a terrible serial killer and rapist. He killed several people; his total count likely reached the dozens. He enjoyedstrangling his victims.

Bradshawdid not go on the datewith Alcala, saying, "I started to feel ill. He was acting really creepy." People guess her refusal to date him after the show aired pushed him toward more murders.

Dennis Rader, also known as the BTK Killer (for "bind, torture, and kill"), was anotorious serial killerHe was active in the Wichita, Kansas, area from the 1970s through the 1990s.

The BTK Killer blended in well. His community was shocked when he was finally captured and charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder. He had a wife who did not know about his terrible hobby, and he even served as president of his local church council. He once gave an on-air interview about animal attacks (see here), and watching the video makes Rader seem like a twisted serial killer.herewatching the video makes Rader seem like a twisted serial killer.

On December 22, 1985, John Cooper endedmillionaire farmer Richard Thomas and his sister Helen in their home. Four years later, Cooperappearedon the dart-related game showBullseye.He did not win, which psychologists say would have made him very angry. A month later, he killed two more people, Peter and Gwenda Dixon, with a shotgun.

His appearance on the show proved he was the killer. On the show, Cooper talked about how lovely Pembrokeshire is, where he murdered the Dixons.

On October 17, 1972, serial killer Edward Wayne EdwardsappearedThe game show contestants impersonated a psychopath.To Tell The TruthThree people pretended to be the same person. The contestant had to figure out the real one. They all pretended to be Edwards, who became famous after being released from jail for killing people and claiming reform.

The public believed Edwards. The truth is much more horrifying. After his prison release, he killed at least five people and avoided capture until 2009. He acted so well that no one suspected he remained the same twisted psychopath. He killed at least five people and wasn't caught again until 2009. He put on such a good act that nobody suspected he was still the same twisted psychopath as before.

In June 2011, Mercer Law student Lauren Giddings was brutally murdered and mutilated. Police searched for answers. The news interviewed Giddings's neighbor and fellow Mercer Law student Stephen McDaniel for information.McDaniel was actually the murderer. He snuck into her room late one night, strangled her, and then cut her up with a hacksaw.

McDaniel played cool during most of the interview. He became shaken when the news team revealed Giddings's body was found. A law student should have hidden the body better than in a dumpster.

In October 2015, 64-year-old Charlotte Nicholas was stabbed multiple times in the torso, neck, and head. Debra Kincy, Nicholas's 63-year-old neighbor, found the body and reported it. The news interviewed Kincy about the terrible attack.

"This man, a former"Jeopardycontestant was arrested nearly twenty years after his wife died under strange circumstances.

"Who is... Paul Curry?"

To be onJeopardy, you must be smart. This suggests how Paul Curry escaped being caught after murdering his wife decades earlier. He escaped being caught after murdering his wife decades earlier.

Paul Curry's wife, Linda Curry, died in 1994. The autopsy showed she died from nicotine poisoning, even though she did not smoke. Paul Curry was aJeopardy-winning champion who stayed ahead of the police for a while. The investigation made the show do an episode called "To Catch a Genius."48 Hoursdid an entire episode about the investigation called "To Catch a Genius."

Ryan Jenkins, an attractive, successful, wealthy real estate developer and reality show star, turned out to be a cold-blooded killer. This happened when Ryan Jenkins was accused of killing and mutilating his ex-wife, Jasmine Fiore, and dumping her remains in a trash bin.

Jenkins recently appeared on an episode ofMegan Wants a Millionaire, where wealthy young men tried to win over a blonde. Friends and family were shocked when Jenkins wasaccused, but his actions made it hard to believe he was innocent. He reacted quickly with anger and faced a misdemeanor domestic violence charge., but his behavior made it hard to believe he was innocent. He quickly got angry and faced a misdemeanor domestic violence charge.

Jenkins fled to Canada after the accusation. He stayed in a shady motel there. Jenkins killed himself before police caught him.