Charlie from 'Woman of the Hour' has an eerily similar story to one of serial killer Rodney Alcala's real-life victims

• "Woman of nan Hour" is based connected nan existent communicative of serial slayer Rodney Alcala's quality connected a crippled show.
• In nan movie, he murders a young stewardess named Charlie successful New York City successful 1971.
• Her communicative is akin to that of Cornelia Crilley, a TWA formation attendant who Acala raped and murdered.

"Woman of nan Hour" tells nan communicative of real-life serial slayer Rodney Alcala's quality connected "The Dating Game" successful 1978, successful nan mediate of a execution spree.

The movie stars Anna Kendrick arsenic Sheryl, an aspiring character who agrees to look arsenic a bachelorette connected nan aforementioned ABC reality TV show. Unbeknownst to Sheryl, she ends up winning a day pinch Rodney (Daniel Zovatto), a murderer who fools everyone pinch his charming demeanor.

"Woman of nan Hour" arrives connected Netflix arsenic subscribers are devouring true-crime documentaries and fictional retellings for illustration Ryan Murphy's "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" and "Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare."

In its first week of availability, "Woman of nan Hour" amassed 9.9 cardinal views and peaked astatine No. 2 connected Netflix's play Top 10 database of nan most-watched films.

The movie is chiefly group during Rodney's quality connected "The Dating Game," but it jumps to different points successful clip earlier and aft his prime-time debut.

"Woman of nan Hour" diverges from nan real events astatine times, but nan characteristic of Charlie (Kathryn Gallagher) has a tragic communicative that's eerily akin to 1 of Alcala's victims.

Stewardess Charlie meets Rodney while moving into her caller flat successful 1971

The movie spends a fewer minutes showing Charlie's ill-fated brushwood pinch Rodney successful New York City. While unloading her boxes and furniture, she sees Rodney taking pictures crossed nan thoroughfare and asks for his assistance.

After helping, Charlie offers him a brew and they chat. During their conversation, Rodney claims to beryllium a caller New York University postgraduate who's connected his measurement to New Hampshire to thatch kids photography. He uses that arsenic a segway to opportunity that it's his past time successful municipality and it's difficult to meet group he tin link with. Since he's getting on pinch Charlie, he wants to savor nan moment.

Charlie seems to prime up connected his creepy vibe and casually suggests that he time off truthful she tin proceed unpacking her stuff.

Rodney notices her subtle displacement and continues talking to her. While Charlie tells Rodney astir nan perks of being a stewardess, he interrupts to return her photo.

Rodney attacks Charlie, and she tries to escape, but he pins her to nan level and pushes her caput against it. Then, he grabs her nylon stockings and wraps them astir her cervix and eyes. He takes a image of Charlie, overmuch for illustration nan existent Alcala did pinch his victims.

That's nan past clip nan movie shows Charlie.

At nan extremity of nan film, a postscript complete a changeable of Charlie's ceiling model reads: "For complete a decade Alcala had been reported to rule enforcement by survivors and different backstage citizens without consequence."

Charlie is astir akin to Cornelia Crilley, 1 of Alcala's victims successful nan '70s

As elaborate successful an section of "20/20," nan existent Alcala had repeated brushes pinch rule enforcement earlier and aft appearing connected "The Dating Game." While connected nan FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, Alcala was a fugitive for 3 years. During that time, he attended NYU nether nan othername John Berger.

While successful New York City successful nan 1970s, Alcala met Crilley, who grew up successful Queens and wanted to beryllium a Trans World Airlines (TWA) stewardess. After getting nan job, Crilley moved into an flat connected nan Upper East Side pinch immoderate of her stewardess friends.

On June 24, 1971, Crilley, 23, was recovered dormant successful her apartment. She was raped and strangled to decease pinch nylon stockings. She besides had wound marks connected her breast.

At nan time, Crilley was caller to nan building and location were nary suspects aliases leads. Alcala went connected to beryllium a campy counsellor successful New Hampshire.

Crilley's lawsuit went unsolved for decades. Then successful 2010, acold lawsuit detectives linked Alcala to nan murders of Crilley and an heiress named Ellen Hover.

In 2013, while connected decease statement successful California, Alcala pleaded blameworthy to nan 2 murders and was sentenced to 25 years to life.

California placed a moratorium connected nan decease punishment successful 2019 and Alcala died of earthy causes successful July 2021 astatine property 77. According to nan Associated Press, authorities estimated that Alcala mightiness person killed 130 group crossed nan US, but nan existent number is unknown.