15 Criminals Who Hid In Plain Sight: On Your Television
Gameshows are getting slightly better at screening for serial killers.
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Some of these are the desperate attempts of cold-blooded murderers to sway public opinion by acting as concerned citizens on local news. But some are more subtle, and in some ways, more chilling: the "masterminds" who take a hiatus from crime to appear on a dating show or a televised dart competition, and then get right back to murderin'.
![Brynn Omdahl SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE CRACKED CO Phil Hartman was murdered by his wife, Brynn, who appears for a second in his SNL intro sequence. Her earr](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/9/759279.jpg?v=1)
![Stephen McDaniel LOCAL NEWS Nefile CRACKED COM After a law student went missing, McDaniel, her classmate, thought this interview would cement his inno](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/7/759277.jpg?v=1)
![Paul Bateson THE EXORCIST CRACKED CON This extra was an actual X-ray technician, who Cprobably) moonlighted as an actual serial killer. He was later c](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/6/759276.jpg?v=1)
![Debra Kincy LOCAL NEWS CRACKED COM Kincy told police and local news that she found her friend stabbed to death. In fact, the two were in an argument o](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/9/759269.jpg?v=1)
![John Cooper BULLSEYE CRACKEDCON He had murdered two people, four years before his appearance on the dart throwing competition. A month later, he murde](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/7/759267.jpg?v=1)
![Patrick Quinn SUPER PASSWORD CRACKEDCO A viewer recognized Quinn as Kerry Dee Ketchum, a con artist who was currently wanted in 3 states. When he sh](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/8/759268.jpg?v=1)
![John Besh IRON CHEF SHOWDOWN Weeeso CRACKEDCON The restaurateur was accused by 25 employees of sexual harassment. It was such an epic comeuppance that](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/0/759270.jpg?v=1)
![Rodney Alcala THE DATING GAME This freak appeared on the uber-popular game show in the midst of his 5-murder killing spree. He actually won, but the w](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/2/759272.jpg?v=1)
![The BTK Killer LOCAL NEWS KGN CRACKED.CON Dennis Rader, the absolute doofus behind the bind torture kill'' murders, gave off major Eagle Scout energy](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/8/759278.jpg?v=1)
![Stephen Port MASTERCHEF CRACKED.COM After appearing in the background of an episode, Port was convicted of serial poisoning, rape, and murder. The epi](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/3/759273.jpg?v=1)
![Edward Wayne Edwards TO TELL THE TRUTH Edwards appeared as himself .- a supposedly reformed serial murderer -- in between killing sprees.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/1/759271.jpg?v=1)
![Don Vito JACKASS CRACKED.CON Vincent Margera was arrested for groping three very underage girls at an autograph signing event. After unsuccesfully arg](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/4/759274.jpg?v=1)
![Ryan Alexander Jenkins MEGAN WANTS A MILLIONAIRE CRACKED COM After competing on this dating show, but before it aired, Jenkins married and murdered a](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/5/759275.jpg?v=1)
![Paul Curry JEOPARDY! CRACKED CON The two-time Jeopardy winner Cand Mensa member -- fancy!) would later be convicted of poisoning his wife, but only af](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/6/759266.jpg?v=1)
![Will Hayden SONS of GUNS CRACKEDcO The Discovery Channel star helmed the show for 3 years before being sentenced to 3 life sentences for juvenile rape](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/5/759265.jpg?v=1)