The Girlfriends S5/E4: Stolen Valor

The Girlfriends: Trust Me Babe

iHeartPodcasts and Novel

True Crime, Society & Culture, Relationships, Documentary

4.4 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Dorie is at home in Texas scrolling through photos on her iPad, when she makes a shocking discovery about the guy she’s been dating. When the truth comes out about who he really is, she resolves to do something about it. If you’re affected by any of the themes in this show, our charity partners NO MORE have available resources at https://www.nomore.org. To learn more about romance scams, and to access specialised support, visit https://fightcybercrime.org/ The Girlfriends: Trust Me Babe is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit https://novel.audio/. You can listen to new episodes of The Girlfriends: Trust Me Babe completely ad-free and 1 week early with an iHeart True Crime+ subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. Open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “iHeart True Crime+, and subscribe today!

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast, guaranteed human.
0:04.8	Hey, this is Robert from the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast. Joe and I are both lifelong Star Wars fan, so we're celebrating May the 4th with a brand new week of fun, thought-provoking Star Wars-related episodes.
0:16.3	Join us as we tackle science and culture topics from a galaxy far, far away, such as the biology of tauntons and wampas on the ice planet hot,
0:24.4	or the practicality and corporate business sense of the Sith rule of two.
0:29.2	Listen to Stuff to Boar Your Mind on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,
0:33.0	or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:37.0	Novel.
0:41.7	Last time on the girlfriends.
0:44.0	Trust me, babe.
0:46.3	Derek Aldred skips town.
0:48.1	They let him go, and he then disappeared again.
0:51.1	Lisa, our hockey-loving mom in Minnesota,
0:54.0	tries to put the pass behind her.
0:56.2	I'd forget about it for a while,
0:57.5	and then another text would come.
0:59.6	Only now, there's been a new update.
1:02.2	This time, from Texas.
1:19.1	It's spring 2017, and a woman named Dory has an exciting date with a guy she met online,
1:20.2	Richie Taylor.
1:28.8	He asked me to go to the Ranger game, Texas's Major League Baseball team.
1:35.0	He's pretty tall, nice smile, close-cropped hair, flies jets in the Navy,
1:37.2	teachers at the university nearby.
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