The Girlfriends S5/E5: Don’t Mess With Texas

The Girlfriends: Trust Me Babe

iHeartPodcasts and Novel

True Crime, Society & Culture, Relationships, Documentary

4.4 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Special Agent Mike discovers Dorie isn’t the only woman Derek Alldred’s been seeing in Texas. Will Tracie agree to help the girlfriends bring him down once and for all? 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.
0:03.2	Guaranteed human.
0:06.9	Novel.
0:12.5	Last time on the girlfriends.
0:15.0	Trust me, babe.
0:16.6	Mike finds a new name in Dory's iPad.
0:19.6	Another woman in Texas, Derek's been communicating with.
0:23.3	He comes up with a plan. It's a Tuesday morning. A woman named Tracy has just started her workday.
0:32.5	She's in the admissions office of a busy rehab facility on the outskirts of Dallas Fort Worth.
0:38.0	Who do we have coming in? Who do we have discharging?
0:40.8	It's gearing up to be a busy day when her phone starts to ring.
0:45.5	No caller ID.
0:47.6	Annoying.
0:49.1	My first thought was spam.
0:51.8	Tracy picks up.
0:53.5	A man introduces himself as Mike Elker, special agent.
0:58.7	I'm with NCIS and, you know, I need to talk to you.
1:02.0	And I'm just like, okay.
1:05.4	Special Agent Mike is trying to reassure.
1:09.0	It was just like, hey, you know, I need to speak with you.
1:11.8	You're not in trouble.
1:13.1	I'm like, yeah, no, I haven't done anything.
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