The Girlfriends S5/E6: The Gold Bracelet

The Girlfriends: Trust Me Babe

iHeartPodcasts and Novel

True Crime, Society & Culture, Relationships, Documentary

4.4 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Girlfriends from all over the country finally converge on a house in Texas. And they meet a woman who’s been waiting on answers from Derek Alldred, for decades. 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.
0:13.4	Last time on the girlfriends, trust me, babe.
0:17.3	The group chat has grown by one member.
0:19.6	He got caught.
0:20.6	And Derek Aldred is finally in custody.
0:23.8	He's going to get what he deserves.
0:30.3	It's early summer, 2017.
0:33.1	And Laurie, Wendy's big sister detective from episode one, is at home in Texas.
0:38.6	I am in my kitchen making dinner.
0:42.3	Laurie's barefoot, hair up in a ponytail, wooden spoon in hand.
0:50.0	Five o'clock news comes on on my little kitchen TV kind of in the background while I'm doing my thing.
0:57.9	She's just stirring the orange chicken sauce into the walk when her ears perk up.
1:05.1	I whip around and I'm thinking surely I heard that wrong.
1:10.2	Well that looks like him.
1:12.0	And that's his name.
1:14.6	Derek Aldred.
1:17.0	Wooden spoon, still in one hand.
1:20.7	Laurie turns the gas stove off and pivots towards the TV.
1:25.5	I go over and I'm watching,
1:28.0	and it shows pictures of him,
	...

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