Trust Me: The Story of Derek Alldred

Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller

National Geographic

Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 527 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Derek Alldred could have been an actor. He first invented characters to fuel an addiction, putting on costumes and playing trustworthy roles that put people at ease and got him what he wanted. But as his lies left a trail of destruction, he had to invent more aliases to cover his tracks—a web that spun out of control. But the curtain dropped when a girlfriend found his iPad—and his real name. Then military investigators got involved, bringing charges of stolen valor. Alldred received an astounding 24-year sentence in federal prison. He tells the story of his shifting identity. Join Mariana deeper into the underground, and don’t miss the TV series Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller Wednesday on National Geographic and streaming on Hulu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Traffic Podcast with Marianna Van Zeller is intended for mature audiences.
0:09.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:15.0	For our TV show, I spent months investigating the dark criminal side of online dating.
0:20.0	I met people who fell in love online and then found out that it was all fake.
0:27.6	I was like a fish. That hook was so far down in my belly.
0:34.6	I traveled to Ghana to meet the people on the other side of the screen, on the other end
0:40.0	of the long-distance phone calls.
0:43.2	People who were not who they said they were.
0:46.2	Who were not interested in love.
0:49.2	We're just interested in money.
0:51.8	How much money has Michael sent you so far?
0:53.4	More than $10,000. More than $10,000.
0:56.2	They were part of this growing industry,
0:59.2	online romance scans.
1:01.7	I wanted to investigate this
1:03.4	because it's a multi-million dollar problem,
1:06.3	one that grew exponentially
1:08.1	during the global pandemic,
1:10.4	and because a lot of people are getting
1:12.6	hurt along the way.
1:13.6	I gave him $2.8 million.
1:16.6	I'm Mariana Van Zeller, the host of the National Geographic TV series, Trafficked.
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