About this episode

Anna explores the investigation into Derek Alldred's fraud against women and the failures of law enforcement.

Why did it take law enforcement so long to pay proper attention to Derek Alldred’s pattern of fraud against women all over the country? In bonus episode four, Anna takes a deep dive into the investigation that finally brought Derek down, and the shortcomings of the many that came before. In this four part mini-series, we take a deep dive into our archive of never before heard interviews, to take a closer look at the key themes that underpinned Trust Me Babe. 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!

People in this episode

Host: Anna

Topics covered

• fraud
• investigation
• romance scams
• law enforcement
• women's safety

Keywords

• Derek Alldred
• fraud
• investigation
• romance scams
• law enforcement
• women's safety
• NO MORE

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NO MORE, iHeart Podcasts, Novel, fightcybercrime.org

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