👀 Dateline 3/6/2020 - The Perfect Guy 👀

Mz iMac · ‎07-26-2014

Did anyone watch Friday night?

Storyline: "Derek Alldred stole millions of dollars by conning numerous women and businesses over 25 years."

You can catch up on On Demand and on Dateline's website--> https://www.nbc.com/dateline/video/the-perfect-guy/4125314

"Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

I did and didn't think it merited a 2 hr show, as there have been many true crime shows about this type of con artist before.

HisElk1 · ‎09-29-2015

DH and I watched this last night. I'm glad he was finally caught and doing time, although those poor women won't see their money.

@Pearlee, perhaps Dateline felt they needed 2 hours to interview all of the women involved? I don't know, just a guess.

What a lousy creep he was and when Andrea interviewed him by phone, he obviously still won't say he was in the wrong.

Mom2Dogs · ‎03-09-2010

I saw it...I tend to lose interest in hour two of a two hour show. He was a piece of work.....

Mz iMac · ‎07-26-2014

@Pearlee At first I thought it didn't warrant 2hrs. However, I think what DL wanted to present was that in the "decades" of his conning, he initially started out conning businesses & the military years before he started conning women.

When you Google him, he conned 27 women through the decades of over 2 1/2 million $$$. And those are just the females who "reported" they were conned.

My personal opinion: I think he did a better job of conning the military better than he did the women. He should have stuck w/that long con instead of mixing it up w/females.

"Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."

judy0330 · ‎01-03-2011

@Pearlee I agree. I often think that about both Dateline and 20/20.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

People like him are really geniuses, are very smart and intelligent people. It's a shame that they have directed their abilities towards a life of crime.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

Unbelieveable this thief didn't get caught sooner.

Mz iMac · ‎07-26-2014

@SilleeMee wrote:
People like him are really geniuses, are very smart and intelligent people. It's a shame that they have directed their abilities towards a life of crime.

The FBI said exactly the same thing!

"Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."