WEBVTT - Introducing: The Girlfriends

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Carol Fisher, and I'm hosting a podcast called The Girlfriends,

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<v Speaker 1>a show about a group of women who all have

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<v Speaker 1>one thing in common.

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<v Speaker 2>All of us have this scarlet letter of I dated

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<v Speaker 2>a murderer.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Back in the nineteen nineties in Las Vegas, a

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<v Speaker 1>few of us dated the same guy, Bob. He was

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<v Speaker 1>amazing on paper, a doctor, a pilot.

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<v Speaker 3>He spoke several languages, he did medical missionary work, and

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<v Speaker 3>he was Jewish, and it was just how much better

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<v Speaker 3>could it get?

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<v Speaker 1>After we took our turns dating Bob, we did what

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<v Speaker 1>girlfriends do. We debriefed, but it quickly became a parent

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<v Speaker 1>that I knew something my friends did not.

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<v Speaker 2>She said, Oh, you obviously don't know about the skeletons

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<v Speaker 2>in his closet, And I go, what skeletons in the closet?

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<v Speaker 1>Bob had a big secret. His first wife, Gail, apparently

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<v Speaker 1>walked out of their apartment in nineteen eighty five and

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<v Speaker 1>was never seen again.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like there was just something always off.

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<v Speaker 1>Before too long, we had formed a club dedicated to

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<v Speaker 1>bitching about Bob eating noodles and figuring out what happened

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<v Speaker 1>to Gail. It was all just gossip. Until the prosecutors

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<v Speaker 1>came knocking and our little club became part of a

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<v Speaker 1>multi state investigation.

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<v Speaker 4>There's nobody, no forensics, no admissions, an extremely difficult, circumstantial

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<v Speaker 4>case based in large parts on things that the defendant

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<v Speaker 4>had said to his girlfriends.

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<v Speaker 1>Nearly thirty years later, I'm going back to talk to

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<v Speaker 1>all those girlfriends to find out everything Bob did and

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<v Speaker 1>how he got away with it.

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<v Speaker 3>He dated the entire Jewish professional community.

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<v Speaker 2>Run Run girlfriend run.

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<v Speaker 3>She told me that he was mad and he tried

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<v Speaker 3>to drown the cat.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought to myself, I'm lucky to be alive, and

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<v Speaker 2>then I kept thinking who else did he hurt.

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<v Speaker 5>I would call him and I would say, I know

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<v Speaker 5>you killed my sister. I will always hound you and

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<v Speaker 5>haunt you.

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<v Speaker 1>You can listen to the girlfriends on the iHeartRadio app,

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<v Speaker 1>Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.