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28 – Lou Pearlman

  • September 10, 2020
  • , 11:42 pm
  • , Podcast
This boy band mogul had it all - fame, fortune, success, and respect. Greed slowly unraveled the threads of his life and revealed that every business he built was based on a con.

28 – Lou Pearlman

This boy band mogul had it all – fame, fortune, success, and respect. Greed slowly unraveled the threads of his life and revealed that every business he built was based on a con.

This boy band mogul had it all – fame, fortune, success, and respect. Greed slowly unraveled the threads of his life and revealed that every business he built was based on a con.

Show Credits:

Research by: Haley Gray

Script Writing, Editing, and Audio Production by: Renee Lynn

Show Sponsor:

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Music Credits:

Gavin Luke – Broken Pieces

Staffan Carlen – Lose With You (Instrumental Version)

Elwin – Leave My Head (Instrumental Version)

Andreas Boldt – Never Stop Dancing

CLNGR – What’s Left (Instrumental Version)

CLNGR – What’s Left

Show Sources:

Unmasking Lou Pearlman by Internet Archive

A scheme unravels by Internet Archive

In humble Queens, Lou Pearlman was king by Internet Archive

A World Out of Sync by Orlando Sentinel

Boy band mogul Pearlman sentenced to 25 years by Reuters

How Lou Pearlman used Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC to lure people into massive Ponzi scheme by ABC News

State of Florida vs. Lou Pearlman by Internet Archive

Florida vs Louis J. Pearlman by

Orange County Clerk Court Records Search

The Boston Globe, 25th Aug 2016, Pg B7

Four Pearlman Sales Agents Sentenced in Orlando by FBI Archives

The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story by YouTube Originals

Baron Blimp Lou Pearlman, Head of Airship International LTD., is Fulfilling Adolescent Dreams of Glory by Vault Archives

Mad About the Boys by Vanity Fair

A music mogul busted for running a Ponzi scheme by Queens Chronicle

Lou Pearlman by All Music

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