Episode 9: Lou Pearlman (Back Street Boy and NSYNC Defrauder)
08/09/20 • 41 min
American business man Lou Pearlman created some of the biggest boy bands in the 1990s, including NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys, O Town, and LFO to name a few. Lou even called himself the 6th Backstreet Boy. These bands were performing to sold out concerts while selling merch and hundreds of millions of albums to screaming fans around the world.
It was estimated that Lou Pearlman's peak net worth was $300 million during the boy band craze era in the 1990s and early 2000s. So how did Lou end up $300 million dollars in debt in 2006 and sentenced to 25 years of prison in 2008? Find out this and lots of other random boy band trivia today on the Controversial Figures Podcast.
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Episode Sources:
- ABC News. The Hitman: From Pop to Prison The Hitman: From Pop to Prison l 20/20 l PART 1
- Vanity Fair. Mad About the Boys https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/11/pearlman200711
- Wikipedia Bye Bye Bye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bye_Bye_Bye
- Wikipedia *NSYNC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSYNC
- Wikipedia Photo Mill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_mill
- Wikipedia The Backstreet Boys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backstreet_Boys
- Wikipedia Lou Pearlman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman
- Music: The 6 is Silent by Skyjelly
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American business man Lou Pearlman created some of the biggest boy bands in the 1990s, including NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys, O Town, and LFO to name a few. Lou even called himself the 6th Backstreet Boy. These bands were performing to sold out concerts while selling merch and hundreds of millions of albums to screaming fans around the world.
It was estimated that Lou Pearlman's peak net worth was $300 million during the boy band craze era in the 1990s and early 2000s. So how did Lou end up $300 million dollars in debt in 2006 and sentenced to 25 years of prison in 2008? Find out this and lots of other random boy band trivia today on the Controversial Figures Podcast.
Connect with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FiguresPodcast
Episode Sources:
- ABC News. The Hitman: From Pop to Prison The Hitman: From Pop to Prison l 20/20 l PART 1
- Vanity Fair. Mad About the Boys https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/11/pearlman200711
- Wikipedia Bye Bye Bye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bye_Bye_Bye
- Wikipedia *NSYNC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSYNC
- Wikipedia Photo Mill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_mill
- Wikipedia The Backstreet Boys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backstreet_Boys
- Wikipedia Lou Pearlman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman
- Music: The 6 is Silent by Skyjelly
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As we discussed in the previous episode of Controversial Figures, American Lance Armstrong had just announced his 2nd retirement in 2011 at the age of 33. This was after winning a record breaking seven consecutive Tour de France races as a recent cancer survivor, and having only recently returned from his previous retirement. It was a shock that such a talented and successful athlete would suddenly announce his retirement.
But the revelations that would occur soon after Lance's retirement would be even more shocking. And would explain his abrupt departure.
Today, if you look at Lance Armstrong's Wikipedia page, under Career Achievements, there is a hidden section labeled "Voided results from August 1998 onward". When the hidden section is expanded, it shows the more than 40 professional cycling races Lance Armstrong no longer has credited to his name. Let's get into what lead to Lance losing all of his achievements from 1998 to 2010 and his complete ban from the sport of cycling on part 2 of the Lance Armstrong episode today on the Controversial Figures Podcast.
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Episode Sources:
- CNN Lance Armstrong's Demise https://www.cnn.com/2012/10/22/sport/lance-armstrong-profile-cycling-usada/index.html
- ESPN The Rise and Fall of Lance Armstrong https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/29177242/the-rise-fall-lance-armstrong-need-know-watching-lance
- ESPN 'LANCE' Documentary https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/29209116/lance-part-1-how-watch-stream-espn-lance-armstrong-documentary
- The Guardian. Lance Armstrong's Doping Denials in Quotes. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jan/18/lance-armstrong-doping-denials-quotes
- Wikipedia Floyd Landis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Landis
- Wikipedia Icarus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus
- Wikipedia Lance Armstrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Armstrong
- Wikipedia Michele Ferrari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Ferrari
- Music: The 6 is Silent by Skyjelly
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Episode Sources:
- My San Antonio. The True Story Behind the San Antonio Kidnapping and Murder. https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/true-crime-SA-kidnapping-murder-Madalyn-OHair-11017782.php
- Newsweek Madalyn Murray O'Hair Biopic https://www.newsweek.com/madalyn-murray-ohair-most-hated-woman-america-netflix-atheism-biopic-574697
- NYT. Bodies Identified as Those of Missing Athiest and Kin. https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/16/us/bodies-identified-as-those-of-missing-atheist-and-kin.html
- Wikipedia Madalyn Murray O'Hair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madalyn_Murray_O%27Hair
- Music: The 6 is Silent by Skyjelly
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Controversial Figures - Episode 9: Lou Pearlman (Back Street Boy and NSYNC Defrauder)
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American business man Lou Pearlman created some of the biggest boy bands in the 1990s, including NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys, O Town, and LFO to name a few. Lou even called himself the 6th Backstreet Boy. These bands were performing to sold out concerts while selling merch and hundreds of millions of albums to screaming fans around the world.
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It was estimated that Lou Pearlman's peak net worth was $300 million during the boy band craze era in the 1990s and early 2
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