#281 Papa Lou & The Boys

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🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Lou Pearlman was convicted of running one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history and potentially stealing over $300 million from banks and people alike. He also has some VERY close ties to boy bands in the 90’s including Backstreet Boys AND *NSYNC. Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS: https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com Sources: Documentary - The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story (free on youtube) from 2019 Documentary - American Greed in the 2009 episode "Boy Band Mogul" Documentary - 20/20 episode "The Hitman: From Pop to Prison" from December 13, 2019 Book - The Hit Charade: Lou Pearlman, Boy Bands, and the Biggest Ponzi Scheme in U.S. History by Tyler Gray (available on ebay, walmart website, and kindle)

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to True Crime Guys podcast.
0:07.3	I'm your host, Michael, and you know Andy's here.
0:09.5	Oh my God, Michael.
0:10.3	Can you just feel the temperature change in the room now?
0:12.9	Ever since I just sat down, I'm trying to air off.
0:15.3	The heat is just palpable.
0:16.7	They just don't know what we suffer through, do they?
0:18.7	They really don't, Andy.
0:20.4	They really don't. But guys, through, do they? They really don't, Andy. They really don't.
0:21.5	But guys, before we get into this crazy case today of Lou Pearlman, no relation to Ron Perlman, Andy.
0:29.4	No.
0:30.0	Okay.
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0:59.8	true crime world, as well as up to date on what we're covering. Like Mr. Lou Pearlman.
1:05.4	Okay.
1:06.3	Mr. Conman Lou Pearlman, the boy band Conman. Mr. Ponzi scheme here.
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