Queen of Meth

{{Short description|American true crime documentary miniseries}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

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| genre = True crime
Documentary

| country = United States

| language = English

| director = Julian P. Hobbs
Bari Pearlman

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| runtime = 46–48 minutes

| company = Talos Films

| network = Discovery+

| executive_producer = Elli Hakami

| producer = Julian P. Hobbs
Lewis Albrow
Stephen Kemp
Adrian Murray
Kristian Day

| location = Ottumwa, Iowa

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 3

| released = {{start date|2021|5|7}}

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Queen of Meth is a 2021 American three part documentary series{{cite news |last1=Porter |first1=Sierra A. |title='Queen of Meth' reveals Iowan Lori Arnold's shocking life in the drug world. Here were the best moments. |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/2021/05/14/queen-of-meth-lori-arnold-actor-tom-arnold-sister-best-moments-discovery-ottumwa-iowa/5056690001/ |access-date=2 May 2022 |work=Des Moines Register}} centering upon Lori Arnold, who was a major methamphetamine dealer in the Midwest. Her meth production and distribution operation was based on a 170-acre ranch in Ottumwa, Iowa, and grossed more than $200,000 per week at its peak.{{cite book |last1=Reding |first1=Nick |title=Methland : the death and life of an American small town |date=2010 |publisher=Bloomsbury |location=New York |isbn=978-1-60819-156-7 |url=http://s3.amazonaws.com/scschoolfiles/374/copy_of_methland__the_death_and_life_of_-_nick_reding.pdf |quote=... If you ask her, Lori Arnold will say she did more for the state of Iowa than all the ...}} In 1991 she was arrested by the DEA, who seized more than $10 million in assets from her. Convicted of drug trafficking and money laundering, Arnold spent 15 years in prison.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/arts/television/review-queen-of-meth.html|newspaper=The New York Times|title=Review: Going Home to Iowa With the Queen of Meth|author=Hale, Mike|date=May 7, 2021|accessdate=May 14, 2021|archivedate=May 8, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508011119/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/arts/television/review-queen-of-meth.html}}{{cite web|url=https://people.com/crime/tom-arnold-sister-lori-queen-of-meth/|newspaper=People|title=Tom Arnold and Sister Lori on Their Twisted Family — and Why She Became Known as 'Queen of Meth'|last=Helling|first=Steve|date=May 6, 2021|accessdate=May 14, 2021|archivedate=May 6, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506170941/https://people.com/crime/tom-arnold-sister-lori-queen-of-meth/}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/queen-of-meth-review-lori-arnolds-reign-of-error-11620163738|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|title='Queen of Meth' Review: Lori Arnold's Reign of Error|author=Anderson, John|date=May 4, 2021|accessdate=May 14, 2021|archivedate=May 4, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504214907/https://www.wsj.com/articles/queen-of-meth-review-lori-arnolds-reign-of-error-11620163738}} Lori is the sister of actor and comedian Tom Arnold.{{cite news |last1=Porter |first1=Sierra A. |title=Former 'Queen of Meth' Lori Arnold, Iowa native and sister of actor Tom Arnold, tells all in documentary |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/2021/05/10/queen-meth-lori-arnold-tom-arnold-sister-discovery-streaming-iowa-based-drug-empire-methamphetamine/4996046001/ |access-date=2 May 2022 |work=Des Moines Register}}