Des Moines Register
Lori Arnold is more than just the little sister to Iowa-born actor and comedian Tom Arnold. She once held sway over an Ottumwa-based methamphetamine manufacturing and distribution empire that stretched from Iowa to California.
The story of her journey from dealer to addict to redemption is being told through a three-part docuseries, The Queen of Meth, currently available on Discovery +.
Lori Arnold, who did two stints in federal prison and now lives in Ohio, where she is a factory worker, had been involved for years in efforts to bring her story to film. She said she signed up with Discovery because they were willing to do what I wanted as far as telling the truth and not exaggerating it and everything else, which is unusual for a production company.
Former Queen of Meth Lori Arnold, Iowa native and sister of actor Tom Arnold, tells all in documentary Sierra A. Porter, Des Moines Register
Lori Arnold is more than just the little sister to Iowa-born actor and comedian Tom Arnold. She once held sway over an Ottumwa-based methamphetamine manufacturing and distribution empire that stretched from Iowa to California.
The story of her journey from dealer to addict to redemption is being told through a three-part docuseries, The Queen of Meth, currently available on Discovery +.
Lori Arnold, who did two stints in federal prison and now lives in Ohio, where she is a factory worker, had been involved for years in efforts to bring her story to film. She said she signed up with Discovery because they were willing to do what I wanted as far as telling the truth and not exaggerating it and everything else, which is unusual for a production company.
Lois Vidimos misses the touch of her husband s hand most.
Whenever they took a drive, Robert Vidimos II â better known as R.J. â would throw the car in park, walk around the back and take her hand as he held her door open. Always a gentleman, R.J.âs small gesture made her feel like Cinderella getting out of her carriage â even if they were just running an errand to Wal-Mart. It s the oddest thing, but it s one of the hardest thingsâ I ve had to face since heâs been gone, Lois said.
After fighting COVID-19 on his Ames couch for two weeks, R.J. died from complications of the disease on Nov. 16. He was 58.
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Just after noon on Nov. 6, Melinda McNabb received a call from a prison counselor at Clarinda Correctional Facility. Her son, Christopher James Rios, an inmate serving decades for a burglary and robbery, had contracted the coronavirus.
For McNabb, 52 and a mother of four, the news was worrying but expected: Coronavirus was peaking in Iowa’s prisons.
“I figured it was just a matter of time,” she said of her 28-year-old son’s positive test. He was one of 4,800 prisoners who have tested positive for coronavirus in the state s overcrowded prisons since the pandemic hit Iowa more than a year ago.