Episode 169: The Pom-Pom Killer Mom

What would you do to ensure that your child made their school’s athletic team? Well, in 1991, in Channelview, Texas, thirty-six- year-old mother of two, Wanda Holloway, was charged with solicitation of capital murder after she allegedly hired a hitman to try and kill the mother of her thirteen-year-old daughter’s cheerleading rival. However, her hire to murder plot would be ruined after police were informed of her plan. So, was Wanda Holloway a mentally unstable woman or was she vicariously living through her daughter which caused her to cross over the line of sanity and into a killer?

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Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot: What We Know About Wanda Webb Holloway

ID Documentary Goes Inside Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

Wanda Holloway And The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

Daughter of 'Pom-pom Mom' tells her side in documentary

Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot: What We Know About 'Pom Pom Mom' Wanda Webb Holloway - Newsweek

Daughter of 'Pom-Pom Mom' Breaks Silence Over Texas Cheerleading Murder Plot - ABC News

Exclusive | 'Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot' daughter defends mom: 'Not crazy'

Daughter of “Cheerleader Mom” Breaks 20-Year Silence – Texas Monthly

The Mom Who'd Stop at Nothing to Get Her Daughter on the Cheerleading Team | Houstonia Magazine

Wanda Holloway: Where is the Cheerleader Mom Today?

Wanda Holloway 's daughter Shanna breaks silence over Texas Cheerleading murder plot | Daily Mail Online