The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
HBO · 1993 · dramatized TV film
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1991 · Channelview, Texas
Wanda Holloway
The story behind The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Wanda Holloway tried to arrange the killing of the mother of a girl competing with her daughter for a cheerleading position. She believed the death would keep the rival out of competition. The man she approached contacted authorities, and recordings exposed the 1991 Texas plot before anyone was killed.
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When1991
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Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
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The Cheerleader Mom Who Tried to Kill the Competition
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HBO · 1993 · dramatized TV film
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
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The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot (2024)
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HBO · 1993 · dramatized TV film
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
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Made-for-TV Movie Club — The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
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Residue: A True Crime Podcast
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom: The Wanda Holloway Story
Podcast coverage of the Wanda Holloway case. Released September 2, 2025. About 37 minutes.
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This Crazy Cheerleading Mom Who Tried To Murder - The Wanda Holloway story
Podcast coverage of the Wanda Holloway case. Released April 25, 2025. About 8 minutes.
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When Cheerleading Turns Deadly: Wanda Holloway (The Pom-Pom Mom)
Podcast coverage of the Wanda Holloway case. Released October 7, 2025. About 70 minutes.
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To Kill A Cheerleader | How to Hire a Hitman in Channelview, Texas
Podcast coverage of the Wanda Holloway case. Released June 12, 2025. About 47 minutes.
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Menopause is Murder
Wanda Holloway
Podcast coverage of the Wanda Holloway case. Released August 31, 2026. About 48 minutes.
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Wanda Holloway: “Deadly Pom-Pom Mom”
Podcast coverage of the Wanda Holloway case. Released January 6, 2025. About 76 minutes.
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Pom Pom Mom - Wanda Holloway
Podcast coverage of the Wanda Holloway case. Released November 20, 2018. About 27 minutes.
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TBB 18: Wanda Holloway (The Pom Pom Mom)
Podcast coverage of the Wanda Holloway case. Released January 28, 2025. About 18 minutes.
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Like Mother Like Murder
003: Wanda Holloway - The murder for hire cheerleading mom
Podcast coverage of the Wanda Holloway case. Released July 28, 2022. About 59 minutes.
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Bitch I Can’t
32. The Pom Pom Mom: Wanda Holloway
Podcast coverage of the Wanda Holloway case. Released November 14, 2023. About 36 minutes.
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Episode 39: Wanda Holloway, The Pom Pom Mom
Podcast coverage of the Wanda Holloway case. Released November 20, 2023. About 30 minutes.
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When Killers Get Caught with Brittany Ransom
The Price of the Pyramid: Wanda Holloway and the Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot
Podcast coverage of the Wanda Holloway case. Released June 4, 2026. About 40 minutes.
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Crimes of a Decade, A Texas True Crime Podcast
Wanda Holloway year 1991
Podcast coverage of the Wanda Holloway case. Released February 9, 2022. About 30 minutes.
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Horror House: True Crime and The Macabre
Episode 121: 'Pom-Pom Mom': Wanda Holloways Dark Obsession
Podcast coverage of the Wanda Holloway case. Released June 26, 2026. About 76 minutes.
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Search reviewed 2026-09-16. Sources searched: Google Books, Internet Archive, Open Library, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Magazine, The Atavist Magazine, Google Books (case/title search), Scribd, Everand, OverDrive and hoopla (combined title search). Search indexing is incomplete; this is not an exhaustive list of the web. Access can change by edition, country and library membership. Library loans may require sign-in or a wait. Everand titles may need a paid subscription; a trial is not permanent free access. Scribd documents are third-party uploads, with uploader details noted where checked. We link to source pages and write our own descriptions rather than reproducing copyrighted books.
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The Houston Chronicle · 1996-09-10 · Page 1
Wanda Holloway enters no-contest plea and receives sentence
Contemporary reporting on Holloway’s no-contest plea in the plot against Verna Heath. It explains why the earlier conviction was overturned and the judge’s comments about possible shock probation.
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Internet Archive · Library record · 1992
Mother love, deadly love
Maier, Anne McDonald. A library catalog record for a book connected with Wanda Holloway. The record may offer a preview or borrowing options; full reading access is not guaranteed.
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Today : WRC : February 11, 2012 7:00am-9:00am EST
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ABC2 News at 530PM : WMAR : February 14, 2012 5:30pm-6:00pm EST
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Nightline : KGO : December 17, 2024 12:37am-1:06am PST
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Related civil caseArchive copy
Travelers v. Holloway — insurance-coverage appeal
A related civil decision addressing insurance coverage for the Heath family’s emotional-distress lawsuit after the cheerleader-mother murder plot. This is not Holloway’s criminal appeal.
- Court / agency
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Document date
- March 28, 1994
- Case / citation
- 17 F.3d 113
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Dr. Todd Grande
Woman Hires 'Killer' to Eliminate Cheerleader Who Bested Daughter | Wanda Holloway Case Analysis
Video from Dr. Todd Grande covering the Wanda Holloway case. Length: 14:46.
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1991 - Wanda Holloway - Cheerleading Hit
Video from KPRC 2 Click2Houston covering the Wanda Holloway case. Length: 1:32.
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ABC News
Daughter of so-called 'Pom-Pom Mom' discusses pain of alleged cheerleader murder plot
Video from ABC News covering the Wanda Holloway case. Length: 9:30.
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Murder With My Husband
Mother Did The Unthinkable To Her Daughter's Best Friend!
Video from Murder With My Husband covering the Wanda Holloway case. Length: 38:03.
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ABC13 Houston
The cheerleader mom murder for hire case
Video from ABC13 Houston covering the Wanda Holloway case. Length: 1:08.
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