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The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

In 1991, Wanda Holloway was arrested for trying to hire a hit man to kill her daughter Shanna's cheerleading rival so that Shanna could get a place on the team. Now, Shanna reveals the truth behind what happened for the first time.

Director

Jason Lapeyre

Year

Genre

documentary, crime

Box Office

N/A

Production

Cream Productions,Warner Bros. Discovery

Awards

N/A

Homepage

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/show/the-texas-cheerleader-murder-plot-investigation-discovery-atve-us

Self - Executive Editor, Texas Monthly

Self - Author - Mother Love, Deadly Love: The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

Anne McDonald Maier

Self - Journalist

Carolyn Campbell

Self - Wanda Holloway's Daughter

Self - Shanna's Friend

Self - Defense Attorney

Self - Arresting Sergeant

Flynt Blackwell

Self - Juror

Self - Convicted of Solicitation of Capital Murder

Self - Intended Victim of Wanda Holloway

Self - Verna Heath's Daughter

Self - Wanda Holloway's Ex-Husband

Self - Holloway's Former Brother-in-Law

Self - Defense Witness

Self - Defense Attorney

Stanley Schneider

Self - Prosecutor

Self - Juror Who Caused Mistrial

Daniel Enriquez

Self - Judge

George H. Goodwin

Self - CBS Evening News with Dan Rather

Self - Host, The Maury Povich Show

Self - Host, Larry King Live

Self - Anchor KHOU-TV

Charles Hadlock

Self - Host, The Phil Donahue Show

Shanna Harper

Gymnastics Instructor

Danya Buonastella

Cheer Judge

Terry Harper

Marla Harper

Wanda Holloway

Flynt Blackwell

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[piano music playing] - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[piano music playing]

[woman reporter 1] It was
a case so bizarre
that it captured - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[woman reporter 1] It was a case so bizarre that it captured

[news anchor] The story
of a crime that provided
the plot for two TV movies. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[news anchor] The story of a crime that provided the plot fo...

I'm the only one who knows
the full story about my mom. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

I'm the only one who knows the full story about my mom.

[Mimi] Texas is this idea
of individualism. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[Mimi] Texas is this idea of individualism.

So Wanda Holloway
is an example of that. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

So Wanda Holloway is an example of that.

[Anne] I work
for a national magazine - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[Anne] I work for a national magazine

It became an instant
national sensation. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

It became an instant national sensation.

But when it goes and--
If you look at that
crazy category, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

But when it goes and-- If you look at that crazy category,

Houston was, as it always is,
in the process of this
constant change. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

Houston was, as it always is, in the process of this constan...

And so I was really interested
in, you know, driving
a few miles south - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And so I was really interested in, you know, driving a few m...

Which was, you know,
again, a blue-collar town, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

Which was, you know, again, a blue-collar town,

A lot of the people there
grew up there. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

A lot of the people there grew up there.

When I was growing up, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

When I was growing up,

I was very independent. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

I was very independent.

And she's like, you know,
they wear the little outfits, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And she's like, you know, they wear the little outfits,

And I thought, "Yeah,
that's cool," you know? - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And I thought, "Yeah, that's cool," you know?

"Sure. Let's do that." - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

"Sure. Let's do that."

When I was growing up,
and certainly
in the 1990s still, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

When I was growing up, and certainly in the 1990s still,

But even in the 1990s, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

But even in the 1990s,

For a long time, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

For a long time,

So, what could women do?
They could cheerlead. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

So, what could women do? They could cheerlead.

And you attached yourself
to the quarterback - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And you attached yourself to the quarterback

So the way that
women exercised their power - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

So the way that women exercised their power

[lively piano music playing] - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[lively piano music playing]

That's a phrase
a former boss of mine
used to use, he'd say, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

That's a phrase a former boss of mine used to use, he&#...

Um, I've always taken
a very active part in my
children's lives. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

Um, I've always taken a very active part in my children...

And I think a lot of people
in Channelview were strivers. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And I think a lot of people in Channelview were strivers.

It goes back to the idea
of Texans, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

It goes back to the idea of Texans,

You know, you read Glamour
and Mademoiselle and Vogue - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

You know, you read Glamour and Mademoiselle and Vogue

You know, how you would
dress and look, to keep up. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

You know, how you would dress and look, to keep up.

You don't... swim
with other sexes. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

You don't... swim with other sexes.

You know, you go to church, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

You know, you go to church,

[Mimi] Somebody like Wanda,
your nose would be pressed
against the glass - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[Mimi] Somebody like Wanda, your nose would be pressed again...

We divorced, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

But, uh, we have
never went to court - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

But, uh, we have never went to court

I don't have any stories - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

I don't have any stories

And I have maybe - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And I have maybe

[somber instrumental
music playing] - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[somber instrumental music playing]

And, you know,
the marriage
didn't last too long. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And, you know, the marriage didn't last too long.

And I think it just became
kind of combustible. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And I think it just became kind of combustible.

And he liked it
and wanted more, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And he liked it and wanted more,

[Shanna] You know,
he started making
good money, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[Shanna] You know, he started making good money,

[Anne] They, you know,
stuck it out
for eight years anyway. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[Anne] They, you know, stuck it out for eight years anyway.

[Anne] When she had
her daughter Shanna, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[Anne] When she had her daughter Shanna,

[Shanna] My mom
was pretty much my world. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[Shanna] My mom was pretty much my world.

She just...
made things run. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

She just... made things run.

Because he didn't
take care of me
the same way my mom did. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

Because he didn't take care of me the same way my mom d...

You know, he didn't make sure
breakfast, lunch and dinner
was served. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

You know, he didn't make sure breakfast, lunch and dinn...

[Anne] From the time
the child was an infant, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[Anne] From the time the child was an infant,

So that she would be ready - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

So that she would be ready

It was always, "Go, go, go!"
"Go, go, go!" - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

It was always, "Go, go, go!" "Go, go, go!&quo...

[Shanna] It started out
with, like, ballet, tap, jazz. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[Shanna] It started out with, like, ballet, tap, jazz.

♪♪ I'm past the point
Of no return ♪ - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

♪♪ I'm past the point Of no return ♪

♪♪ I'm past the point
Of no return ♪ - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

♪♪ I'm past the point Of no return ♪

♪♪ I'm past the point
Of no return ♪ - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

♪♪ I'm past the point Of no return ♪

And this was just
the, the path to take - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And this was just the, the path to take

[Carolyn] I don't think
it's unusual for some moms
back then to think, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[Carolyn] I don't think it's unusual for some moms...

[slow instrumental
music playing] - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[slow instrumental music playing]

I started going
to a private school. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

I started going to a private school.

And that's where
I met Amber - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And that's where I met Amber

Um, I think we were
in first grade together. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

Um, I think we were in first grade together.

We were best friends.
She came over to my dad's
for the weekend. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

We were best friends. She came over to my dad's for the...

She'd come over to our house,
I'd go over to their house. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

She'd come over to our house, I'd go over to their...

And her brother
was my first... crush. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And her brother was my first... crush.

So this was my house. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

So this was my house.

She had a great yard. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

She had a great yard.

So, being that Verna lived
around the corner, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

So, being that Verna lived around the corner,

I remember
Verna being... nice. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

I remember Verna being... nice.

She must have been
tough on Amber - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

She must have been tough on Amber

Um, you know, maybe,
with all the trophies - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

Um, you know, maybe, with all the trophies

[school bell ringing] - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[school bell ringing]

At that point,
she was in the sixth grade
at the local public school - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

At that point, she was in the sixth grade at the local publi...

[Amy] Shanna and I
both decided to leave
Channelview Christian School - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[Amy] Shanna and I both decided to leave Channelview Christi...

And, uh, her intention
in doing that was because
at the time, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And, uh, her intention in doing that was because at the time...

And so,
Shanna followed the rules
and she went on. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And so, Shanna followed the rules and she went on.

[Anne] Amber Heath
had been attending
a private school, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

[Anne] Amber Heath had been attending a private school,

And Wanda felt sure that
Shanna would be qualified - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And Wanda felt sure that Shanna would be qualified

And I remember my mom - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And I remember my mom

And I think
she was very frustrated - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And I think she was very frustrated

So, here we go
to the try-outs. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

So, here we go to the try-outs.

So had she not tried out,
I would have been number two. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

So had she not tried out, I would have been number two.

That didn't happen. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

That didn't happen.

My least favorite activity
was probably cheer. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

My least favorite activity was probably cheer.

I didn't... see
the point in it. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

I didn't... see the point in it.

And I-- And I couldn't have
even told you anything
about football. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And I-- And I couldn't have even told you anything abou...

The thought of having
to get up in front of judges, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

The thought of having to get up in front of judges,

You know, I'm over it.
Like, it's played
itself out, basically. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

You know, I'm over it. Like, it's played itself ou...

I mean, I kind of feel like
she would watch Verna Heath - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

I mean, I kind of feel like she would watch Verna Heath

I remember
just thinking, like, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

I remember just thinking, like,

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In 1991, Wanda Holloway was arrested for trying to hire a hit man to kill her daughter Shanna's cheerleading rival so that Shanna could get a place on the team. Now, Shanna reveals the truth behind what happened for the first time.

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Director: Jason Lapeyre

Writer: N/A

Production: Cream Productions,Warner Bros. Discovery

Genre: documentary, crime

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: N/A

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 19 Dec 2024

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/show/the-texas-cheerleader-murder-plot-investigation-discovery-atve-us