Criminal Adaptations

The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader Murdering Mom

Criminal Adaptations Season 3 Episode 6

Michael Ritchie’s The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993) takes a satirical look at one of the wildest true crime stories you’ve never heard of. Wanda Holloway (played by Holly Hunter) would do anything to help her 13-year-old daughter make the cheerleading squad, even if meant putting a hit on the competition. Listen  now to hear how one of the FIRST original HBO movies depicted  this stranger than fiction case.

Primary Sources:
McDonald Maier, Anne. Mother Love, Deadly Love. Carol Publishing Group, 1992.
Texas Monthly
The Crime Wire


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