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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?

References:

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

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Long after Jack the Ripper terrorized the city streets of London, another English serial killer, John Haigh would also use the city as his killing playground. Commonly known as the Acid Bath Murderer or Acid Bath Vampire, Haigh’s rose to infamy in the 1940’s after murdering six people and then dissolving their bodies in sulphuric acid purely for financial gain. He was eventually arrested and sentenced to death after human remains were found in a pile of rubble behind his workshop. So, what led John Haigh down the path to becoming a serial killer?

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The sick London serial killer who dissolved his victims in acid baths before stealing their identities - MyLondon

Dissolving the Mystery of the Acid Bath Murderer: The John George Haigh Story

The acid bath murderer: How John Haigh's crimes were uncovered.

John George Haigh – The Infamous “Acid Bath” Serial Killer – Capital Punishment UK

How a dry cleaning receipt caught a 1940s serial killer | News UK | Metro News

The Acid Bath Murders: John George Haigh Becomes A Monster - London Dark Tourist

The Acid Bath Murders

The Gruesome Story Of John George Haigh, The Acid Bath Murderer

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One of America’s most famous plays in Broadway history is Chicago- a musical set in the windy city in the early 1920’s. What makes the musical so appealing is that although the events unfolding on stage occurred almost 100 years ago, they feel current with its themes of fame, corruption and the sensationalism of the media, making it a clever satire of celebrity culture, entertainment and our justice system. The audience is captured in the musical’s storyline that seems to be ripped right from the front-page headlines, and that is because it was. The play was inspired and written by Chicago Tribune reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins who was assigned to the Cook County Jail’s infamous “Murderess Row.” This is the true sinister criminal history behind America’s beloved musical Chicago.

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‘Chicago’: The Real Women of “Murderess Row” and the Woman Who Told Their Story – Broadway in Cincinnati News

Pioneering Tribune women in journalism – Chicago Tribune

A Tribune reporter wrote the hit play ‘Chicago’ after covering Cook County murder trials. Decades later, we owe her an obituary. – Chicago Tribune

Maurine Dallas Watkins

The girls of murder city

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Murder, mayhem and ‘all that jazz’ — the real women who inspired Oscar winner ‘Chicago’ – Chicago Tribune

This Famous Chicago 'Murderess' Didn't Kill Anyone, And New Book Proves It - University Village - Chicago - DNAinfo

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