This Crazy Cheerleading Mom Who Tried To Murder - The Wanda Holloway story
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Who is Wanda Holloway and why is she notorious?
So this is Wanda, and Wanda will do anything to be a cheerleader. Maybe even unalive someone.
What was Wanda's own cheerleading experience and her father's influence?
Now Wanda is just a kid and she's living in the middle of nowhere Texas but unfortunately her dad is super religious and he thinks cheerleaders skirts are too short for a teenager to wear and he doesn't want her dressing like a hoochie and so he says nah bro can't be a cheerleader and that is the end of her cheerleader dream and this devastates poor Wanda I mean this is all she's ever wanted how could he do this to her but
How did Wanda's obsession with cheerleading impact her daughter's life?
Then fast forward decades later and it's the 80s and Wanda is in her 30s now and she's still living in the middle of nowhere Texas. But now she's married and she's got a daughter of her own. This girl, Shauna. And Wanda, she's probably still got hang-ups about her dad not letting her be a cheerleader all those years ago. And so she decides to finally do something about it.
What efforts did Wanda make to ensure her daughter Shauna became a cheerleader?
she's gonna do everything in her power to make sure her daughter Shauna can be one. And she starts pushing her into it. And she starts investing a lot of money into Shauna's future cheerleading career with like modeling classes and private cheer lessons. Later she gets her a spot at this insanely competitive gymnastics studio.
Who is Amber and how did she become Shauna's cheerleading rival?
And as time goes on, Shauna ends up, I assume, being pretty good at dance and cheer with all this training she's been getting. However, there's one other girl she can't seem to outshine. This girl, Amber. Now Shauna and Amber, they're actually friends. I mean, they go to school together, they run in the same popular girl circles, but Amber is just better than her at dance and cheer. Regardless, Shauna's mom, Wanda, keeps her eyes on her ultimate goal. She wants to officially get Shauna onto the school's cheerleading squad, and she'll do anything to make that happen. So in 1989, Wanda puts a plan into motion. See Shauna, she's now in the seventh grade. She's 11 and she's old enough to try out for the cheer squad.
So Wanda transfers her out of her private school to a local public junior high so that she can try out. And at that new school, there's two open spots and only one other girl trying out. So Shauna is guaranteed to make the team. I mean, this is great for them. But then, guess who suddenly wants to try out for that team as well? Shauna's friend, Amber. But here's the absolute dumbest part of this whole story. I guess at this school, or maybe in this school district, to make the cheer team, you don't audition. You actually get voted in by the students at the school. So you have to campaign and put up flyers and get the students to vote for you. Which is absurd because it should be based on skill, but like, whatever.
What was the unusual cheerleading selection process at Shauna's school?
Regardless, both girls campaign for a spot on the team and they try to get the other students to vote for them. And kaboom, Shauna doesn't win. So she doesn't get a spot. And her mom, Wanda, is absolutely devastated and pissed off. And she complains to the other parents and she goes to the school board and complains to them. She threatens to get a lawyer like, it's not fair, I'll sue you.
How did Wanda react when Shauna failed to make the cheerleading team?
And of course, Amber makes the team with no problem. I mean, she's popular and people like her. And as time goes on, Amber still outshines Shauna. I mean, she gets voted as the most spirited in the class in the school yearbook. She becomes the class president while Shauna only gets voted vice president. And a whole year passes and the girls are now in the eighth grade and they're both up to try out for cheer again. Or campaign, because they campaign at this school. It's the stupidest thing ever. But this time, Wanda has a strategy. She is still determined to get her daughter on that team. So during campaign time, they make custom rulers and pencils with Shauna's name on them. Like, vote for Shauna or whatever. And they hand them out to all the students. Here's the problem, though. Handing out branded rulers and pencils actually goes against the school's election code. So it's against the rules. I guess it's seen as, like, bribery. And so Shauna, she finds this out, and she immediately stops giving them to students. I mean, she doesn't want to get in trouble.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Wanda Holloway and why is she notorious?
0:00–0:08
2
What was Wanda's own cheerleading experience and her father's influence?
0:08–0:33
3
How did Wanda's obsession with cheerleading impact her daughter's life?
0:33–0:57
4
What efforts did Wanda make to ensure her daughter Shauna became a cheerleader?
0:57–1:17
5
Who is Amber and how did she become Shauna's cheerleading rival?
1:17–2:55
6
What was the unusual cheerleading selection process at Shauna's school?
2:55–3:21
7
How did Wanda react when Shauna failed to make the cheerleading team?
3:21–4:24
8
What tactics did Wanda use during Shauna's second cheerleading campaign?
4:24–8:20
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