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American Criminal

Airship

From Airship, the studio behind American Scandal, American History Tellers, and History Daily, comes a new true crime history podcast that takes you inside the minds of some of our...

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Episode list

7

  • June 12, 2025

    48 min

    To Kill A Cheerleader | How to Hire a Hitman in Channelview, Texas

    After her daughter Shanna was disqualified from the cheerleading tryouts, Wanda Holloway was seeing red. In her mind, there were two people responsible for Shanna not being a cheer...

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  • June 12, 2025

    1 min

    American Criminal Season 15: NXIVM

    In 2017, a little-known consulting firm called NXIVM became the center of an international scandal. One day, no one had heard of the group at all. The next, people were calling it ...

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  • June 5, 2025

    47 min

    To Kill A Cheerleader | A Girl's Best Friend is Her Mother

    As Wanda Holloway married, divorced, and remarried, one thing in her life remained constant: her obsession with making her daughter a cheerleader. But when it came time for tryouts...

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  • May 29, 2025

    40 min

    To Kill A Cheerleader | God, Glory, and Glamor

    It was a case that made headlines around the world: Texas mother hires hitman to kill her neighbor -- over cheerleading. But how did it get to that point? What was it that drove Wa...

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  • May 22, 2025

    1 hr 9 min

    Case File | Eyewitness History: Bill Ayers

    It's hard to remember that we're all living through history every day, and that some of the people who lived through the turbulent periods we learn about through books and podcasts...

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  • May 15, 2025

    1 min

    American Criminal Season 14: To Kill A Cheerleader

    In 1991, a small Texas town just outside of Houston was shocked to discover just how far one mother was determined to go to ensure her child’s success. When Wanda Holloway’s teenag...

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