The Cheerleader Murder: A 1980s High School Clique Turns Deadly

The Cheerleader Murder: A 1980s High School Clique Turns Deadly

02 Mar, 2026

Desperate to fit in, a teenage girl targets the most popular student at her school. The way she sees it, they can either be friends – or enemies.


Sources for this episode include:
“Death of a Cheerleader” by Randall Sullivan, reprinted in Best of Rolling Stone A Killer By Design by Ann Burgess
The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade “The Cheerleader Murder”


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