Robert Franklin Holcombe was really good at spending money, but really bad at trying to kill his wife.
Holcombe first tried to kill his wife Oct. 26, 2004, less than three months after their 30th wedding anniversary.
First, he broke a natural gas line to the water heater, hoping it would cause an explosion. Then, he tried pumping the house full of carbon monoxide by leaving a running car in the garage. After that, he tried poison — twice.
When none of that worked, Holcombe turned to an accomplice, asking the couple's son to help bump off his mother. The son agreed to help police by wearing a wire, and Holcombe was arrested.
That was the end of a party that started about $130,000 ago and involved Tiffany's, an Atlanta strip club.
Holcombe's tale is straight out of the movies: "Striptease" meets "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight."
The secret recording between Holcombe and his son was expected to be a key piece of evidence in Holcombe's trial, which was supposed to start this week.
Now, Holcombe, 55, sits in the Cherokee County Jail and faces up to six years in prison after pleading guilty last week to two counts of aggravated assault and one count of solicitation to commit murder.
Police records — including recently released interviews with family members, Tiffany's employees and a transcript of the conversation between Holcombe and his son — tell the story of a man scrambling to find money for beer, whiskey and the company of young women.
Holcombe's downfall can be traced to his infatuation with strippers. He would spread up to $10,000 in cash across a booth table to attract the attention of the ladies. If you were sitting in his regular seat, which he occupied a few times a week, he would give you $100 to move.
As soon as Holcombe walked into the club, the bartender would put a Miller Lite and double shot of Crown Royal whiskey on the bar.
"I mean, he was like Norm on 'Cheers,' " Holcombe's 28-year-old son, who occasionally accompanied his father, told police.
But big spenders need cash. And by September, Holcombe, who worked at a printing company, had gone through an inheritance and was getting desperate to continue the party.
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4 Times !!! What the _ _ _ _ ? !
Well 4 times, which means his wife has 5 lives left. 