Welcome back guys to most amazing top 10, my name is Danny Burke and todays were taking
a look at the top 10 creepy last meal requests.
These are the meals that inmates on death row in America asked for in the hours leading
up to their execution.
Obviously, food by itself isnt really creepy, but theres something about these requests
that fascinate or even shock people - lets get into our number 10 with James Edward Smith
He was sentenced to death in Texas for a murdering during a robbery in Houston.
He was executed on June 25th 1990.
Before his death, he was asked what he wanted his last meal to be - he replied -dirt- … plain
old dirt from the ground.
He explained that he wanted it for a voodoo ritual.
He wanted to use the dirt to mark his body so that his spirit would move on to the afterlife
and not become a ghost.
The prison said that dirt was not on their list of acceptable food requests and asked
him again what he wanted - he chose Yoghurt.
I think that one was just to eat, not for a different voodoo ritual.
At number 9 now we have Victor Feguer.
This man from Michigan was convicted of murder in 1963 and was executed by hanging in Iowa
State Penitentiary.
He was the last person to be executed in that state.
For his last meal, he requested one single olive with the pit still inside - nothing
else.
He hoped that when he died, it would grow into an olive tree from inside his body as
a sign of peace.
After he was hanged, the authorities found the pit in one of his suit pockets.
Did he forget to swallow it?
Or was it just a strange lie?
At number 8 now we have Velma Barfield.
This woman from South Carolina was an American serial killer who killed 7 people from 1971
to 1978.
She was executed in 1984 at Central Prison North Carolina.
She chose as her last meal a bag of cheeze doodles and a 12 ounce can of Coca Cola.
People found it strange because normally, prisoners can request pretty much anything
- including steaks, lobsters, any kind of expensive food - would you choose cheese doodles
and coke?
Maybe thats someones favourite meal!
Moving on to number 7 we have Aileen Wuornos.
This woman was an American serial killer from Michigan.
She murdered seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990.
After being sentenced to death, she turned down all her chances of appealing and said
-I killed those men and Id do it again too … I have hate crawling through my system-
… she was offered a last meal but declined and instead chose a cup of black coffee.
Her last words were -Yes, I would just like to say Im sailing with the rock, and Ill be
back, like Independence Day, with Jesus.
June 6th, like the movie, big ship and all, Ill be back, Ill be back-
At number 6 now we have Thomas J. Grasso.
This man from Oklahoma strangled an 87 year old woman on Christmas Eve 1990 - he then
stole some small change and her TV.
6 months later, he killed an 81 year old man and stole his security check.
He was executed on March 20th 1995 - before his death, he released a number of press statements
including a poem he wrote called -A Visit With Mystery- … the first few lines read
-Ready, willing, and waiting am I. I asked for death but could not die.
Each sunrise is one day less, Ill endure this horrible mess- … pretty intense, seemed
to contrast a lot with his last meal which he requested be a bowl of room temperature
Spaggethi-Os … apparently the guards always served it too hot to him ...
At number 5 now we have Gary Carl Simmons.
This man from Mississippi executed a butcher in 1996 and then used his meat carving knives
to dismember him and scatter the body parts in alligator infested waters.
He recieved a lethal injection in 2012.
His last meal was shocking just because of its sheer size.
He ordered a pizza hut supreme dish pizza with double mushrooms, onions, jalapeno peppers
and pepperoni, another pizza with 3 cheeses, olives, bell peppers, tomatoes, garlic and
italian sausage, 10 eight ounce packs of parmesan cheese, 10 cups of ranch dressing, 8 ounces
of jalapeno nacho cheese, 4 ounces of sliced jalapenos, 2 twenty ounch cherry cokes, 2
large strawberry shakes, two pints of strawberry ice cream and a family sized bag of Doritos
nacho cheese flavor.
That came to 29,000 calories.
Sounds like a death sentence in its own right.
Next up at number 4 we have Barton Kay Kirkham.
This man from Utah was sentenced to death in 1956 after the murder of two grocery store
clerks during an armed robbery in Salt Lake City.
He was the last person to be hanged in the state of Utah.
Hios last meal request was for Pizza and Ice Cream - telling the prison steward that -you
get cheese, meat and everything in one meal, not so much fuss- … I think that they were
seperate though and not together, Im not sure though.
His last words were -Ive asked God to forgive me-
At number 3 now we have Ricky Ray Rector.
In 1981 - this man from Arkansas shot and killed a man in a restaurant and then a police
officer who was negotiating his surrender and then tried to kill himself - he failed
and was instead executed for his crimes in 1992.
He requested steak, fried chicken, cherry Kool-Aid and pecan pie.
The guards didnt find anything creepy until they came to get him for the execution, he
had left the pecan pie completely untouched and told them he was saving it for later.
Was he full?
Was this just a joke?
A threat?
Creepy either way …
Moving on to number 2 we have Larry Bill Elliot.
This man from Virginia killed a young couple to impress an adult escort he met on the internet.
He was electrocuted for his crimes in 2001 - only the 5th inmate to choose that method
of execution since the lethal injection had been introduced 6 years earlier.
Many people find his last meal request strange because - we don't know what it is.
Its not public information.
Elliot specifically requested that his last meal remain a secret.
We don't know why - it could have been something very normal but the fact that the public couldnt
know made a lot of people wonder what it could be.
Why do you guys think someone would do this?
And finally at number 1 we have Lawrence Russell Brewer.
This white supremacist was executed via lethal injection for the murder of James Byrd Junior.
He requested a large meal a bit like the one we talked about earlier.
Two chicken fried steaks with sliced onions dripping gravy, a triple meat bacon cheeseburger
with everything on the side, one cheese omelet with ground beef, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers,
jalapenos, a large bowl of fried okra and ketchup, one pound of barbecued meat and half
a loaf of white bread, 3 fajitas with all the toppings, a pizza hut meat lovers pizza
, a pint of blue bell vanilla ice cream, peanut butter fudge with crushed peanuts and 3 root
beers.
When all of that arrived, he refused to eat it, saying he wasnt hungry.
One last middle finger before his execution.
I bet the prison guards ate well though …
Well, there you go - I did also read that a lot of these states have changed their laws
so that prisoners cant request anything that comes to more than 20 dollars.
Anyway, what do you think about last meal requests as a whole concept?
I know a lot of people have a morbid fascination with them.
My name is Danny Burke, thans for watching as always guys and Ill see you all in the
next video.