- Death Row Granny. Okay, Granny. What did you do, Granny?
- This is the one time that I have been mad
that someone didn't die the first time.
- Sharon, is this your last meal, though?
- No way, man. - Today, we are going to be
trying and rating the last meals of some infamous lady criminals
on death row. - Feminism.
- Shoutout to the women. - Whoooa.
- That's a lot of pressure. - That's a lot of pressure.
- Yeah, 'cause I'm afraid they're gonna haunt me
if I rank their meal low. - ♪ They had it comin' ♪
- ♪ Ba-dow! ♪ - ♪ They only have themselves
to blame ♪ ♪ (scats) ♪
- ♪ And if you didn't ♪ - (both) ♪ If you'da seen it ♪
- (all) ♪ I bet ya you would've done the same ♪
- Scary. - Amber McLaughlin.
- HI, Amber! - Sounds like, um,
♪ In the arms of an angel ♪ - Sarah McLachlan?
- (both laugh) - (PvF) Amber McLaughlin
is the first openly transgender person to be executed in the United States
in January of 2023. - Whoa, this is recent.
- Recent. Recent, recent. - (PvF) She was a registered
sex offender, who was convicted for the rape and murder
of her ex-girlfriend in 2003. - Whoa!
Why'd it take so long? - She was in prison for 20 years?
- (PvF) McLaughlin's last words, "I'm sorry for what I did.
I'm a loving and a caring person." - I mean...
- You did kill a person. - Oh, and M&Ms?
Yo, honestly, best M&Ms. - Oh. Ohhh!
- Oh, she is thicky. - (PvF) Her last meal?
A cheeseburger with fries, strawberry milkshake, and peanut M&Ms.
- Sometimes, it's just a cheeseburger-- it just slaps.
- It's classic. - Mm-hmm.
- Sharon, is this your last meal, though?
It's not mine. - No way, man.
- Amber McLaughlin, I get it.
- Oh my god. - I'm going, "This isn't
about you anymore, babe. This is about the strawberry milkshake."
- I'd go with something I like. - (Sharon) What would your
last meal be? - Sushi.
- What are you-- - I'm an ambitious girl.
- And how did we feel about that? - Yeah.
- I can see myself doing this, but I would eat a lot more than this.
I would have a lot-- this would be the starter.
- I'm going to give this-- out of ten, I'm gonna
give it a seven. - That's what I was gonna say!
- Five, because I understand the meal, but I hate her.
- In terms of choices, I would say a five.
- Three because I don't like the meal. - I'll give it a six.
You can't go wrong with cheeseburger.
- Seven! I deducted points for lack of creativity.
- She's old. Yeah, this had to be like 1800s.
- Is it Mee-ah-kur? - (PvF) This is the first woman
legally executed in 1883. Emeline Lucy Meaker
was convicted and hanged for the murder of her husband's niece,
Alice. - Oh, damn!
- (PvF) Alice and her brother Henry were orphaned and Emeline's husband
agreed to take them in for a stipend of $400.
But Emeline was not please with the arrangement
and beat, starved, and mistreated Alice.
She then decided to kill her with a lethal dose of poison,
which she made her son procure. - Oh my gosh!
- (PvF) And which she forced down Alice's throat.
- Emeline, you [censored]. - What in the hell?
- Hard boiled egg, potato. - (PvF) Right before her execution,
she had a lunch consisting of two boiled eggs,
two slices of toast, one potato, one donut,
and a cup of coffee. - Kind of a lackluster meal.
- It's amazing. Oh, that coffee was good!
- I love the fact that you're serving this on prison plates.
- A bit of toast. - How do you eat
if you know you're gonna die? I wouldn't have an appetite.
- If I'm gonna eat a donut, I eat it from the bottom up.
Beep. - (muffled) This donut is delicious.
- Huh? - And back in the day,
they made their bread fresh, so it was probably so good!
- I mean, two. It's 'cause of the donut.
- Yeah, four out of ten. - I'ma rate it a four.
- Really? - What?! You would rate it higher
than the other one? Than a cheeseburger?!
- I'm a two for the eggs. - I was gonna give it a five.
- All right, you got me. I'll say a five.
- Ooh, I shouldn't have eaten that whole donut.
- You ate the whole donut? - You ate the whole thing?
- Sure d-- guys, don't. That felt both shocking and judgy.
- (in Southern accent) Karla Faye Tucker, KFT.
- (in Southern accent) Karla Faye Tucker.
- She doesn't look like she has aggression.
- (PvF) Sentenced to death for killing two people with a pickax...
- Whoa! - (PvF) During a burglary.
Karla Faye Tucker spent 14 years on death row, where she had
a widely publicized conversion to Christianity and advocated
the commutation of her sentence to life without parole.
It was denied. - Yeah.
- (PvF) As Tucker murdered the woman in the house,
she testified that she experienced intense multiple orgasms
with each blow of the pickax. - Karla, please.
- (moans) - Ew. (laughs)
- This was her last meal? - Ugh, she's canceled.
Ain't no way. - (PvF) Having found God,
Karla went out with a simple meal of a banana, a peach,
and a fresh garden salad with ranch dressing.
- Out of all the fruits in the world, you chose a banana?
- (snickers) - [Censored] and peach.
- It's lettuce. - Mm-hmm.
- Oh, that's a good peach. - Where's the soul food, okay?
- (PvF) Who are our two-- we'll get you another fork.
- Brian. - Let me tell you, that whole thing
of "I'm now a Christian," that, to me, doesn't sound
like real remorse. - God can't help you now.
You still gotta repent for the sins and blah, blah, blah.
A couple Hail Marys ain't gonna do that.
- This meal? I'm gonna go a one, because I hate it all.
- One? I'm sorry, a one. - At least it's food.
But it's a two. - Two.
- Two? - Two.
- I'll give it a two, 'cause I really like this peach.
- Well, I'm saying the food would be fine.
It's the choice. - I'm gonna give it a two
'cause of the peach. - Okay, I'm going with you on that.
- You know what I mean? - Uh-huh.
- Oh! - Kelly Renée Gissendaner.
- That's a mugshot, though, right there.
- Yeah, she's done things. - (PvF) Born into a poor
cotton farming family, Kelly Renée Gissendaner
had a rough childhood, being molested by her stepfather,
date raped during her senior year of high school,
resulting in her first son. She married, divorced,
married, divorced, became pregnant by another man,
and then remarried her second husband. It was this husband
who she plotted to kill with her lover, Greg Owens.
- Okay! - Maybe we should've
tried being single. - (PvF) She graduated from
a theology studies program for prisoners and formed
a self-help group called the Struggle Sisters,
in which she helped turned other inmates' lives around
while incarcerated. As she went out,
her final song was a prayer and then she sang Amazing Grace.
- That's a little creepy to me. - Oh, god.
I knew that song gave me the creeps.
- (PvF) Keep your eyes closed. - I'm just looking at Sharon.
I'm caught up in her fa-- - (PvF screams)
- (Jair) I knocked something over. - (PvF) Yes, you did.
- You spilled my milkshake! - I did.
And you know what? You can have my milkshake.
- I'm just switching you the full plates, man.
- (PvF) After he first failed execution attempt that had
been called off because of a problem with the storage of the drugs,
her actual last meal was cheese dip with chips,
Texas nachos with fajita meat,
and a diet-frosted lemonade. - You did the same thing...
- (both) Twice. - ♪ Amazing grace ♪
- Yeah, I'm not singing. - (both) ♪ How sweet the sound ♪
- I like nachos. - Wow, that actually is really good.
- (slurps loudly)
- Oh, no. That really ruined it for me.
- (PvF) Her previous last meal was cornbread, buttermilk,
two BK whoppers, two large french fries,
cherry vanilla ice cream, popcorn, lemonade,
and a salad with Paul Newman buttermilk dressing.
- Oh, I would rather that one. - This is the one time
that I have been made that someone didn't die the first time.
- Two of out ten. - And I'd also give this
a five out of ten. She basically did the same thing twice.
- (Brian) Mm-hmm. - But it's a good same thing.
- Taste and everything like that, it's really good.
From a choice perspective, thinking maybe a six.
- I mean, I'd go with a six.
This really brought it down for me. - I'm gonna say a six.
- I'm gonna go with my girl Sharon and give it a six.
- The chips were hitting. - She doesn't deserve
any more than that. - Velma Barfield.
Death Row Granny. Okay, Granny.
What did you do, Granny? - Death Row Granny?
- Death Row Granny? My new rap name.
- (PvF) Nicknamed the Death Row Granny,
Velma Barfield was an American serial killer
who confessed to at least six murders in total.
- Damn, Granny. - (PvF) She became a caretaker
for many elderly patients and poisoned them with arsenic
while also committing check fraud. - Oh, no.
- (Brian) Ohhh, woww! - Mama, no! Why?
- (PvF) A psychiatry professor diagnosed Velma with a dissociative
identity disorder and said that she talked to Velma's
other personality, Billy, who told her that Velma
had been a victim of sexual abuse and that he, Billy, was the one
who'd killed her abusers. The judge was unconvinced
and said, "Well, one of them did it. I don't care which one."
- I mean... - Fair point.
- You can't kill 1/2 of 'em.
- Oh! - Cheez Doodles?
I've never had a Cheez Doodle before. I've had a coke.
- (PvF) Either Velma or Billy ordered up this last meal,
some Cheez Doodles and a Coca-Cola.
- Oh, like, this tastes like Cheetos.
- Like a Cheeto? - It looks like a Cheeto.
- Not as good as a Cheeto. - Cheez Doodles.
- I don't think I ever had a Cheez Doodle.
- No way. - They're not that good.
I promise you. If you guys had 'em,
and you like 'em, I'm so sorry to hurt your feelings.
- If I'm being real, these smell like cardboard,
straight up. - I mean, she really
phoned this in. - Cheez Doodles suck, dude!
- Can't say I'm a fan of Cheez Doodle.
- That's just-- that's-- let me tell you why
I'm having a hard time with this one. - Tell us, Shar.
- She looks like she could be a relative.
- Have you had a Cheez Doodle? - I did yesterday.
They were garbage. - Garbage.
- They're absolute trash. - There's not much cheedle
on these Cheez Doodles, if I'm using the term correctly.
- It's so boring. - This is a one out of ten.
- I agree. - It's just rough.
I'm gonna just go with a one.
- Uno. Definitely one. - A two, 'cause I like Coke.
- Saying one. - Oh. Can I not say zero?
It's a one for the branded... - (Izzy) It's edible.
- ...Coca-Cola, but... - It's edible at the very least.
- I gue-- yeah, one. - What I'm learning through this
is just love your kids, okay. Please?
- Evelita Juanita Spinelli!
- Oooh. - I'm getting scared.
- The Duchess. - Evelita, what did you do?!
- (chuckles) - (PvF) Evelita Juanita Spinelli,
also known as the Duchess, was a gangster...
- Dang! Gangsta! - Gangsta.
- (PvF) ...an ex-wrestler... - Whaaat?!
- Slay, Spinelli! - (PvF) ...and the first woman
to be executed in the state of California.
- Wow. - (PvF) She regularly took in
young delinquent homeless men and trained them
to be professional criminals. - It's so heartwarming!
She takes in homeless youth, but then makes them into criminals?
- (PvF) But things went wrong when two of her proteges
accidentally killed someone during a robbery.
Fearing that they would confess to the police,
Spinelli poisoned one of them and had her gang beat him up
and dump him in the river. The other protege escaped
and confessed. And then, her gang turned on her
and testified against her in trial. - (laughs)
- (Izzy) I mean... - You bastards!
- (PvF) She even tried to pin the murder on her daughter, Gypsy.
- Damn! - (Jason) Wow.
- Another burger! - Hey!
- Turkey and gravy. - Gravy.
- (PvF) Executed the day after Thanksgiving, her last meal
was turkey and a hamburger. - You couldn't even do
a cheeseburger?! - Ooh, good mix, good mix, good mix!
- Oh, you know what I'm about to do. - Ooh, good mix, good mix.
- Mm-hmm. - We know it wasn't gonna be bad.
Unless you're poisoned. - (both chuckle)
- In the '30s? You know what I mean? Burgers probably were
the it thing, you know? - Probably was.
- Turkey gravy on a burger? Slaps hard.
- Oh, that's not-- I mean, I want some mashed potatoes.
I want some mac and cheese. - There's not a lot here.
- Mm-hmm. - But it's an interesting combination,
so I'll do-- and she's a slay. So, I'll do a...six out of ten.
- 'Cause it has no cheese. - Yeah, no cheese.
- A three. - This one scares me a little more
than the other one, so I'm gonna give this one a ten.
- What, you think she's gonna hit you in your sleep?
- Mm-hmm. - I found the combination,
and I found that appealing. I'm going to give that a seven.
- Yeah, I'll give this a three. - I'll give it a one.
- Ooh. - I'm not scared.
- Okaaayy! Elizabeth Ann Duncan, Ma Duncan.
- She looks real hopeful. - Hope I don't get caught!
- (both laugh) - Don't convict me. Don't convict me.
Don't convict me. (laughs) - Ma Duncan.
- (PvF) Elizabeth Ann Duncan, or Ma Duncan, a divorcee
of 10, 11, or possibly 16 different husbands,
she cared little for her spouses, but immensely for her son Frank.
She loved her son Frank fiercely and was thusly very upset
when he fell in love with and impregnated a young nurse.
So, when she found out that Frank and Olga, the nurse,
had gotten married, she hired two inept hitmen
to take out her son's seven-month-pregnant wife.
- Awww! - (PvF) Both she and the two hitmen
were sent into the gas chamber in 1962.
- Wooo! - Oh, this would be part
of my last meal. I'm telling you that right now.
- I gotta make room for this. - (PvF) I'm only giving you
a plastic fork. - Oh, that's jacked up.
- (PvF) She requested steak and a salad for her last meal.
Her final words were, "Where is my son Frank?"
- Oh, god! Stop! - How's that bite?
How'd that bite do for you? - I don't even want it anymore.
- (as Elizabeth) Frank's favorite meal was steak!
- I gotta take a bite of this. - You don't wanna eat this
delicious frank-- I mean, steak? - (laughs)
- Ooh, it's medium well. - I will be fair and at least try
the hunk of-- - Frank.
- Stop. - (PvF) Frank stayed by her side
the entirety and fought for her innocence.
- Whoa! They smashed. - (laughs)
- I was thinking it, but she just went ahead
and just went. - God. Jesus Christ.
- (Brian) You gotta get right there. Yeah, get into it.
That's it. - It's a good steak, though.
- Much better. Give that an eight.
- It's a zero. (laughs) It's a zero.
- A steak and a good salad? - Mm-hmm.
- I would give it a six. - She seems a little [censored]
haunt-you crazy, so I'ma go with a ten.
- Nah, I'll do two out of ten. One for the salad.
One for the steak. - I'm gonna give this a two
for the steak. Man, that's some [censored] up [censored].
- (PvF) We've tallied up the scores, and Amber, at the very least,
had the best taste in food. - Cheeseburger.
You can't go wrong with cheeseburger, a shake, some fries.
I mean, honestly, the milkshake was great.
- The milkshake was fantastic. It was a comfortable meal.
- Victim should be able to choose their last meal.
- How? - Choose--
- How, Sharon? - I mean, the victim's family.
- With a, you know, ouija board. Like, what should she eat?
- Sure. Nothing again! - Again, just some quick comfort food.
- They could've made so much more better choices,
but it is what it is. That's what they wanted.
- (PvF) They could've made better choices in their life too.
- Well, yeah! Okay, you got me there.
Thanks, Nicole. (laughs) - (both) ♪ He had it comin' ♪
♪ He had it comin' ♪
♪ He only had himself to blame! ♪
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