From a pile of dirt to 20 beef tacos these are 25 Strangest Death Row Inmate Last Meal
Choices 25.
Marion Albert Pruett The last meal request of inmate Marion Albert
Pruett starts off our list with enough food to feed a marauding army.
Originally, Pruett said he was intending to share the meal with another inmate who would
be executed the same day.
He requested a Pizza Hut stuffed crust pizza; four Burger King Whoppers; a large order of
French fries; three two-liter Pepsi bottles; fried eggplant; fried squash; fried okra;
and a whole pecan pie.
He wanted to request roast duck but didn’t believe the prison would cook it for him.
24.
Philip Workman Philip Workman’s last meal request is one
of the most bizarre on this list.
Workman, who was executed by the state of Tennessee in 2007, asked the prison to give
a large vegetarian pizza to a homeless person in Nashville, declining his own meal.
Though the prison refused, many other people across Tennessee fulfilled his wish and brought
hundreds of pizzas to homeless shelters on his execution day.
23.
Ted Bundy Well-known American serial killer Ted Bundy
didn’t have an unusual last meal request – but we thought you might like to know
what he asked for and what is standard if a prisoner declines a special meal.
Bundy was thus given the standard last meal: a medium-rare steak, eggs over-easy, hash
browns, toast with butter and jelly, milk, and juice.
It’s said he did not eat it.
22.
Joseph Mitchell Parsons Joseph Mitchell Parsons was executed by the
state of Utah in 1999 but not before he ate his requested last meal of three Burger King
Whoppers, two large orders of fries, a chocolate shake and chocolate chip ice cream, and a
pack of grape Hubba Bubba bubble gum.
He requested to share the meal with his brother and cousin.
21.
Thomas J. Grasso Executed by the state of Oklahoma in 1995,
Thomas J. Grasso also ordered a hefty menu.
His last meal request included: two dozen steamed mussels; two dozen steamed clams;
half-a-dozen barbecued spare ribs; a Burger King double cheeseburger; two strawberry milkshakes;
half a pumpkin pie with whipped cream; and diced strawberries.
Grasso also ordered a 16-ounce can of spaghetti and meatballs, later complaining that he asked
for Spaghetti-Os, not just spaghetti. 20.
James Edward Smith One of the strangest last meal requests on
our list, inmate James Edward Smith asked for a pile of dirt.
The prison denied his request and he ended up settling on a cup of yogurt.
19.
Adolf Hitler Though not a last meal request as Hitler was
not captured alive, as with Bundy we thought you might like to know what was his final
meal.
On April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler realized the war was lost and his Third Reich was over.
Hitler ate some sort of pasta (spaghetti or lasagna) with a light sauce before he and
his new wife Eva Braun took their cyanide pills.
18.
Barton Kay Kirkham Executed in 1958, Barton Kay Kirkham asked
for his last meal to be pizzas and ice cream, “Because you get cheese, meat, and everything
else in one meal.
Not so much fuss.” 17.
Dobie Gills Williams Following the ice cream theme, Louisianian
Dobie Gillis Williams asked for a sugar rush of ice cream and twelve chocolate bars.
16.
Timothy McVeigh The most deadly domestic terrorist in United
States history, Timothy McVeigh was executed by the state of Indiana in 2001.
For his last meal, McVeigh asked for two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream.
15.
Victor Feguer One of the better-known last meal requests
by an inmate, Victor Feguer ordered a single olive which had not been pitted.
After his execution, the olive pit was found in his suit pocket and allegedly buried with
him.
14.
Gerald Lee Mitchell Executed by the state of Texas in 2011, Gerald
Lee Mitchell didn’t ask for a full meal as some others have; rather, he asked for
an assorted bag of Jolly Ranchers candy.
13.
Bruno Richard Hauptman Executed by the state of New Jersey in 1936
for the murder of the Lindbergh baby, Bruno Richard Hauptmann asked for his final meal
to be celery, olives, a salmon salad, corn fritters, sliced cheese, a fruit salad and
slice of cake for dessert, and coffee and milk.
12.
Odell Barnes Another man executed by the state of Texas,
Odell Barnes declined his last meal request, asking instead for “Justice, Equality, World
Peace.”
11.
Ronnie Lee Gardner Inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner’s last meal came
with a twist.
Gardner ordered a steak, lobster tail, apple pie with vanilla ice cream, and a 7-Up.
Totally normal, right?
He also asked for “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy which he watched while reading “Divine
Justice” over a 48-hour fast before his execution.
10.
David Leon Woods Not as difficult as some of the other strange
last meal requests on our list, David Leon Woods ordered a pizza and birthday cake.
9.
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran The two ringleaders of the famous Bali Nine
heroin smugglers were executed in Indonesia in April 2015.
Before their death, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran ate Kentucky Fried Chicken, a popular
food in Indonesia.
8.
Gary Carl Simmons, Jr.
Another death row inmate who ordered more than he could realistically eat, Gary Carl
Simmons, Jr. ordered a smorgasbord of: one Pizza Hut Supreme Deep Dish pizza with double
mushrooms, double onions, double jalapeño peppers, and double pepperoni; a second pizza
with three cheeses, olives, bell peppers, tomatoes, garlic, and Italian sausage; 10
eight-ounce packs each of Parmesan cheese (that’s 5 pounds of cheese!) and ranch dressing
(10 cups of dressing!); 8 ounces of jalapeño nacho cheese; 4 ounces of sliced jalapeños;
2 twenty-ounce Cherry Cokes; 2 large strawberry shakes; two pints of strawberry ice cream;
and one family sized bag of Doritos nacho cheese flavor.
The calorie count of the meal? 29,000 calories.
7.
Stephen Anderson Executed by the state of California at 49-years-old,
Stephen Anderson requested his last meal to include two grilled cheese sandwiches, a pint
of cottage cheese, a Hominy/corn mixture, a slice of peach pie, chocolate chip ice cream,
and, oddest of them all, radishes to finish it off.
6.
Troy Davis In the most ominous last meal request of a
death row inmate on our list, Troy Davis refused a special last meal, claiming, “This meal
will not be my last.”
5.
Saddam Hussein Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was
executed by hanging in 2006.
There is a fair bit of dispute as to what Hussein’s last meal was – some sources
claim it was mostly Western food (even eating a hamburger and fries before the execution)
while others say he was offered chicken and schwarma rice right before the execution but
declined.
4.
Adolf Eichmann Holocaust organizer and senior ranking Nazi
officer, Adolf Eichmann was hung in Israel in 1962.
Eichmann declined a special meal, instead asking for a bottle of Carmel – a dry, red
Israeli wine – which he drank half of.
3.
Ricky Ray Rector Ricky Ray Rector’s last meal doesn’t seem
out of the ordinary; he asked for a steak, fried chicken, cherry Kool-Aid, and a slice
of pecan pie.
The strange part comes at the end of his meal – Rector left the pecan pie, telling the
guard he was “saving it for later”.
2.
Peter J. Miniel One of the largest death row inmate meals
in history was requested by Peter J. Miniel.
The 42-year-old asked for: 20 beef tacos; 20 beef enchiladas; 2 double cheeseburgers;
a jalapeño pizza; fried chicken; spaghetti; fruit cake; half of a chocolate cake and half
of a vanilla cake; cookies-n-cream and caramel pecan fudge ice cream; 2 Coke’s; 2 Pepsi’s;
2 root beers; and 2 glasses of orange juice.
1.
Lawrence Russell Brewer By far the strangest death row inmate’s
last meal request, Lawrence Russell Brewer asked for a massive helping of food: two chicken
fried steaks and sliced onions dripping in gravy; a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger with
everything on the side; one cheese omelet with ground beef, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers,
and jalapeños; a big bowl of fried okra with ketchup; one pound of barbecued meat and half
a loaf of white bread; three fajitas with all the toppings; a Pizza Hut Meat Lovers
pizza; a pint of Blue Bell vanilla ice cream; a slab of peanut butter fudge with crushed
peanuts on top; and three root beers.
Though most prison systems might not grant such a large request, the Texas prison system
did (at the time, which has since changed).
When the food arrived, Brewer refused to eat, saying he wasn’t hungry.
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