Top 10 Most Elaborate Final Meals in Death Row History By John Barryman [36 more lists]

With Death Row in the news lately, and Texas recently getting rid of the "last meal" for any people getting executed due to Lawrence Russel Brewer's choice of "meal" (see the first item below), it's a better time than any to look back at some of the most absurdly elaborate meals that dead men walking have ever requested. And here they are.

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Lawrence Russel Brewer

Executed: Sept. 21st 2011 for the murder of James Byrd. He and two of his white supremacist friends beat him severely, urinated on him, and chained him by his ankles to their pickup truck before dragging him for three miles while he was fully conscious. A curb finally killed him and severed his arm.

Brewer was later arrested. This is the jerk that ruined the whole "last meal" thing for other inmates in Texas. When he got all this, he refused to eat a bite of any of it. This guy was just out to make people angry and hey, mission accomplished. Here's what he ordered...

Last Meal:
2 Chicken Fried Steaks, Triple Bacon Cheeseburger, Cheese Omelet, Lrg Bowl of Fried Okra, 3 fajitas, 1lbs of bbq w/half loaf of white bread. a Meat Lovers pizza; three root beers; one pint of Blue Bell vanilla ice cream; and a slab of peanut butter fudge with crushed peanuts.
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Thomas J. Grasso

Executed: 1995. He strangled an elderly woman using her own Christmas lights, stole $8 from her purse, $4 from around the house and sold her television for $125. He then murdered an elderly male and stole his social security check (even after having been recently married).

Last Meal:
Two dozen steamed mussels, two dozen steamed clams, a double cheeseburger from Burger King, half-dozen barbequed spare ribs, two strawberry milkshakes, half a pumpkin pie with whipped cream with diced strawberries and a 16-ounce can of spaghetti with meatballs, served at room temperature.

He later complained "I did not get my SpaghettiOs, I got [canned] spaghetti. I want the press to know this."
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Steven Woods

Executed: 2011 for the murder of a young couple, even after many appeals and being backed by some popular non-profits/media organizations.

Last Meal:
Two pounds of bacon, a large four-meat pizza, four fried chicken breasts, two drinks each of Mountain Dew, Pepsi, root beer and sweet tea, two pints of ice cream, five chicken fried steaks, two hamburgers with bacon, fries and a dozen garlic bread sticks with marinara on the side
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Robert Alton Harris

Executed: 1992 killed two innocent teenage boys who were in a Jack in the Box parking lot. His last words were "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper...", a quote from Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey.

Last Meal:
A 21-piece bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken, two large Domino's Pizzas (no anchovies), ice cream, a bag of jelly beans, a six-pack of Pepsi, and a pack of Camel cigarettes
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William Bonin

Executed: 1996. The most famous "Freeway Killer", he tortured, raped and killed at least 21 boys. He would get male prostitutes, young hitchhikers and school boys into his truck, rape them, torture them, then brutally murder them, often using their own t-shirts to strangle them.

Last Meal:
Two pepperoni and sausage pizzas, three servings of chocolate ice cream, and three six-packs of Coca-Cola and Pepsi
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Robert Dale Conklin

Executed: 2005. While on parole for armed robbery, he killed a man by sticking a screwdriver in his ear and twisting it around. He then dissected the body and put select parts of it down the garbage disposal.

Last Meal:
Filet mignon wrapped in bacon, de-veined shrimp sauteed in garlic butter with lemon, a baked potato with butter, sour cream, chives, and real bacon bits, corn on the cob, asparagus with hollandaise sauce, French bread with butter, goat cheese, cantaloupe, apple pie with vanilla bean ice cream and an iced tea
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John Wayne Gacy

Executed: 1994 for the assault, murder and rape of 33 young boys, 26 of which he kept buried in his backyard. He's most famous for dressing up as a clown, solidifying many people's existing fear of the horrifying hell-creatures. His last meal, surprisingly, did not include cotton candy.

Last Meal:
Fried shrimp, a bucket of KFC original recipe chicken, fries and a pound of strawberries. A pound.
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Ronald Clark O'Bryan

Executed: 1984. He's the reason your parents always checked your candy on Halloween. He killed his 8 year old son with cyanide-laced candy. He handed out a lot more cyanide-laced candy, yet somehow none of the children ate it and nobody else died at his hands. He killed his own child in order to cash out a life insurance policy.

Last Meal:
T-bone steak (medium to well done), fries with ketchup, whole kernel corn, sweet peas, a lettuce and tomato salad with egg and French dressing, iced tea, sweetener, saltines, Boston cream pie, and rolls
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Dennis Bagwell

Executed: 2005. Bagwell invaded the home of Ronald Boone, who returned to his Texas home to find the bodies of his wife Leona McBee, her daughter Libby Best and his granddaughters Reba Best and Tassy Boone. According to reports, McBee and Tassy had been beaten and strangled, necks broken, and Tassy was raped. Libby was shot in the head and Reba’s skull was crushed with a hammer and a metal exercise bar.

Last Meal:
Steak, fried chicken, BBQ ribs,fries, onion rings, bacon, a dozen scrambled eggs with onions, fried taters with onions, sliced tomatoes, a salad with ranch dressing, two hamburgers with everything, peach pie, milk and coffee, ice tea with real sugar.
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Ronnie Lee Gardner

Executed: 2010. He killed a man during a robbery, then when being transported to a hearing for his crimes, he killed an attorney. He got life in prison for the first, then the death penalty for the second.

Last Meal:
Lobster tail, steak, apple pie, vanilla ice cream, 7-Up while watching Lord of the Rings. Huh.

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