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Craziest Last Meal Requests | List of Death Row Last Meals

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The Most Elaborate Final Meals In Death Row History

John Barryman

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The most bizarre last meal requests in the history of the penal system reveal that if you're crazy enough to get yourself landed on death row, you're crazy enough to order a litany of fried and otherwise crazy foods when facing the death penalty.

Texas recently got 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.

What are the best last meal requests of inmates on death row? From tubs of ice cream to slabs of ribs, here they are.

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1 Steven Woods

Steven Michael Woods, Jr. is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list The Most Elaborate Final Meals In Death Row History — Photo: via Reddit

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.

Age: Died at 31 (1980-2011) Birthplace: Michigan, United States of America

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2 Robert Dale Conklin

Robert Dale Conklin is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The Most Elaborate Final Meals In Death Row History — Photo: via Reddit

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.

Age: Died at 44 (1961-2005)

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3 Ted Bundy's Last Meal

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4 Ronnie Lee Gardner

Ronnie Lee Gardner is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The Most Elaborate Final Meals In Death Row History — Photo: Freebase/Fair use

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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10 Seemingly Normal People With Creepy Secrets In Their Houses

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10 Seemingly Normal People Who Hid Chilling Secrets In Their Homes

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Even the most normal people have secrets behind closed doors. But when those seemingly normal people have something terrifying inside their home - tucked away from prying public eyes - it's downright terrifying. After police uncover dead bodies in someone's basement or live human captives chained to beds, everyone's so shocked - and not just at the acts but of the identity of the perpetrator. It's rarely who you suspect. It's usually the guy on the block with the perfect lawn who gives the best Halloween candy that has a secret obsession for all things Satanic and the occasional man-meat sandwiches. Some strange, most disgusting, all of them creepy; this list explores a few of those cases where the secrets creepy people kept locked inside their homes were exposed and continue to stun the masses.

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Ariel Castro Held Three Women Captive for Ten Years

Ariel Castro is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list 10 Seemingly Normal People Who Hid Chilling Secrets In Their Homes — Photo: Cleveland Police Department/Wikipedia

Ariel Castro wasn't necessarily considered normal - his wife and child left him because he had been abusive - but nothing about him alarmed anyone who knew him. No one took much notice of him in the neighborhood, so no one knew his wife leaving him didn't end his reign of terror on women. Castro kidnapped three women who accepted rides from him. He abducted Michelle Knight on August 23, 2002, when she was 21, Amanda Marie Berry on April 21, 2003, the day before she turned 17, and Georgina "Gina" Lynn DeJesus on April 2, 2004 when she was only 14.

All three victims were locked in Castro's dark basement or tied to his bed. They suffered brutal beatings, emotional abuse, and were raped repeatedly during the 10 years they were held captive. They were only fed once a day, allowed to shower once or twice a week, and given a tiny, dirty toilet. Castro impregnated Michelle Knight at least five times and would cause her to miscarry by starving her and beating her with dumbbells.

Amanda Berry gave birth to a daughter while in captivity, and DNA evidence confirmed Castro was the father. It was Berry who saw the opportunity to escape on May 6, 2013. Castro left an interior door leading to the upper floor unlocked by accident, allowing Berry to go into the living room and yell for help out the window. By getting the attention of neighbors, Berry got out of the house and called Cleveland PD to Castro's house to free the other two women. Castro pled guilty and was given a life sentence but committed suicide after just a month in jail.

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Ed Gein's Hoarder House Was Decorated With Human Remains

Ed Gein is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list 10 Seemingly Normal People Who Hid Chilling Secrets In Their Homes — Photo: Wikipedia.org

Ed Gein, also known as The Butcher of Plainfield, was the notorious grave robber and killer who inspired some of the creepiest characters of cinema - Leatherface of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Norman Bates of Psycho. Gein was thought to be shy, socially awkward, and a bit strange, but no one could have guessed what horrors were hoarded away in his home. Following his mother's death, Gein dug up graves and mutilated the bodies to craft random household items for years.

It wasn't until November 16, 1957, when a local hardware store owner named Bernice Worden disappeared that Gein was brought to the attention of police. Gein had been the last person to see Worden and that prompted a search of Gein's property. Not only did they find Worden's decapitated and mutilated body hanging upside down in Gein's shed, but they also found the body parts of women he'd dug up on at least 30 different visits to the cemetery. Gein also confessed to the murder of Mary Hogan, a local tavern owner.

Gein had nine vulvae in a shoebox, four noses, human heads, lips, fingernails, a corset made from a torso, and a human heart by his stove. He'd made bowls and bedposts from human skulls. He used women's skin to make a chair, lampshades, masks, and a wastebasket. Police also found Mary Hogan's face in a paper bag–Gein had literally carved it off. Gein was found guilty of first-degree murder but also legally insane so he was locked up in a mental hospital for the rest of his life. He died on July 26, 1984.

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Thomas Mair Had A Secret Obsession With The Third Reich

Thomas Mair Had A Secret Obses... is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list 10 Seemingly Normal People Who Hid Chilling Secrets In Their Homes — Photo: Wikipedia.org

Thomas Mair did volunteer work, taught disabled children, and wore the face of a kindly neighbor willing to help everyone with their gardening, all while devouring as much creepy Nazi propaganda he could get his hands on in his West Yorkshire home.

Apparently, no one, not even his family knew of his obsession with the Third Reich or of his ties to online networks of white supremacists. It wasn't until Mair brutally murdered Jo Cox, a Labour Member of Parliament on June 16, 2016 (one week prior to the EU referendum outlining Brexit) that his secret life was revealed. Witnesses heard Mair screaming, "Britain first. This is for Britain. Britain will always come first," as he shot Cox three times, and then stabbed her 15 times with a dagger.

Police uncovered hoards of books and pamphlets on the Holocaust and SS Race Theory in addition to his own writings, including letters that were previously published in SA Patriot-in-Exile. Mair wrote that he felt "white liberals and traitors" were the "greatest enemy" of apartheid. His writings also stated, "I still have faith that the White Race will prevail, both in Britain and in South Africa, but I fear that it's going to be a very long and very bloody struggle." Mair was found guilty of murder November 23, 2016 and sentenced to life in prison.

Josef Fritzl Kept His Daughter And Her Children Captive For 24 Years

Josef Fritzl is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list 10 Seemingly Normal People Who Hid Chilling Secrets In Their Homes — Photo: YouTube

Josef Fritzl of Amstetten, Austria, had a soundproof dungeon constructed under the home he shared with his wife and daughter Elisabeth. Apparently Fritzl had been sexually abusing his daughter since she was 11-years old and when she turned 18 he locked her up in his cellar and reported her missing. For 24 years Fritzl kept his daughter hidden, repeatedly raping her while his wife went about her day without a clue that her daughter was being brutalized beneath her feet.

Elisabeth gave birth to seven of her father's children, one was sick as a newborn so Fritzl burned him in the furnace. Three of the six surviving children were kept captive down in the basement with Elisabeth, never knowing the outside world existed. The other three children were brought upstairs, Fritzl claimed Elisabeth abandoned her children on the doorstep and ran off with some cult. It wasn't until one of the children, Kerstin, got sick and needed to be hospitalized that Fritzl's secrets came out. In 2008 Elisabeth (42 years old at this point) and her hidden children (Kerstin, 19; Stefan, 18; and Felix, 5) were finally freed. Josef Fritzl plead guilty to kidnapping, rape, incest, false imprisonment, slavery, and murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

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