Death Row Last Words
As avid true crime lovers, we have always been fascinated by the last words of those on death row. Below are just ten of our favourites. Weird question… what would you say?
Robert Alton Harris
21st April 1992 ~ Gas Chamber
Killed two teenage boys in San Diego.
“You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the grim reaper.”
James French
10th August 1966 ~ Electric Chair
Murdered a hitchhiker.
“How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper? French Fries!”
Thomas J Grasso
20th March 1995 ~ Lethal Injection
Strangling two elderly women to death.
“I didn’t get my spaghetti-Os, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this.”
Sarah Good
29th July 1692 ~ Hanged
Accused of witchcraft in Salem.
“I’m no more a witch than you are a wizard, and if you take away my life, God will give you blood to drink.”
George Appel
9th August 1928 ~ Electric Chair
Killed an NYC police officer.
“Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel.”
Peter Kürten (The Vampire of Dusseldorf)
2nd July 1931 ~ Guillotine
Serial Killer
“Tell me… after my head is chopped off, will I still be able to hear, at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from the stump of my neck? That would be the pleasure to end all pleasures.”
Mary Blandy
6th April 1952 ~ Hanged
Poisoned her own father with arsenic.
“For the sake of decency, gentlemen, don’t hang me high.”
Carl Panzram
5th September 1930 ~ Hanged
Serial Killer
“Yes, hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could kill a dozen men while you’re screwing around!”
Peter Manuel (The Beast of Birkenshaw)
11th July 1958 ~ Hanged
Serial Killer
“Turn up the radio and I’ll go quietly.”
Frederick Wood
21st March 1963
Murdered three people.
“Gents, this is an educational project. You are about to witness the damaging effect electricity has on Wood.”
