Friday Fun Facts About Criminal’s Last Words
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Pretend you are convicted of a death penalty crime. People all over the world are wondering what your last words on this earth will be.
Do you say something provocative, poignant, or comedic? Do you leave with a quote? Remorse or contempt maybe?
Here are a few of our more well known criminals last words before meeting their end.
Fun Facts Last Words Of Criminals
- Aileen Wuornous (February 29 1956 - October 9, 2002) Robbed and shot six men between 1989-90. Her last words were, "I'd just like to say I'm sailing with the rock, and I'll be back like Independence Day, with Jesus June 6. Like the movie, big mother ship and all, I'll be back."
- Theodore Robert (“Ted”) Bundy (November 24, 1946 - January 24, 1989) Confessed to the murder of 30 women between 1974-79. Authorities believe the number could be as high as 100 or more. His last words were directed to his lawyer, Jim Coleman, and a Methodist minster, Fred Lawrence, who were with him during his last hours. “Jim and Fred, I’d like you to give my love to my family and friends.”
- John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 - May 10, 1994) raped and murdered 33 men between 1972-78 burying them beneath his home. Gacy often dressed as a clown to entertain at children’s birthday parties. Not much comedy in his last words, “Kiss My Ass.”
- Gary Mark Gilmore (December 4, 1940 - January 17, 1977) He might have killed two people but was convicted of killing a Provo, Utah motel manager. Gilmore was executed by a volunteer firing squad. Capital punishment had been reinstated after a ten-year lapse. His last words, “Let’s Do It.” He was an organ donor and two people received corneas.
- Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) domestic terrorist who blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. He didn’t officially say any last words but did leave a handwritten poem by William Ernest Henley that ended with, “I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.”
- Barbara (Bloody Babs) Graham (June 26, 1923 – June 3, 1955) her story was told in the movie, I Want to Live!, that awarded the Oscar for Best Actress to Susan Hayward. Executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin for beating a woman to death during a robbery, her last words, “Good people are always so sure they’re right.”
- In 1928 George Appel was electrocuted in New York City for murdering a police officer. It is said that while being strapped in he quipped, “All the ladies love baked apples (Appel’s)” followed by, “Damn, no power outage.”
Some Final Thoughts
Thankfully I’ve never been in a position where I had to contemplate my last words. I guess if I had to think about it mine would probably be “… turn out the lights the parties over, they say that all good things must end.”
What say you, any last words? Comments below.
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