Top 10 Scary Last Words from Prison Inmates Before
They were executed
Before a convicted felon is executed by lethal injection or in
the electric chair, it is customary for the criminal to address
the public with their final last words.
Sometimes inmates use this opportunity to make peace
with their actions, others make chilling statements to shock
and upset people.
There have been a ton of chilling last words from inmates
before they died, so, you know what? Let's take a look at
these.
These are the top 10 scary last words from inmates before
they took their last breath.
1. Robert Alton Harris
He said; "You can be a king or a street sweeper but
everybody dances with the Grim Reaper".
He was arrested on July 5th 1978, when him and his
brother hijacked a car with two teenage boys in it and they
ordered them to drive to a remote location where the
brothers brutally murdered them.
Then they used the vehicle they stole from the teenage
boys and used it as a getaway car when they robbed a San
Diego bank.
Robert Harris was arrested just an hour after the auto theft
and he was charged with murder, auto-theft, kidnapping,
burglary, and bank robbery.
One of the arresting officers was the father of one of the
murdered boys but he didn't know until later. He wasn't even
able to recognize his son's face, that's how violent the
murder was.
Robert Harris was sentenced to death in 1979 after many
appeals, he was finally executed in Sandy Quentin's gas
2. George Engel
He was an anarchist who didn't like following any sort of
rules and regulation. He was involved in a lot activism and
protest in the Chicago area.
A protest bombing occurred in the Hay market area of
Chicago which resulted in the death of 7 police officers, 4
civilians, and a lot of other people who were seriously
injured.
George Engel was actually at home while this riot broke out
and he was arrested the next day, and he was charged with
conspiracy in the bombing. He was sentenced to death by
hanging.
But before he died, he said; "Hurrah for anarchy! This is the
happiest moment of my life!"
3. Roger Keith Coleman
His case gained nationwide attention and major
controversy because he maintained his innocence the
whole time during his conviction and even right before he
was executed.
During his final last words he said; "An innocent man is
going to be murdered tonight, when my innocence is
proven, I hope Americans will realize the injustice of the
death penalty as other civilized countries have".
He was convicted in Virginia for assaulting and murdering
his sister-inlaw on the day that he had been fired from work.
After his death, the DNA evidence was re-analysed and in
January 2006, the Governor of Virginia announced that the
retesting of the DNA evidence has conclusively proven that
he was guilty of the crime.
4. Timothy Mcveigh
He infamously said; "I am the master of my fate, I'm the
captain of my soul". He was the one behind the Oklahoma
city bombing which killed a 168 people and injured 680
others.
This bombing is actually the deadliest act of domestic
terrorism in the US, his execution date was set for June 11
2001, and he made a request for his execution to be
publicly televised, but his motion was denied.
He invited a composer to play classical music on the night
of his execution and he requested to have a Catholic priest.
He was executed by lethal injection and his way of getting
executed was way shorter than most inmates waiting on
death row. He only spent 4 years on death row while most
inmates spend an average of 15 years.
5. Jeffrey Dahmer
He was sentenced to 15 consecuted lifeterms for
murdering 17 men and boys in the Milwaukee area between
1978 and 1991.
He was into Necrophilia and Cannibalism. The interesting
thing about Jeffrey was that he wasn't given the death
penalty. His inmate actually beat him to death because he
said that Jeffrey was a sick and creepy man.
He used to make his food to look like human body part and
covered them in ketchup to make it look like blood.
According to Jeffrey Dahmer's murderer his last words
were; "I don't care if I live or die, go ahead and kill me".
6. Tom Black Jack Ketchum
He was an oulawed cowboy who murdered someone in
1895. After that, his gang fled to New Mexico where they
committed a few robberies before he was captured during
an unsuccessful attempt to rob a train.
He was quickly arrested, put on trial, found guilty, and
sentenced to death by hanging.
When his execution date arrived, it was the biggest public
display because he was the first person to be hanged for a
train robbery in New Mexico.
However, things didn't go as smoothly as they hoped.
Before he was hanged, he said this; "I'll be in hell before
you
start breakfast boys, let her rip!"
The rope completely decapitated him and it is said that his
headless body landed on his feet and stayed standing
upright for quite a while.
7. John Wayne Gacy
He has three famous last words, he kept it short and sweet
when he said; "kiss my ass". He was a textbook serial killer
that didn't really have any emotions.
He was known as the killer clown because he dressed up
as a clown and performed at many charitable events and
birthday parties.
He took the lives of at least 33 young boys in Illinois, and he
would bury their bodies under his home. When he was
convicted of assault in 1968.
The police found all the bodies that he tried to cover up.
Despite the bodies that was found underneath his house,
he maintained his innocence, but he was found guilty in
1980 because there just so many compelling evidence
against him.
He was given multiple death penalties and life sentences,
and finally after 14 years on death row, he was executed by
lethal injection.
8. Aileen Wuornos
Aileen had a terrible childhood that was filled with abuse
and abandonment, so, it's no surprise that she would go on
a killing rampage that will define her as Americans most
infamous serial killer.
She worked as a prostitute and killed 7 men that picked her
up along the highway.
Aileen said that all her murders were committed in self
defense but she was convicted on 6 of the murders and
sentenced to death.
She executed by lethal injection on October 9, 2002, but
before she died she said this; "I'll just like to say I'm sailing
with the rock and I'll be back like independence day with
Jesus in June the 6th, like the movie, the mothership of all,
I'll be back".
I don't even know what this even means but it's pretty scary.
9. Carl Panzram
He was known as one of the most sadistic American serial
killers of all time. He had more than a dozen aliases and no
one knows what had done for many years until he was
captured in November 1928.
Before his death, he confessed to killing over 21 people and
assaulting over 1000 males.
Right before he was hanged, he said; "In my lifetime, i have
murdered 21 human beings, I have committed thousands of
burglaries, robberies, larcenies, arsons, and I have
committed assaults on more than 1000 males".
That is just sick.
10. The Vampire of Dusseldorf
He was known as a vampire because he would
occasionally
attempt to drink blood from his victim's wound while they
were still alive.
But eventually, he was arrested and sentenced to death by
beheading because he committed a series of murders and
assaults.
He even admitted to killing a 9-year-old girl, and he
murdered at least 9 people but the police suspected that he
murdered a lot more.
So, he was taken to the guillotine to have his head chopped
of but before he left this world, he made a last statement
that probably haunted the people present at his execution.
He said; "Tell me, after my head has been chopped off, will I
hear at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood
gushing from the stomp of my head, that would be a
pleasure to end all pleasures".
I mean, yeah, after hearing that, I'm definitely going to have
nightmares, and if that wasn't enough, his mummified head
is on display right now at The Wisconsin Museum after
doctors try to cut his head open to try to find reasons for
his evil.
I mean, you can't make this stuff up.
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