Since we are a terribly curious society we are always eager to learn about killers and how their minds work. Well before they officially extinguished, the murderers and rapists below had one final chance to say something. Here are the infamous last words from some of the most brutal killers ever.
Thomas J. Grasso
Victims: 2
Method: Strangulation
Date of Execution: March 20th, 1995 (age 32)
Method of Execution: Lethal Injection
Last words:
"I did not get my Spaghetti-O's, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this."
Manuel Pina Babbit
Victims: 1
Method: Unknown
Date of Execution: May 4th, 1999 (age 50)
Method of Execution: Lethal Injection
Last words:
"I forgive you all."
John Wayne Gacy Jr. AKA Killer Clown
Victims: 33
Method: Stabbing / Strangulation
Date of Execution: May 10th, 1994 (age 52)
Method of Execution: Lethal Injection
Last words:
"Kiss my ass."
Edward Kelly
Victims: 6
Method: Shooting
Date of Execution: November 11th, 1880 (age 25)
Method of Execution: Hanging
Last words:
"Such is life."
Aileen Wuornos
Victims: 7
Method: Pretense as prostitute, rob, and shoot.
Date of Execution: October 9th, 2002 (age 46)
Method of Execution: Lethal Injection
Last words:
"I'd just like to say I'm sailing with the rock, and I'll be back like Independence Day, with Jesus, June 6th. Like the movie, big mother ship and all. I'll be back."
Dr. Marcel Petiot
Victims: 27 + (Jews during WWII)
Method: Poison (promised safe passage for Jews)
Date of Execution: May 25th, 1946 (age 49)
Method of Execution: Decapitation by guillotine
Last words:
"Gentleman, I have one last piece of advise: Look away. This will not be pretty to see."
William Bonin AKA The Freeway Killer
Victims: 21 - 36+
Method: Strangulation
Date of Execution: February 23rd, 1996 (age 49)
Method of Execution: Lethal Injection
Last words:
"I would suggest that when a person has a thought of doing anything serious against the law, that before they did that they should go to a quiet place and think about it seriously."
Barbara Graham
Victims: 1
Method: Pistol-whip / Suffocation
Date of Execution: June 3rd, 1955 (age 31)
Method of Execution: Gas Chamber
Last words:
"Good people are always so sure they're right."
Mario Benjamin Murphy
Victims: 1
Method: Steel Pipe / Stabbing
Date of Execution: September 17th, 1997 (age 25)
Method of Execution: Lethal Injection
Last words:
"Today is a good day to die. I forgive all of you. I hope God does too."
Peter Kurten AKA The Vampire of Dusseldorf
Victims: 9+
Method: Stabbing / Hammer
Date of Execution: July 2nd, 1931 (age 48)
Method of Execution: Decapitation by guillotine
Last words:
"Tell me. After my head has been 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 a pleasure to end all pleasures."
Robert Alton Harris
Victims: 2
Method: Shooting
Date of Execution: April 21st, 1992 (age 39)
Method of Execution: Gas Chamber
Last words:
"You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the grim reaper."
James French
Victims: 2 (killed his cellmate after arrest)
Method: Killed a motorist after being picked up for hitchhiking / Strangulation
Date of Execution: August 10th, 1966 (age 30)
Method of Execution: Electrocution
Last words:
"How's this for a headline? 'French Fries'"
Gary Burris
Victims: 1
Method: Shooting
Date of Execution: November 20th, 1997 (age 40)
Method of Execution: Lethal Injection
Last words:
"Beam me up."
Amelia Dyer
Victims: 6 confirmed, 400+ attributed (children)
Method: Strangulation
Date of Execution: June 10th 1896 (age 58)
Method of Execution: Hanging
Last words:
"I have nothing to say."
Peter Manuel AKA The Beast of Birkenshaw
Victims: 7-9
Method: Shooting
Date of Execution: July 11th, 1958 (age 31)
Method of Execution: Hanging
Last words:
"Turn up the radio and I'll go quietly"
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