Veil of Echoes

The Last Bite: 12 Final Meals on Death Row (Mini-Sode)


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A single olive.
 Two pints of mint chip ice cream.
 A feast no one touched.
 And a slice of pecan pie “saved for later”…

Tonight, we’re stepping out of the shadows of true crime and into the prison cafeteria for a special Veil of Echoes Mini-Sode: a deep dive into 12 of the strangest, saddest, and most unhinged last meals ever requested on death row.

We explore the final plates of:

  • John Wayne Gacy
  • Aileen Wuornos
  • Timothy McVeigh
  • Ted Bundy
  • Victor Feguer (the single olive)
  • Peter Kürten (The Düsseldorf Vampire)
  • Ricky Ray Rector
  • Thomas Grasso (SpaghettiOs complaint)
  • Gary Gilmore (“Let’s do it.”)
  • Lawrence Russell Brewer (the meal that ended last meals in Texas)
  • Steven Michael Woods Jr.
  • Velma Barfield

Some meals were symbolic…
 Some unsettling…
 Some almost poetic.

But each one tells a story.

Our Black-Eyed Children episode drops Friday.
 Until then… keep your ears open.
 And the veil closed.

📚 SHOW NOTES — SOURCES USED


Sources:
• Death Penalty Information Center — Last Meals Database
• Murderpedia entries on: John Wayne Gacy, Aileen Wuornos, Timothy McVeigh, Ted Bundy, Victor Feguer, Peter Kürten, Ricky Ray Rector, Thomas Grasso, Gary Gilmore, Lawrence Russell Brewer, Steven Michael Woods Jr., and Velma Barfield
• Associated Press Archives
• Oklahoma Department of Corrections — Execution Records
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Final Meal Procedures
• Biography.com — Serial Killer Profiles
• The Crime Museum — Famous Last Meals
• Britannica — Execution History & Case Summaries

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Veil of EchoesBy Bria Almany, Lyndsay McKee, Zach Endress