← Return to Institutional Last Meals Archive Institutional Diet Log // Case Record Peter Kürten Analysis of the final high-appetite request of the “Vampire of Düsseldorf” prior to Weimar Republic guillotine execution. Case Overview Peter Kürten, notoriously designated as the “Vampire of Düsseldorf,” was a prolific German serial killer who terrorized the Weimar Republic between … Read more
← Return to Institutional Last Meals Archive Institutional Diet Log // Case Record Thomas J. Grasso Analysis of the historical canned pasta final statement discrepancy and structural maximum security kitchen logging metrics. Case Overview Thomas J. Grasso was convicted and sentenced to death for the separate 1990 strangulation murders of an 87-year-old woman in Tulsa, … Read more
← Return to Institutional Last Meals Archive Institutional Diet Log // Case Record Victor Feguer Documentation of the highly symbolic single olive pit anomaly and the final federal execution log of Iowa history. Case Overview Victor Feguer was a drifter who arrived in Dubuque, Iowa, in the summer of 1960. Soon after his arrival, Feguer … Read more
← Return to Institutional Last Meals Archive Institutional Diet Log // Case Record Stephen Anderson Analysis of the highly specific, texturally eclectic final menu request of San Quentin Inmate #C24100. Case Overview Stephen Anderson was an American contract killer, thief, and escaped inmate convicted of the brutal 1980 murder of an elderly piano teacher during … Read more
← Return to Institutional Last Meals Archive Institutional Diet Log // Case Record Ronnie Threadgill Analysis of the post-reform Texas protocol enforcement and the baseline standard institutional dining tray transition. Case Overview Ronnie Threadgill was convicted of capital murder for the April 2001 shooting of a 15-year-old victim during a carjacking event in open commercial … Read more
← Return to Institutional Last Meals Archive Institutional Diet Log // Case Record Ricky Ray Rector Analysis of the “saving it for later” pecan pie anomaly and the complex legal ethics of executing cognitively impaired inmates. Case Overview Ricky Ray Rector was convicted of the 1981 murder of an Arkansas police officer. After shooting a … Read more
← Return to Institutional Last Meals Archive Institutional Diet Log // Case Record Peter J. Miniel Documentation of the largest multi-course menu manifest prepared within modern Texas Department of Criminal Justice history. Case Overview Peter J. Miniel was convicted of the brutal October 1986 robbery and capital murder of a Houston resident. Miniel and an … Read more
← Return to Institutional Last Meals Archive Institutional Diet Log // Case Record Robert Alton Harris Analysis of California’s landmark 1992 gas chamber menu request and the logistical processing of external commercial vendors. Case Overview Robert Alton Harris was convicted of the July 1978 execution-style murders of two teenage boys in San Diego, California. Harris … Read more
← Return to Institutional Last Meals Archive Institutional Diet Log // Case Record John Wayne Gacy Analysis of the final franchise-linked request of the “Killer Clown” and the psychological connection to his corporate employment history. Case Overview John Wayne Gacy was one of America’s most notorious serial killers, convicted of the sexual assault and murder … Read more
← Return to Institutional Last Meals Archive Institutional Diet Log // Case Record Allen Lee “Tiny” Davis Analysis of the high-volume seafood request of Florida Inmate #041355 and the historical context of the “Old Sparky” electric chair execution. Case Overview Allen Lee “Tiny” Davis was sentenced to death for the May 11, 1982, murders of … Read more