![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/strangest-death-row-meals/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1_Roast-chicken-drumsticks-on-white-background.jpg&description=Death row meals have always been a fascination that stems back hundreds of years, and inmates in the US have become known for requesting either strange items that include a jar of pickles, a clump of dirt, a bag of Cheez doodles and a Coke, or full gluttonous meals of chicken fried steak with gravy, milkshakes, and burger with all the sides for a quintessential American feast "What's your death row meal?" is one of the basic questions most people ask when getting to know someone. The idea of a last meal request fascinates us all, and has stuck around for thousands of years. Scholars trace the first 'death row meals' back to ancient Greece. While different countries and cultures have adapted that idea to fit their myths and narratives, here in the US, inmates have used it as an excuse to gorge, make political statements, or simply taste something nostalgic. Because the US is one of the few 'first world' countries to still have a death penalty, our inmate population gets to make these kinds of requests. Some states have rules around what people can request, while really strange ones sometimes get denied. Some criminals have ordered some really wild meals over the years. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US Charles Rumbaugh was convicted of robbery and murder when he was just 17 back in 1975 and faced execution nearly a day later. He requested something oddly sad for a last meal. He wanted just one corn tortilla. He gave no real explanation for his choice of food, but he's not the only one with a stark request. In 1963, Victor Feguer was executed by hanging in Iowa after being convicted for the murder of Dr. Edward Bartles. Before his execution, he wanted just 'one single olive with a pit.' His request was granted, and Feguer said that he hoped that the pit would sprout a tree from his stomach to represent peace - but authorities found the pit in his jacket pocket at the funeral. Then, there are the 'weird' meals t){kind=link}
Death row meals have always been a fascination that stems back hundreds of years, and inmates in the US have become known for requesting either strange items that include a jar of pickles, a clump of dirt, a bag of Cheez doodles and a Coke, or full gluttonous meals of chicken fried steak with gravy, milkshakes, and burger with all the sides for a quintessential American feast
“What’s your death row meal?” is one of the basic questions most people ask when getting to know someone.
The idea of a last meal request fascinates us all, and has stuck around for thousands of years. Scholars trace the first ‘death row meals’ back to ancient Greece. While different countries and cultures have adapted that idea to fit their myths and narratives, here in the US, inmates have used it as an excuse to gorge, make political statements, or simply taste something nostalgic.
Because the US is one of the few ‘first world’ countries to still have a death penalty, our inmate population gets to make these kinds of requests. Some states have rules around what people can request, while really strange ones sometimes get denied. Some criminals have ordered some really wild meals over the years.
For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US