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- The serial killer cookbook : true crime trivia and disturbingly delicious last meals from death row's most infamous killers and murderers / by Lecker, Ashley,author.(CARDINAL)839591;
Brings true crime into the kitchen with meals ranging from the bizarre to the gluttonous. Inspired by Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and other notorious death row inmates, it pairs serial killer trivia with recipes of the meals they ate during their final hours. This collection of recipes spans from breakfast staples to indulgent desserts and everything in between.- Subjects: Cookbooks.; Recipes.; Biographies.; Cooking, American.; Last meal before execution.; Serial murderers;
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- My last supper : 50 great chefs and their final meals : portraits, interviews, and recipes / by Dunea, Melanie.(CARDINAL)354236;
Offers an intimate study of fifty of the world's finest chefs, who describe what their final meal would be and offer one recipe from the meal, with contributions from Jacques Pépin, Mario Batali, Jamie Oliver, and Gordon Ramsay.- Subjects: Illustrated works.; Interviews.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Cooking.; Cooks; Cooks; Dinners and dining.; Gastronomy.; Last meal before execution;
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- Old sparky : the electric chair and the history of the death penalty / by Galvin, Anthony.(CARDINAL)691301;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In early 2013, Robert Gleason became the latest victim of the electric chair, a peculiarly American execution method. Shouting Pog mo thin ("Kiss my ass" in Gaelic) he grinned electricity shot through his system. When the current was switched off his body slumped against the leather restraints, and Gleeson, who had strangled two fellow inmates to ensure his execution was not postponed, was dead. The execution had gone flawlessly-not a guaranteed result with the electric chair, which has gone horrifically wrong on many occasions. Old Sparky covers the history of capital punishment in America and the "current wars" between Edison and Westinghouse which led to the development of the electric chair. It examines how the electric chair became the most popular method of execution in America, before being superseded by lethal injection. Famous executions are explored, alongside quirky last meals and poignant last words. The death penalty remains a hot topic of debate in America, and Old Sparky does not shy away from that controversy. Executions have gone spectacularly wrong, with convicts being set alight, and needing up to five jolts of electricity before dying. There have been terrible miscarriages of justice, and the death penalty has not been applied even-handedly. Historically, African-Americans, the mentally challenged, and poor defendants have been likely to get the chair, an anomaly which led the Supreme Court to briefly suspend the death penalty. Since the resumption of capital punishment in 1976 Texas alone has executed more than 500 prisoners, and death row is full. "--- Subjects: Electrocution; Capital punishment; Executions and executioners;
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