Season 4 starts at the end.
Executions.
Last meals.
Last words.
Because when it comes to crime, we’re never satisfied with what happened, we want to know how it ended.
In this episode, we’re digging into why endings hold so much power over us. We trace the history of executions, from public spectacles to quiet, medicalized procedures. We talk about how last meals became ritual, how final words turned into performance, and why a single sentence or plate of food can eclipse an entire lifetime.
If this episode made you pause, think, laugh uncomfortably, or question why, let’s talk about it. Leave a comment, share your thoughts, or drop a review, and be sure to let me know what your last meal or last words might be if you had to face the end. Cheers!
Send Me a Story! @ spiritswithcrime@gmail.com
Threads & Instagram: spiritswithcrimepodcast
Sources:https://deathpenaltyinfo.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_meal
https://law.okcu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Lynne-for-Website.pdf
https://www.tastingtable.com/1571483/death-row-alcohol-last-meal/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Daugherty
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/175295/the-london-hanged-by-peter-linebaugh/
https://www.history.ac.uk/research/medieval
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Code-of-Hammurabi
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/law-and-punishment
https://www.britannica.com/topic/capital-punish
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/history-capital-punishment
https://www.themarshallproject.or
https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Kemmler
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/grisly-history-electric-chair-180960399/
https://timesmachine.nytimes.co
https://www.britannica.com/topic/gas-chamber
https://dpic-cdn.org/production/legacy/GeeJon1924.pdf
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/troubled-history-gas-chamber-180972023/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/lethal-injection
https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_executed_offenders.html
https://www.themarshallproject.org
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wayne-Gacy
https://www2.illinois.gov/idoc/aboutus/Pages/Executions.aspx
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Victor-Feguer
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/victor-feguer
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Timothy-McVeigh
https://www.bop.gov/about/history/timothy_mcveigh.jsp
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aileen-Wuornos
https://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=474222
https://www.okhistory.org/publications/chronicles/vol10/iss4/causes.pdf
