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Strangest Last Words On Death Row

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Be Amazed

Science, Society & Culture, History, Leisure, Documentary

5710 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Death Row is notorious for housing some of the most terrifying people on the planet. Having committed some of the worst crimes possible, these people are subject to prison waits spanning decades before being put to death. Surprisingly, their final words ranged from repenting, to downright sinister and bizarre. Let's explore some of the strangest last words ever said on death row.




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0:00.0

Death Row is notorious for housing some of the most terrifying people on the planet.

0:05.3

Having committed some of the worst crimes possible,

0:07.8

these people are subject to prison weights spanning decades before being put to death.

0:12.4

Their final words range from repenting to downright sinister and bizarre.

0:16.7

With that said, let's take a look at some of the strangest last words ever said on Death Row.

0:23.9

You're listening. You're listening to be amazed.

0:32.3

James French. There's a time in a place for a good dad joke.

0:36.5

Death Row at any point, usually isn't one of them.

0:40.2

But that didn't stop James French, who was executed in August, 1966 in Oklahoma after being

0:45.6

found guilty of murder.

0:47.0

His last words to the reporters and press who turned up in the days prior to his execution

0:51.3

were, if I were covering my execution, do you know what I'd say in

0:55.2

the newspaper headline? What they asked? French fries. See ya. Unsurprisingly, not one of

1:01.9

the press outlets ran that as their headline. Robert Charles Towery. Robert Charles Towery

1:08.3

killed philanthropist Robert Jones in 1991.

1:11.9

During a robbery that went sideways, he spent two decades on death row after being convicted of murder.

1:17.9

That's a lot of time to contemplate your actions and really think about what you want your last words to be.

1:23.3

On the day, with Jones' family on looking, he apologized, repented, and then through tears,

1:28.5

concluded with the phrase, I love my family.

1:31.4

Potato, potato, potato.

1:33.2

At the time, this made absolutely no sense.

1:36.2

Apparently, it was an inside joke he had with his nephew that a Harley Davidson sounded

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