Peter Kürten
He called for a fried veal, known as Wiener schnitzel, for his last dinner. The meal is usually eaten with capers and sardines in the northern parts of his home country. Yet the killer preferred the typical Austrian potato mix, followed by a certain volume of white wine. He consumed the entire dish and then ordered seconds, and the guards duly obliged.
Wiener Schnitzel
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John Wayne Gacy
John Wayne Gacy killed over 30 men in his Illinois hometown from 1972 to 1978. Thanks to his charitable work, the newspapers called him “Pogo the Clown” and “Killer Clown,” a name he allegedly gained through his crimes. He was eventually executed in 1994, despite being sentenced to death in 1980.
John Wayne Gacy