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Saturday, December 24, 2016

Mark Dean Schwab

Offender: Mark Dean Schwab stalked a young boy, kidnapped him, and left him dead in a trunk. 

Meal: Mark Dean Schwab choose a breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, buttered toast, and a quart of chocolate milk. I had all of these at a family diner called oakfield, but only had one egg and a single cup of milk. 

Cost: $4.95(egg and bacon) + $2.25(sausage) + $2.25(hash browns) + $1.60(toast) + $1.95(chocolate milk) =  $13.00

Citation: http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/schwab1109.htm

Monday, December 19, 2016

Joseph Paul Franklin

Offender: Joseph Paul Franklin was a racist serial killer who targeted inter racial couples. He is most famous for the shooting of Hustler editor Larry Flynt, leaving him paralyzed.

Meal: Joseph Paul Franklin, declined a special meal, but accepted the standard meal of roast beef and potatoes. I choose Hormel Compleat Roast Beef and Mashed Potatoes.

Cost: $3.35

State: Missouri 

Citation: https://www.google.com/amp/www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/condemned-serial-killer-on-missouri-death-row-says-he-has/article_bff3dc15-9f96-5858-891a-a46d2ad5bd43.amp.html

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Richard Hickock and Perry Smith

Offenders: Richard "Dick" Hickock and Perry Smith broke into the Clutter home, believing there was a safe full of money.  After finding out no safe existed, they killed the family. To this day, authorities do not know which of the two was responsible. The murders they committed were featured in Truman Capote's novel In Cold Blood and various adaptations.

Meal: Both of the killers choose fried shrimp, fries, garlic bread, strawberries with cream, and ice cream. I bought the shrimp and fries from Steakhouse, the ice cream (Carmel Overload) and whipped cream from Walgreens, and the garlic bread and strawberries from home.


Total Cost: $5.73 (Fries and Shrimp) + $7.08 (Ice Cream and Whipped Cream) + $8.98 (Strawberries and Garlic
 Bread)  = $21.79

Adjusted Cost: $5.73 (Fries and Shrimp) + $3.04 (Ice Cream and Whipped Cream) + $2.24 (Strawberries and 

Garlic Bread) = 11.01 

State: Kansas

Citations:

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,980768,00.html (Subscription needed)
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=pr&FSctf=174

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Edward Schad

Offender: Edward Harold Schad robbed a man named Lorimer Graves, killed him with a rope, and buried him. He was arrested after being found driving his victims car.

Meal: Edward Schad choose corn on the cob, cranberry sauce, apple pie, a vanilla shake, fries, and a
meatball sub.

Total Cost: $5.00(corn cobs) + $1.50(cranberry sauce) + $2.99(shake) + $1.69(apple pie) + $2.39(fries) + $5.50(Meatball sub) = $19.07

Adjusted Cost: $2.00(corn cobs) + $1.00 cranberry sauce) + $2.99(shake) + $1.69(apple pie) + $2.39(fries) + $5.50(Meatball sub) = $16.57

State: Arizona 

Citations: http://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/schad-edward.htm

Friday, October 7, 2016

Danny Rolling

Offender: Daniel Harold Rolling was a serial killer responsible for at least seven murders. He was suspected of killing the Grissom family, and killed students of University of Florida. 

Meal: Danny Rolling choose Lobster Tail, Butterfly Shrimp, Baked Potato, Strawberry Cheesecake, and Sweet Tea. The seafood and potato were bought from Jewel and cooked at home. The Cheesecake was also from Jewel. Finally, the Sweet Tea was MiO concentrate purchased from Walgreens mixed with water.

Total Cost: $14.53(Jewel purchases) + 4.51(MiO liquid) = $19.04

Adjusted Cost: $14.53 + $0.23 = $14.76

State: Florida 

Citation: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-last-meals-death-row-florida-20131019-story.html

In Memoriam:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=16325544&page=gr
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=vcsr&GSvcid=741560

Saturday, September 24, 2016

Brian Steckel

Offender: Brian Steckel broke into the aparment of Sandra Lee Long. After abusing her, he set the apartment on fire suffocating her.

Meal: Brian Steckel choose a Cheesesteak, a Pepsi, and Coleslaw. I had the former two from Great Steak and Potato, and the latter from Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Cost: Cheesesteak and Pepsi ($9.10) + Coleslaw ($2.08) = $11.18

State: Delaware 

Citations:
http://www.pravdareport.com/news/world/americas/04-11-2005/69942-0/

In Memoriam:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15004119
https://billiongraves.com/grave/Sandra-Lee-Long/10218815

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Lowell Lee Andews

Offender: On 1958, Lowell Lee Andews was on Thanksgiving vacation from University of Kansas. He pulled out a revolver and rifle, and gunned down his parents and sister.

Meal: Lowell Lee Andews choose two Fried Chickens, Green Beans, Mashed Potatoes and Gravey, and Apple Pie a la Mode. For my recreation I had two chicken pieces and the sides from KFC and I had an Apple Crisp Sundae from Oberweis. Due to its limited availability, I later made la mode using Apple Pie and a Ice Cream Cone from Burger King. 

Limited Edition Cost:  $5.99(Fried Chicken and sides) + Apple Crisp Vanilla ($6.29) = $12.28

Other Cost:  $5.99(Fried Chicken and sides) + $1.69(apple pie) + $0.75(ice cream cone) = $8.43

State: Kansas 

Citations: https://books.google.com/books?id=uTohCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA429&dq=lowell+lee+andrews+beans+and+mashed+potatoes&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwii_ueU-7bVAhWB54MKHaKgDfoQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q&f=false


Saturday, September 10, 2016

Andrew Lackey

Offender: On October 31, 2005, Andrew Lackey broke into the house of Charles Newman, believing it to contain a vault of gold and cash. After a confrontation between the two, Lackey stabbed Newman, and shot him with his own gun.

Meal: Andrew Lackey had Grilled Cheese, Fries and Turkey Bologna.  For my recreation, I had the former two from Smokehouse and the latter from Jewel.

Total Cost: Grilled Cheese and Fries ($4.11) + Turkey Bologna ($3.04) = $7.15

Adjusted Cost: Grilled Cheese and Fries ($4.11) Turkey Bologna ($0.76) = $4.86

State: Alabama 

Citations: http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/07/hold_dont_publish_andrew_lacke.html