William Zuern

Offender: William Zuern was in jail for a suspected murder. After a fellow inmate told the guards that Zuern had a shank, Zuern used it to kill one of them. 

Meal: William Zuern choose cherry cheesecake, garlic bread, lasagna, chocolate milk, mashed potatoes with gravy, macaroni and cheese, and corn. I get the garlic bread and cheesecake from Ultra Foods as leftovers from a previous meal, the milk and lasagna from Walgreen's, the mashed potatoes and mac and cheese from KFC, and the corn from Aldi when KFC was out of it.

Total Cost: Garlic Bread($1.67) + Cherry Cheesecake($3.79) + Lasagna ($2.81) + Chocolate Milk ($1.75) + KFC sides ($5.16) + Corn ($0.49) = $15.67

Adjusted Cost: Garlic Bread ($0.41) + Cherry Cheesecake($1.84) + Lasagna ($2.81) + Chocolate Milk ($1.75) + KFC sides ($5.16) + Corn ($0.18) =$12.15

State: Ohio

Citation: https://web.archive.org/web/20070622114314/http://www.cincypost.com/2004/06/08/zuernfin060804.html 

Bruno Richard Hauptmann

Offender: Bruno Richard Hauptmann kidnapped Charles Lindbergh Jr., the son of a famous aviator, who was found dead.

Meal: Bruno Richard Hauptmann choose cake, chicken, celery, cherries, peas, and olives. I got all of the items from Jewel, except the latter two which were from Walgreen's.

Total Cost: $1.09(peas)+ $1.79(olives) + $2.99(celery) + $0.99(cherries) + $1.99(chicken) + $2.50(cake) = $10.35

Adjusted Cost: $0.36(peas)+ $.60(olives) + $)0.66(celery) + $0.33(cherries) + $1.99(chicken) + $2.50(cake) = $4.87

State: New Jersey

Citation: https://thoughtcatalog.com/kendra-syrdal/2017/03/heres-what-18-killers-last-meal-on-death-row-looked-like/

Westley Allan Dodd

Offender: Westley Allan Dodd abducted and killed two young brothers, and an even younger boy. 

Meal: Dodd choose salmon and potatoes. I had a half pound of boiled fingerling potatoes and a can of Chicken of the Sea salmon.

Cost: $1.60(salmon) + ) $0.43(potatoes) = $2.03

State: Washington

Citation: http://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/06/us/for-first-time-since-65-a-state-uses-its-gallows.html

Cal Coburn Brown

Offender: Cal Coburn Brown  kidnapped a woman, took her to a motel, abused her, and then left her to die in his car's trunk.

Meal: Cal Coburn Brown choose meat pizza and apple pie to eat. Accounts differ whether he drank root beer or coffee and milk. I got a mod sized pizza at Mod Pizza with sausage, pepperoni, bacon, ground beef, and salami. The rest I got at Burger King.

Cost: $7.87 (Mod Pizza) + $1.00(coffee) + $1.49(milk) + $1.69(apple pie) + $2.29(drink) = $14.34

State: Washington State 

Citations (Milk and cofee):

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/09/convicted_killer_cal_coburn_brown_readied_for_execution_in_washington.html

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/killer-on-death-row-16-years-is-executed/

http://o.seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012856652_execution10m.html

Citations (Root Beer):

http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/brown1226.htm

http://murderpedia.org/male.B/b1/brown-cal-coburn.htm

http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/texas-locks-down-last-meal-requests/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/09/washington_death_row_inmates_a.html

Charles Raumbaugh

Offender: Charles Raumbaugh robbed a jewelry store at gunpoint. When the clerk resisted, Charles killed him after a struggle.

Meal: Charles Raumbaugh choose only a flour tortilla and water. I had an El Milagro tortilla, and tap water with ice. 

Total Cost: $1.00(tortilla pack)

Adjusted Cost: $0.08(tortilla)

State: Texas

Citations: http://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/11/us/man-executed-in-killing-committed-as-teen-ager.html

James Neil Tucker

Offender: James Neil Tucker had lived most of his life as a fugitive, escaping and being brought back to prison. His first victim, Rosa Lee Dolly Oakley, was confronted in her lawn and shot in her bedroom. After escaping, he killed another woman, Shannon Lynn Mellon, when he broke into her cottege.

Meal: James Neil Tucker choose pizza, two BLT sandwiches, and Mountain Dew. For my recreation, I had a footlong Subway sandwich with bacon, mozzarella cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and mayonese; as well as a slice of cheese pizza from Eatery 425; and a 16oz bottle of Mountain Dew.

Cost: $12.92

State: South Carolina 

Citations:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_meal

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Neil_Tucker

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62470462

Martha Beck

Offender: Martha Beck was one half of the Lonely Heart Killers, the other being her husband Raymond Fernandez. 

Meal: Martha Beck chose fried chicken, fried potato, and salad. I had chicken legs and wings; salad with iceburg and romaine lettuce, feta and blue cheese, carrots and radishs, ranch and Italian dressing, and crutons; and a potato I peeled, cut, and fried. 

Cost: $5.96(fried chicken) + $5.21(salad) + $.69(potato) = $11.86

State: New York 

Citations: http://www.rowdiva.com/Beck.html