“It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.”
Convicted of the Oklahoma City bombing, Timothy McVeigh chose the poem “Invictus” for his final written statement before being executed by lethal injection.
“Yes, I would just like to say I’m sailing with the rock, and I’ll be back, like Independence Day, with Jesus. June 6, like the movie. Big mother ship and all, I’ll be back, I’ll be back.”
The last words of convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos, she was executed at Florida State Prison by lethal injection, aged 46.
“Kiss my ass!”
The serial killer and rapist spoke these final words to a prison official shortly before being executed by lethal injection, he was 52 years old.
“Ah, well, I suppose it had to come to this. Such is life.”
Bushranger and outlaw reputedly speaking these words before being executed by hanging, this photo was taken a day before his death, at the age of 25.
“Tell my mother I died for my country.”
The assassin of Abraham Lincoln, whispered these final words after being fatally shot in the neck.
“That picture is awful dusty.”
Notorious bank robber and outlaw, at his home and unarmed examining a picture on the wall. He was betrayed and killed by Robert Ford with a gunshot to the back of the head.
“Who is it? Who is it?”
Outlaw and gunfighter, spoken after entering a dark bedroom. He was ambushed and shot in the chest by Sheriff Pat Garrett. Billy the Kid was aged 21 at the time of his death.
“MY JESUS MERCY”
Mob boss during the great depression, this is the inscription on his tombstone. He died at home from heart failure surrounded by his family, aged 48.
