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Step inside the chilling final moments of some of history’s most notorious criminals as they face the ultimate judgment. These unsettling interviews reveal the dark minds behind heinous crimes, showcasing a mixture of confession, defiance, and disturbing insights. Prepare yourself for a harrowing glimpse into the psychology of those on death row, just before their last breath.
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00:00By my count, it's 22 people. Is that the same number that you have?
00:03That's approximately it.
00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at chilling interviews where killers on death row
00:10gave insights into their minds and crimes. If they weren't actually executed, they could still
00:15be eligible, as long as they were sentenced to be. This is the first time that the state has
00:20carried out this type of execution. You know, if I said if I wasn't concerned about that, I'd be lying.
00:27Brian Patrick Miller.
00:28Is it possible that you could have blacked out and done something like that to somebody and
00:32not recall?
00:35No, I knew I had done something when that happened.
00:39It comes as no surprise that convicted killers would continue to insist on their innocence
00:44even after they're sentenced. In 2023, Brian Patrick Miller, otherwise known as the zombie
00:50hunter, was found guilty of two murders that he had committed in Phoenix decades prior,
00:54and condemned to death.
00:56My mother was not a very good person in so many ways, but what helped was that when I
01:00was an adult, she acknowledged that she did horrible things to me and apologized.
01:05When giving an interview to 48 Hours, he doubled down on his blamelessness, even implying his
01:10DNA had been planted at both scenes. Things became even darker as he revealed an apathetic mindset,
01:16implying that everyone had a mask they hid behind and that people didn't care about the truth
01:21as long as they had a scapegoat. As of 2024, his official execution date has not been decided,
01:27but it's clear he won't stop arguing against it anytime soon.
01:31Victoria told officers she was nearly 100% sure Brian Patrick Miller was her attacker.
01:38Stephen D. Richards.
01:39For centuries, people have been curious about the inner workings of a murderer's mind.
01:44In the 19th century, Stephen D. Richards was one of the worst, having killed at least nine people
01:49in Nebraska and Iowa before being apprehended. His bloodlust didn't end there, as he reportedly
01:54threatened one journalist with extreme physical harm. However, he did allow a few to get some insight,
02:00and he didn't hold back. He compared some of his victims to pigs, and even went into graphic
02:06detail about how he destroyed a litter of kittens as a child. This did nothing to humanize him,
02:11and in 1879, he officially became the first person to be executed in the state of Nebraska.
02:18In Minden, the sheriff issued tickets to the execution of Samuel Richards,
02:23guaranteeing eager spectators a choice spot.
02:26Gary Gilmore.
02:27A number of attorneys are still trying to stop Gary Gilmore's execution. They're planning to explore
02:31a legal test of the constitutionality of Utah's death penalty. The final plans will
02:35all be discussed next Monday.
02:37After admitting to causing two deaths in Utah and demanding his own execution,
02:42Gary Gilmore had the whole country's attention. He could have talked with anyone,
02:46but it was Playboy magazine that received the honor. In his interview, he analyzed his own
02:50childhood and claimed that his strict authoritarian reform school had driven him to crime.
02:55But he was far from being the usual hoodlum. He had a high IQ and assiduously educated himself.
03:01He also revealed that he had slain both men in order to stop himself from doing the same to his
03:06then-girlfriend, showing just how deep-seated his anger was. It was clear he was ready to face the
03:12end on his own terms, and did so in 1977.
03:16They said he had a death wish, but Gary Gilmore didn't. He explained that if forced to choose
03:21between years in prison and swift execution, he would take death.
03:24Carlton Gary
03:25Carlton Gary was convicted of the murders of three senior women in 1968. The stalking
03:34strangler was suspected of several more, however. In an unsettling final interview,
03:39Gilmore insisted he was innocent, citing inconclusive evidence and illegitimate actions
03:44by police officers. Indeed, his case was scrutinized over multiple appeals, and potential issues like
03:50flawed investigative techniques and racial bias all cast doubt on the legitimacy of his mid-80s
03:55trials outcome.
03:56You chose him, but when that man has scruples, and say, I'm not going to play this good old
04:00boy a racist thing, and I'm not going to lie on this man, I'm not going to lie for him,
04:04I'm not going to lie against him. That's all I've ever asked.
04:07Though DNA positively linked him to at least one murder in 2007, it's disturbing to listen
04:12to his voice during this 21st century recording, since his assertion of morality and guiltlessness
04:17is capable of evoking genuine sympathy. Nevertheless, Carlton Gary's verdict stood,
04:23and he was executed by lethal injection in March 2018.
04:26Those kind of stories don't sell. They don't tell well. You got to have that sensationalism,
04:33and that's just a known fact.
04:35Scott Dozier
04:36It isn't that I want to die, and so I'd rather be dead than do this.
04:40While some doomed prisoners would do anything to have their sentence overturned,
04:44others are more than willing to go.
04:46Scott Dozier, convicted of two murders in Arizona and Nevada, had originally been condemned
04:52by Nevada to execution in 2007, but the state was slow in following through with it.
04:57He ended up speaking with Vice News, giving people a glimpse at the charming facade he
05:01had carefully built for himself.
05:03How do you feel about the state using fentanyl to kill you?
05:05I think it's awesome. Look, I mean, it's killing people all over the place. You guys get
05:08pharmaceutical-grade fentanyl and just bang me up, man.
05:11He spoke casually about the injections, almost making them seem like nothing more than a bad trip.
05:16He also questioned the state's ethics, implying that they should follow through with the
05:20controversial punishment. After his 2018 execution was stayed, Dozier stopped waiting for them and
05:26ultimately took his own life in 2019.
05:29What do you hope for your son? What do you hope for your grandkids?
05:36They are more successful in finding happiness and some degree of satisfaction and gratification
05:41than alive within the parameters you've seen.
05:44Douglas Clark.
05:45Oh, he knew X.E. Wilson was killed June 22nd. Everybody knows that. But they try to claim
05:51my knowledge of the case, from the case files I got while in jail, indicate I'm guilty.
05:55Someone with an accomplice during a crime spree can often muddy the waters in determining guilt.
06:00Douglas Clark, one of the Sunset Strip killers, was convicted of six murders in 1983 in California.
06:06He had worked with a young woman named Carol Bundy, who was only found guilty of two murders.
06:11Clark attempted to pin all the blame on her and continued to do so after the trial ended.
06:17We've got the proof Carol Bundy copied Ted Bundy's crimes. The LAPD, Detective Orozco,
06:23says he sees no similarities between that case and this case.
06:27In one filmed appearance, he insisted that she was the mastermind and claimed that their
06:32relationship made the authorities target him. Despite his depraved actions, he remained adamant
06:37that he was a victim as well, right up until he passed from natural causes in late 2023.
06:43If you start copycat and Ted Bundy's crimes today in Wichita, Kansas, you're immune, as far as
06:50Leroy is concerned, of being discovered to be a copycat killer.
06:56Timothy McVeigh.
06:57If government is the teacher, violence would be an acceptable option.
07:03He may not be a traditional serial killer, but he's still responsible for the deaths and
07:08injuries of hundreds. Timothy McVeigh committed the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 after witnessing
07:14the Waco siege a couple of years beforehand. After receiving the ultimate penalty, he spoke
07:19with 60 Minutes, where it became clear just how little remorse he felt.
07:23In the Gulf War, you were given medals for killing people. So I've faced that issue quite
07:32a few times with people that bring it up to me.
07:34He stood by his beliefs, all while questioning the government and explaining how people could
07:38voice their dissent. He even went in-depth about a conversation he'd had with fellow bomber
07:43Ted Kaczynski, presenting themselves as martyrs. He remained indifferent throughout his execution
07:48in 2001, where he supposedly had a defiant look on his face the entire time, like he
07:54would do it all again if he could.
07:56In truth, from my psychological perspective, it's a little easier being on death row, because
08:02you know how you're going to die.
08:04Troy Kell.
08:05I kind of took responsibility at that time that I got myself in the situation. Now deal with
08:11it.
08:11Troy Kell had been in prison in Nevada and then Utah since he was 18, following a murder he
08:17committed in 1986. As soon as he stepped inside those walls, he knew he would do anything to
08:23protect himself. His anger continued to build until 1994, when he stabbed an African-American
08:28inmate over 60 times.
08:31The race issue was used to justify the power trips, controlling the action, wanting to control
08:38the TV, the ice bucket.
08:40In a subsequent HBO documentary, he was candid about the act, making it seem as if he had no
08:45other choice. He even described it and his feelings in great detail, revealing how desensitized
08:51he was to violence. As of 2024, Kell has yet to face his ultimate consequence, and is still
08:58attempting to appeal the death sentence decades later.
09:01Lawrence Bideker.
09:11I'm glad that he was kept alive, though, because we've learned so much, I believe, about
09:16psychopathy and sadism from him.
09:18While murderers are usually horrific, some are especially depraved. The toolbox killers, Lawrence
09:24Bideker and Roy Norris, were responsible for the 1979 assault and slaughter of several teenagers in
09:30Southern California. They recorded the horrific events they put some of their victims through,
09:34which are still used today to help train new FBI agents.
09:38Why did you want to record it?
09:40No, no, no. I've come up with some screwy ideas.
09:42Citizens everywhere were ecstatic when they were finally caught and tried, and were even happier
09:47when Bideker received the death penalty. While waiting for execution, he gave several
09:52interviews. In one, he described their first kidnapping in extreme detail. In others, he only expressed
09:59remorse over having been caught. After nearly 40 years, he passed away naturally, evading the final
10:05part of his punishment.
10:06So tell me, are you afraid of death?
10:09No.
10:10You said you had a panic attack.
10:11Yeah, I'm getting a little afraid of it lately.
10:15Arthur Gary Bishop.
10:16Art, would you rather die than life in prison?
10:18Yes.
10:19While some killers are remorseful over their actions, others are eerily detached from them.
10:24Over a period of several years, Arthur Gary Bishop assaulted and killed five boys in Utah,
10:29earning him a death sentence in 1984. A later documentary allowed viewers into his mind,
10:35where he went into an uncomfortable amount of detail.
10:39With Graham, it was like I had a need to dominate him or exploit him or to possess him,
10:45if you will.
10:46He described his mindset during his first homicide, and how the fear of being sent to prison with a
10:51charge regarding underage victims made him want to escalate his actions. He also explained how
10:56he constantly shoved his emotions down, to the point where he claimed he couldn't feel anything
11:00anymore. Unlike others, he only had to wait a few years before being executed, swiftly bringing
11:06justice to his victims' families.
11:08Michael Bruce Ross.
11:14Over the course of three years in the early 1980s, Michael Bruce Ross claimed the lives of eight
11:19girls and women in Connecticut and New York. Ross had endured a troubled childhood and began his
11:24vicious crime spree in his senior year of college.
11:27I just felt like I was right on the edge and like I could, it was just going to be, it wouldn't take
11:32much to push me over. I just, and it was very frightening back then. I'm not like that now.
11:37I'm just such a lovable guy now.
11:40After he was captured in 1984, Ross confessed to all eight murders and was sentenced to death
11:45in Connecticut. In an interview given while awaiting execution, the roadside strangler,
11:50as he came to be known, casually recounted his heinous crimes.
11:53It was 3.30 in the afternoon on a fairly well-driven road. She was walking along the side of the road
12:01and, uh, I just stopped the car, got out of the car.
12:07At one point, he even bragged about the strength with which he strangled his victims.
12:11It was an insane, uh, strength or something and, and, cause I, I got a kick out of it because the
12:17prosecutor, I knew, had no idea that was coming.
12:20Ross was executed in 2005, the last person to face that penalty in the state of Connecticut.
12:25For some of us, death is not a punishment.
12:27Edward Wayne Edwards. Right from his childhood, Edward Wayne Edwards lived a life of crime,
12:33even once appearing on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.
12:37It was a female who identifies herself as April. She said,
12:40I think my dad could be responsible for Tim and Kelly. I think he killed them.
12:45And she said his name is Edward Wayne Edwards.
12:48Edwards began killing after being granted parole in 1967,
12:51and was responsible for at least five deaths.
12:54There was some cigarettes, uh, in the bottom of the duffel bag.
13:00I said he'd go ahead and get them out.
13:03Edwards lived as a free man for decades before being arrested in 2009,
13:07and sentenced to life imprisonment for his crimes.
13:09I felt bad, but, uh, apparently not bad enough that I kept from doing it.
13:15Seeking a quick punishment, Edwards sat for an interview with the Associated Press,
13:20during which he confessed to killing his foster son, Danny Boy Edwards, for a life insurance payout.
13:25He was stealing from my children, and I'm very close to my family in that respect.
13:32And so I just, uh, let my mind... I'm not new to crime.
13:36In 2011, Edwards was handed the death penalty for Danny's murder.
13:41However, he died of natural causes just one month later.
13:45Bobby Joe Long.
13:46For more than three decades, Bobby Joe Long sat on death row in Florida before he was executed in 2019.
13:53Long was not only a serial killer, with at least ten victims to his name,
13:57he was also a serial predator, having assaulted more than 50 women in around three years.
14:03As soon as I opened my eyes from being asleep, that's what I was thinking about.
14:08That didn't let up until I did it.
14:11He was arrested in November 1984, after one of his victims, Lisa McVeigh, led the authorities to him.
14:18Long claims in this interview with Miami's WPLG,
14:22that his compulsions were triggered by a motorcycle accident that left him with head injuries.
14:26The first time I did it, I couldn't really believe I did it.
14:30With a piercing stare and a creepy half-smile,
14:32he talks about being an average Joe who just happened to go off the edge every once in a while.
14:37Probably 99.9% of the time, I'm as normal as he is or he is or anybody else is.
14:45But there's that 1% of the time.
14:49Andre Chikatilo.
14:50He was in a large iron cage in the courtroom.
14:54The cage was to protect him from the rage of the parents of the victims.
14:59One of the most infamous killers in Soviet history,
15:02Andre Chikatilo terrorized the Rostov Obelisk in Soviet Russia between 1978 and 1990.
15:08Chikatilo claimed to have taken the lives of 56 people and was convicted of 52 murders.
15:14Referred to as the Butcher of Rostov, Chikatilo was known for his erratic behavior in court,
15:19but appeared a lot more restrained in this interview he granted before his execution.
15:23He rambles on about his troubled childhood and growing up during the Great Famine of the early 1930s in Soviet Ukraine.
15:42When asked about the afterlife, Chikatilo brushes it off and expresses his readiness for whatever comes next.
15:48Perhaps most disturbing was his past desire to become a dictator from as early as the 9th grade.
16:04Danny Rowling
16:19Like some of the other individuals on this list, Danny Rowling was the product of a sadistic upbringing.
16:25In his adulthood, Rowling became a serial killer,
16:27murdering three people in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana,
16:30and five others in the student community of Gainesville, Florida.
16:34In 2004, Rowling appeared in this episode of the Canadian true crime TV show, Forensic Factor.
16:39I let the evil in, and the evil just took over.
16:42And it was like when the sun would go down, I couldn't resist it.
16:47Rowling seems to express some remorse for his crimes, and concedes that he deserves to die.
16:52But his demeanor throughout the interview appears to be that of someone needing to be the center of attention.
16:57When the morning would come up, it was just like I would hate myself.
17:00That comes as no surprise, as he previously admitted his desire to be a well-known criminal,
17:11like fellow serial killer Ted Bundy.
17:13I don't even know how much longer I'm going to be on this earth.
17:16But when I die, I hope I'm ready.
17:18I hope I die half as bravely as the people who perished at my hand.
17:27Peter Curtin
17:28In the early 20th century, Peter Curtin reigned terror on the German city of Dusseldorf,
17:33assaulting and killing at least nine people.
17:36He was known as the vampire of Dusseldorf due to his disturbing fascination with blood.
17:40After his arrest in May of 1930, Curtin was analyzed by psychiatrist Dr. Carl Berg over a series of interviews.
17:48The infamous killer claimed that although there was a sexual nature to his crimes,
17:52he was primarily motivated by the sight of blood.
17:55He also stated that the very act of attacking his victims brought him intense relief.
18:00Just before his execution by guillotine,
18:03Curtin asked his psychiatrist if he would be able to hear the sound of his own blood gushing out after his decapitation.
18:08Tommy Lynn Sells
18:10California-born Tommy Lynn Sells claims to have committed over 70 murders.
18:15If true, that would make him one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history.
18:20Every time I did it, it was that rush again, and I started chasing that high.
18:28Despite his claims, Sells was convicted of only one murder and sentenced to die in September of 2000.
18:33In a jailhouse interview with Martin Bashir for ABC's Nightline, Sells described himself as an emotionless person.
18:40And that comes across quite clearly in the recorded clip.
18:43When you look at me, you know what hate is.
18:46I don't know what love is.
18:47With no remorse whatsoever, he recounted his killings, detailing the rush he got from taking innocent lives.
18:54It's a rare glimpse into the mind of a heartless killer, and one capable of sending chills down any spine.
19:00Why would that happen?
19:02I didn't want him to live through the pain I lived through.
19:05Angel Maturino Resendiz
19:06Dubbed the railroad killer, Angel Maturino Resendiz was known to illegally hop trains as he traveled across the U.S.
19:14He would then invade homes close to the railroads, rob them, and murder the occupants.
19:19This offender, unlike a lot of others, spent an incredible amount of time in that house going through everything.
19:26In total, authorities believe Resendiz killed at least 15 people in this manner.
19:31His calm and reserved behavior throughout this interview with renowned journalist Jacqueline Cacho
19:36heavily contrasts the vicious nature of his crimes.
19:39Given entirely in Spanish, Resendiz doesn't necessarily go into explicit detail about the murders in this interview.
19:45Instead, he seemingly alludes to the motivation behind them.
19:49Although he described himself as an eternal being who was incapable of dying,
19:54Resendiz was executed by lethal injection on June 27, 2006.
19:59Earl Forrest
20:00Back in December 2002, a drug dispute between longtime friends Earl Forrest and Harriet Smith
20:06resulted in the former murdering the latter in her home.
20:09I asked her, you know, all I wanted was a f***ing lawnmower.
20:15She said, Earl, I'll get you a lawnmower.
20:19I felt, I guess, maybe I felt like I was being lied to.
20:22Forrest also killed another friend of theirs, Michael Wells, who was visiting Smith at the time,
20:27as well as a deputy sheriff during a police shootout afterwards.
20:31Why'd you shoot him?
20:33I don't know.
20:34Yeah.
20:36She looked at me funny, I guess.
20:39For his crimes, he was put to death by lethal injection on May 11, 2016.
20:44The first season of the A&E docuseries The Killer Speaks features an interview with Forrest,
20:50who is completely devoid of any remorse.
20:53Did you feel bad?
20:55I don't know what I felt.
20:56Instead, he puts the responsibility of his actions on Smith for not fulfilling a promise she made him.
21:02Watching the clip, you'd think he was the victim of the crime.
21:05I did something for her, she was supposed to do something for me.
21:08Why did she, you know, have to put us both in that position?
21:12Joseph Paul Franklin
21:14Joseph Paul Franklin was a notorious serial killer and white supremacist
21:18who is believed to have been responsible for at least 20 murders.
21:21I mean, I can't go back and think about the cases, you know, individually.
21:26I have too much other problems, too much other things I have to focus on.
21:30Franklin mostly targeted interracial couples, African Americans, and Jewish people in his attacks.
21:35He also famously shot adult magazine publisher Larry Flint in March 1978.
21:41Although this interview Franklin granted to CNN before his 2013 execution provides little information about his depraved crimes,
21:48it gives some insight into his state of mind.
21:51And what was your mission?
21:53Well, to try to get a race war started.
21:55At the time of the murders, he genuinely believed that he was doing the will of God.
21:59As misguided as I was, I was doing the will of God.
22:03You know, I thought I was actually doing right.
22:06This is what God wanted me to do.
22:08While his mindset about that may have changed,
22:10Franklin still seems to relish in the fact that he is viewed as a hero by certain extremist groups.
22:16Do you think you're a hero to those hate groups?
22:18Well, that's what they tell me, you know.
22:22Gary Ray Bowles
22:23Also featured on the A&E docuseries The Killer Speaks was Gary Ray Bowles.
22:28Bowles' victims were largely gay men who lived along the Interstate 95 highway,
22:33earning him the nickname I-95 Killer.
22:37In this taped interview for the TV show,
22:44Bowles seems to revel in the memories of his crimes as he recounts them.
22:48Not only is he amused when he recalls stealing a man's identity to evade capture,
22:52he also refers to one of his victims as, quote,
22:55crazy and creepy.
22:56There's not really a way to describe it.
22:58You know, it's just, I guess, relief.
23:01Throughout the interview, Bowles tries to justify the murders,
23:04claiming that his victims had done specific things that seemingly triggered him to kill.
23:08So I put one of the videos in,
23:11what came on the screen,
23:14it just, it shocked me.
23:16The apparent lack of accountability he shows
23:18only makes this much more uncomfortable to watch.
23:21I took the birth certificate and social security card.
23:25I took it down to the DMV and I told him I lost my driver's license.
23:29And I basically became Timothy Ronald Whitfield.
23:37Billy Wayne Coble
23:38Described by one prosecutor as having, quote,
23:45a heart full of scorpions,
23:47Billy Wayne Coble killed his estranged wife's parents and brother.
23:50Coble remained on death row in Texas for nearly 30 years
23:53before he was executed by lethal injection in February of 2019.
23:58In the days leading up to his capital punishment,
24:00Coble sat down with Susanna Reed for his final interview.
24:03To you, it matters.
24:05To some people, it matters.
24:07To me, it really no longer matters.
24:12Without going into much detail about his crimes,
24:15Reed asks Coble if he regrets committing them.
24:18Coble cunningly evades the question
24:19and would only admit that he was behind the murders.
24:22I've already said that I regret what happened.
24:26Now, I truly regret what happened.
24:28But I also truly regret what happened to a lot of things in life.
24:32He repeats this trend,
24:34even when he's asked if he loved his former wife.
24:37This evasive behavior is just one more unsettling thing
24:40about this seemingly disturbed individual.
24:42Did you love her, though?
24:46I met my Karen when she was about 16, 17 years old.
24:51Oscar Ray Bolin
24:52In the mid-1980s,
24:55Oscar Ray Bolin killed three women throughout the Tampa area.
24:58Following his arrest,
24:59Bolin's cousin testified against him
25:01and implicated him in a fourth homicide.
25:04He received three death sentences
25:05and was executed on January 7th, 2016
25:09at the age of 53.
25:11One day before his death,
25:13Bolin was interviewed by Tempus Fox 13.
25:15How are you feeling this morning?
25:19A little numb.
25:24I mean,
25:25I don't know how you would expect someone to feel.
25:29I mean, if they told you tomorrow, you'd die.
25:31How would you feel?
25:32Bolin appears calm and courteous throughout the interview,
25:35even expressing fear and worry about his upcoming execution.
25:39He also professes his innocence,
25:41something he continuously maintained throughout his imprisonment.
25:44So you're saying you didn't murder these women?
25:46No.
25:47You didn't murder Natalie Hawley?
25:49No.
25:49Stephanie Collins?
25:51No.
25:52Terry Lynn Matthews?
25:53No.
25:54I didn't know them.
25:55I've never seen them.
25:56Never met them.
25:57Bolin looks and sounds like a nice enough guy,
26:00which only makes the darkness underneath seem that much more sinister.
26:04After 28 years of this,
26:06being in this box for 28 years,
26:09it's a release.
26:10My punishment's over.
26:11They can't hurt me no more.
26:12Richard Ramirez.
26:13As far as Satan is concerned,
26:15I believe in a malevolent being.
26:19His description eludes me,
26:22but I have felt powers that are evil.
26:25A notorious serial killer known as the Night Stalker,
26:28Ramirez terrorized California with his violent burglaries,
26:31assaults, and killings.
26:33Ramirez took the lives of at least 15 people
26:36and was convicted of 13 homicides,
26:39leading to 19 separate death sentences.
26:42In 1993,
26:43Inside Edition aired an interview with Ramirez,
26:46who was then awaiting execution on death row.
26:49They are desires,
26:51whereas if I didn't give in to them,
26:54I would be crushed by them.
26:55Among other discussion points,
26:57he explained his theories on the psychological development of serial killers like himself.
27:02Even more chilling,
27:03when asked why he killed his victims,
27:06Ramirez hides a smile and simply says,
27:08No comments.
27:10No comments.
27:10I cannot answer it at this time.
27:14Ramirez was still awaiting execution in 2013 when he died of cancer.
27:19Carol Cole.
27:21A very prolific serial killer,
27:23Carol Cole claimed at least 16 victims throughout his life,
27:26although he confessed to killing 35.
27:28He was originally sentenced to life in prison in Texas,
27:32but was given the death penalty following his extradition to Nevada.
27:36Three days before his execution,
27:38Cole granted an interview to Las Vegas' KLAS-TV.
27:41While smoking a cigarette,
27:43Cole shows complete indifference for his own life,
27:46but expresses remorse for his crimes.
27:48Why not fight for your life?
27:51I just don't care to.
27:54Are you sorry?
27:57For the victim?
27:58Yes.
27:58In the end,
27:59he even claims that he deserves to die for what he did.
28:02Well, it's the ultimate question.
28:04It is the question.
28:06For what I did, yes.
28:08I think I deserve to die.
28:09Cole is very quiet and reserved,
28:11and aside from some brief flashes,
28:13doesn't show much emotion.
28:15It makes the interview all the more disturbing.
28:18I condemned myself for many years,
28:20because I can just imagine what her life might have been like.
28:24Wesley Allen Dodd.
28:26On January 5th, 1993,
28:29Wesley Allen Dodd was executed by hanging,
28:32making him the first American criminal to be legally hanged in nearly 30 years.
28:36Between September and November of 1989,
28:39Dodd assaulted and killed three,
28:42leading to his moniker the Vancouver Child Killer.
28:44Dodd's final interview is absolutely bone-chilling.
28:47With complete confidence,
28:49Dodd states that he would kill again if set free,
28:52and that he, quote,
28:53liked what he did.
28:54I've done it before,
28:55and at the time, I liked it.
28:57He also claims that his execution would make a great example for future criminals.
29:01Throughout his interview,
29:03Dodd proves that he was fully self-aware,
29:06and a self-aware killer is a very scary thing.
29:09Do you look forward to dying?
29:14In a way, yeah.
29:15I think it'd be a relief.
29:17I don't have to think about all these things anymore.
29:20I don't know if that's the only way I can guarantee I'm not going to hurt anybody else.
29:26Velma Barfield
29:27The first woman to be lethally injected,
29:31Velma Barfield killed six people between 1969 and 1978.
29:35She was convicted for just one homicide,
29:37that of her boyfriend,
29:39Roland Stewart-Taylor.
29:41However, it was enough to ensure a death sentence,
29:44and Barfield was executed on November 2nd, 1984.
29:47Her interview with Raleigh's WBTV shows a woman in pain rather than one who causes it.
29:53She seemingly attempts to garner sympathy by speaking about her isolation in prison,
29:57and her years-long battle with drugs.
29:59The last 10 years was just like that,
30:03years of a drug nightmare.
30:07She also credits God for getting her through the trials and tribulations of prison life.
30:12Living in prison every day is a struggle, even at its best.
30:18And I know that without him and his strength that has sustained me,
30:26I couldn't have made it even thus far.
30:28While Barfield apologizes for her crimes,
30:30most of the interview is about her,
30:32and it may rub many viewers the wrong way.
30:35Today, if it were possible,
30:40I wish that I could take every bit of hurt on myself.
30:44John Wayne Gacy
30:44Known widely as the Killer Clown,
30:47John Wayne Gacy claimed at least 33 lives inside his suburban Chicago home.
30:52At the time,
30:53Gacy set an American record for the most homicide convictions.
30:56In 1992,
30:58he spoke with Walter Jacobson of CBS2 Chicago as part of a television event.
31:03In a rather shocking and unnerving turn of events,
31:06Gacy played innocent.
31:07If they want to be convinced or brainwashed into what they believe,
31:11then fine, then go ahead and kill me.
31:13But vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord,
31:16because you will have executed somebody that didn't commit the crime.
31:19He even claimed that he took a, quote,
31:21truth serum,
31:21and that that proved his innocence.
31:24I've taken five and a half hours,
31:26three and a half hours of truth serum,
31:28and under sodium amethyl,
31:30the maximum amount that I could have,
31:32it shows that I have no knowledge of the crime whatsoever.
31:35Like Barfield,
31:36Gacy also plays the sympathy card,
31:39portraying himself as a loving family man.
31:41I've always looked after my children, even now.
31:44Yet sometimes,
31:45the veneer slips,
31:47and Jacobson is quick to notice the scheming man underneath.
31:50It's all quite eerie,
31:52and probably not at all what viewers were expecting.
31:56Ted Bundy
31:57On January 23rd, 1989,
32:00Ted Bundy,
32:01perhaps the most notorious serial killer in American history,
32:04was visited by a psychologist named James Dobson,
32:07and it showcases his well-publicized powers of manipulation.
32:12Bundy appears clean and well-dressed,
32:14offering a friendly next-door-neighbor vibe.
32:17What's going through my mind right now
32:19is to use the minutes and hours that I have left
32:22as fruitfully as possible,
32:24and see what happens.
32:27He's charismatic, charming, and well-spoken.
32:29Not at all what one would expect from a serial killer.
32:33Finally, he latches on to Dobson's evangelical beliefs,
32:36blaming both the adult film industry
32:38and violence in the media for his crimes.
32:40This kind of literature contributed and helped mold and shape
32:45the kinds of violent behavior.
32:47It fueled your fantasies.
32:49Well, in the beginning, it fuels this kind of thought process.
32:54Biographers and historians argue that this is a prime example
32:58of classic Bundy's scepterfuge.
33:01Knowing that, the footage comes across as deeply ominous and foreboding.
33:05The term psychopath is often bandied around too often,
33:08but in this case, many agree that the term fits.
33:12I couldn't control it anymore,
33:13that these barriers that I had learned as a child
33:18that had been instilled in me
33:20were not enough to hold me back
33:21with respect to seeking out and harming somebody.
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33:42The final interview with Eileen Wuornos
33:45is the complete antithesis of Ted Bundy's.
33:48Wuornos shot and killed seven men in a span of one year,
33:52and while she claimed self-defense,
33:54she was found guilty of six homicides and sentenced to death.
33:57Wuornos' final interview is deeply troubling.
34:00But you're okay now.
34:02I'm okay.
34:03I'm okay.
34:03God is going to be there.
34:05Jesus Christ is going to be there.
34:06All the angels and everything.
34:08She often widens her eyes and yells in a confrontational tone,
34:12and even verbally attacks the interviewer, Nick Broomfield.
34:16She makes bizarre claims like getting tortured by, quote,
34:19sonic pressure.
34:20And they were using sonic pressure on my head since 1997.
34:26Sonic pressure.
34:27And every time I was trying to write something,
34:29and I think they had some kind of eye in the cell, I'm not sure,
34:33but every time I started writing something, it went up higher.
34:37So I'm thinking that probably had the TV rigged.
34:39She states that dying will be like Star Trek,
34:42and that she'll go on to colonize another planet.
34:45I think it's going to be more like Star Trek beaming me up into a space vehicle, man.
34:49Then I move on, recolonize to another planet or whatever.
34:51But it's whatever's beyond.
34:54I know it's going to be good because I didn't do anything as wrong as they said.
34:58Wuornos' violent past, her abrasive behavior,
35:01and her mental state all combine to create some truly uncomfortable viewing.
35:06Which of these interviews disturbed you the most?
35:08Let us know in the comments below.
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