Online home of Kevin Roderick. Los Angeles Times. March 2. 8, 1. 99. SAN QUENTIN, Calif. If Robert Alton Harris draws his final breath in the gas chamber here April 3, he will be number 5. Californias executed. Some were coldhearted killers too terrified to walk at the end. Gates Of Metal Fried Chicken Of Death' title='Gates Of Metal Fried Chicken Of Death' />Others accepted death calmly, like Farrington Graham Hill. A murderer of no particular note, Hill went peacefully to the gas chamber after enjoying his last request a Strauss waltz recorded by the hastily awakened San Quentin prison band. On their last night alive, killers Jack Santo and Emmett Perkins talked about cars, ate fried chicken and a tomato and avocado salad, and watched the television show You Bet Your Life. Wilson De la Roi joked that he needed a roll of Tums to fight off the gas, then listened to his favorite records I Want a Pardon for Daddy and Ill Be Glad When Youre Dead, You Rascal You. Another condemned man polished off an elaborate kosher meal, then asked to try his first ham sandwich. Its not bad, he said. But for every killer who seemed to go easy, there was a Leanderess Riley whose death was a reminder that executions can be wrenching, emotional affairs for everyone involved, including the prison officials and witnesses forced to watch. A one eyed, nearly deaf 3. Legacy. com is the leading provider of online obituaries for the newspaper industry. Legacy. com enhances online obituaries with Guest Books, funeral home information. Alice Greenfingers 2 Full Version For. News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of Seattle. Cheatbook your source for Cheats, Video game Cheat Codes and Game Hints, Walkthroughs, FAQ, Games Trainer, Games Guides, Secrets, cheatsbook. A goat that was extremely bored, ornery, or both decided to smash in the front door of polyurethane manufacturer Argonics Inc. Colorado office this weekend, and. Because any trip to see a Soviet shuttle is worth it as long as no ones wearing handcuffs at the end. As Cassinis tour of Saturn comes to a close, NASAs getting a bit nostalgic. Yesterday, the space agency released a photo of Saturns North pole the doomed. Riley had shot and killed an innocent bystander after a Sacramento robbery. When the guards came for Riley on a winter morning in 1. Rev. Byron Eshelman wrote in his 1. Death Row Chaplain. Riley fought as he was taken to the gas chamber and fastened in the seat. He struggled free of the straps once, forcing guards to go back in and tie him down anew. Last month, I was driving down the interstate, somewhere near the southern corner of Virginia, when a thunderstorm opened up above me. Suddenly, a wall of water. He managed to free his hands again when the lethal gas began to rise. When the gas hit Riley, Eshelman wrote, he put both hands over his face to hold it away. Robert Pierce was another condemned murderer who vowed to go hard. The afternoon before an execution, the prisoners were taken from Death Row on the top floor to a holding cell on the ground floor, behind the gas chamber. Youll get a real show when they take me downstairs, Pierce promised other Death Row inmates. When a Roman Catholic priest came to the holding cell to accompany Pierce to the gas chamber, the convict grinned and revealed a gush of blood from his neck. Despite repeat searches, he had concealed a shard of mirror glass, and used it to cut his throat. Pierce scratched and bit trying to fend off the guards, but they pinned his arms and wrapped a prison shirt around his neck. Witnesses watched in horror as Pierce was dragged into the gas chamber, bleeding, weeping and cursing, and strapped into Chair B. Lord, Im innocent, Pierce yelled. Dont let me go like this, oh, God Smith E. Jordan was then brought into the chamber and strapped into Chair A, within arms reach of his crime partner. They had killed an Oakland cabbie for 7. Jordan sat quiet and composed while Pierce cursed the spectators. Pierce managed to get his bloody right arm free and was working furiously on the left when the gas felled him. The most famous inmate to die at San Quentin, Caryl Whittier Chessman, eluded the gas chamber through appeals for 1. He smuggled out four books that became bestsellers, and turned his pleas for mercy he was a robber and rapist but he never killed into an international cause. He also uttered one of the classic Death Row lines I dont mind dying. I just dont like being told when. Leslie Gireth also left his mark on Death Row lore before dying in the gas chamber, but for another reason. There never was a gentler, friendlier, more cultured or better behaved prisoner on Death Row than Leslie Gireth, former Warden Clinton T. Duffy wrote in his 1. Men and 2 Women. Born in Hungary, Gireth became a successful jeweler and a director of the Chamber of Commerce in Glendale. In the summer of 1. Dorena Hammer, a young college student, to work in his jewelry store. They began an affair that ended in a San Leandro motel room exactly one year after their first date. Depending on which account is believed, either Dorena told Gireth, a married man with two children, that the affair must end or they made a suicide pact. Either way, they ate hamburgers with Cokes and listened to a record of Debussys Clair de Lune. When Dorena went to sleep, Gireth shot her. He drove south and made it to Fresno before calling police. He refused a lawyer, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to die. Gireth arrived at San Quentin, Warden Duffy wrote, with more valuables than most condemned men amass in a lifetime platinum and gold jewelry, records, a phonograph, neckties and handkerchiefs. Gireth was cooperative unless asked about Dorena, whom he refused to discuss. When newspapers began reporting that he was finally talking about Dorena, Gireth held a press conference in the wardens office and handed out beautiful, handprinted affidavits swearing he had spoken to no one. On his last night, Gireth lay on his mattress in the death cell, smoked, and listened to Clair de Lune. His last meal was a hamburger and Coke his and Dorenas favorite treats. The next morning Gireth walked strongly into the chamber, leaving behind a letter for Duffy There are times when one can say very little, but these few words I mean in all sincerity Thank you so much for everything. The ritual of death at San Quentin changed little over the years. Once brought to the holding cell, the condemned were watched all the time. They were given a last meal of their choosing, within reason. In the last hour, the prisoner was dressed in blue jeans and a clean white shirt. They were taken barefoot to the gas chamber or before 1. Most of Californias executions 3. San Quentin or at Folsom Prison, east of Sacramento. Just like in the movies, a phone line was kept open to the governor for any last minute news of a reprieve. Joseph Francis Regan got four reprieves this way but the last, in 1. Duffy, then secretary to Warden James B. Big Jim Holohan, was on the open phone to the governors office in Sacramento. At 1. 0 0. 2, the governors clemency secretary shouted at the other end, Clint Stop the execution. Duffy yelled into a prison phone for the hangman to hold up then heard the thud of the gallows trap dropping. Duffy wrote in 8. Men and 2 Women the title referred to the number of executions he oversaw that he and the clemency secretary agreed between themselves to tear up the reprieve and never mention what happened, even to the warden. Duffy wrote that it was never revealed until his book was published a decade after he completed 1. Barbara Graham, the most celebrated of the four women to be executed in California, found her brief reprieves upsetting. The subject of a Susan Hayward movie, I Want to Live, and a later made for television movie starring Lindsay Wagner, she was 3. Two stays were phoned in that morning including one just as she was walking into the gas chamber. Why do they torture me I was ready to go at 1. Graham complained, distraught. When she finally entered the chamber at 1. Catholic priests, she wore a blindfold the only gas chamber victim who ever asked for one. Joseph Ferretti, a retired San Quentin deathwatch guard now living in Petaluma, remembers Grahams reaction to the advice given most prisoners as they were strapped into the gas chamber Take a deep breath when she smelled the gas and it would go easier. She said, How the hell would you know What could I say She was right, Ferretti, 8. Food Paradise Wikipedia. Food Paradise. Genre. Food Reality. Narrated by. Mason Pettit 2. 00. Jesse Blaze Snider 2. ComposersThe Music Collective. Country of origin. United States. Original languagesEnglish. No. of seasons. 8Production. Executive producersKevin Burns, Sean OMalley, Irene Wong. ProducersPhilip Kruener. LocationsVarious. Cinematography. Daniel Farnam. George Feucht. EditorsEddie Arguelles, Greg Clausen, Charles Donohoe, Titus Heard, Jennifer Lehman, Matt Kay, Casey Lee, Jayson Meadows, Margaret Moore, Janelle Ashley Nielson, Spyke, Dan Stoneberg, Scott Juergens. Running time. 60 minutes. Production companysPrometheus Entertainment, OMalley Productions, IW Productions. Release. Original network. Travel Channel. Original release. Present. Chronology. Related shows. Food Paradise International. External links. Websitewww. Food Paradise is a television series narrated by Jesse Blaze Snider formerly by Mason Pettit that features the best places to find various cuisines at food locations across America. Each episode focuses on a certain type of restaurant, such as Diners, Bars, Drive Thrus or Breakfast places that people go to find a certain food specialty. New episodes currently air on Sundays at 8 p. EST on the Travel Channel. Season 1 2. 00. 8editHamburger ParadiseeditRestaurant. Location. SpecialtysLouis Lunch. New Haven, Connecticutinvented original hamburger sandwich in 1. White CastleFirst Wichita, Kansas throughout U. S. famous 2 12 inch steamed sliders with chopped onions. All American Drive In. Massapequa, New Yorkold fashioned classic All American BurgerBobs Big Boy. Burbank, CaliforniaOriginal Double Deck Hamburger 2 patties, Super Boy Big ComboWorld Famous Teds Restaurant. Meriden, Connecticut. Steamed cheeseburgers with white cheese. Half Moon Restaurant Saloon. Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Wild game burgers buffalo, ostrich, elk, antelope, wild boar and kangarooThe Spot Natural Food Restaurant. Hermosa Beach, California. Homemade veggie burgers. Pop BurgerLower West Side New York City, New York. Old Homestead SteakhouseChelseaMeat Packing District New York City, New York4. Kobe beef burger with exotic mushrooms and tater tots. Waylons Kuku Burger. Miami, Oklahoma. Giant grilled burgers with buttered buns and any topping. Pizza ParadiseeditRestaurant. Location. SpecialtysLombardis Pizza NapoletantLittle Italy New York City, New York. Neapolitan style thin crust coal oven pizza, Margerita cheese and sauce, famous pesto pizza. Rays Pizza on Prince St. New York City, New York. Original Rays traditional thin crust pizza. The Original Frank Pepes Pizzeria NapoletanaLittle Italy Wooster Square New Haven, Connecticut. New Haven style coal fire oven pizza. Sallys Apizza Restaurant. New Haven, Connecticut. Coal fire New Haven style pizza. Pizzeria Uno. Chicago, Illinois. Original deep dish pizza, Numerio Uno cheese, sauce, sausage and pepperoni. Lou Malnatis Pizzeria. Chicago, Illinois. Deep dish pizza with buttery flaky crust, Wisconsin cheese and Illinoispork sausage, Chocolate chip pizza. Daz3d - Poser - Hot Winter Bundle. Giordanos Famous Stuffed Pizza. Chicago, Illinois. Stuffed pizza. Turino style 4 12 pound pizza pies with double crust, cheese on bottom and sauce on top. Caioti Pizza Cafe. Studio City, California. California style gourmet pizza with unexpected toppings, Pizza Rockafella seafood topped pizza. California Pizza Kitchen. Beverly Hills, California 1st, Throughout U. S. Gourmet California style pizza, Original Bar B Que chicken pizza. Ninos Bellissima PizzaUpper East Side Manhattan, New YorkLuxury Pizza 1,0. Hot Dog ParadiseeditRestaurant. Location. SpecialtysNathans Famous. Coney Island, New Yorkfamous frankfurters chili dogs, sautee onion pepper dog, crinkle cut fries, Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest. Pinks Hot Dogs. Hollywood, California. The Varsity. Atlanta, Georgia. Worlds biggest hot dog stand and drive in, water boiled hot dogs chili dogs, chili slaw dog, onion rings,Superdawg Drive In. Chicago, IllinoisSuperdawgs voted best Chicago hot dogs smokey garlicyHot Dougs The Sausage Superstore. Chicago, Illinois. Wild game sausages sandwiches, corn dogs, The Dog Chicago dog. Jimmy Buffs Hot Dogs Sausages. East Hanover, New Jersey. Originators of the Italian hot dog fried hot dogs with fried potatoes, onion peppers stuffed into a roll. FranktitudeSouthbeach Miami, Florida. Chilean style seafood dogs, salmon franks, low calorie chickentofu franksSteak ParadiseeditRestaurant. Location. SpecialtysPeter Luger Steak House. Brooklyn, New York. Dry aged USDA prime beef, heavy cut lamb chops. Hilltop Steakhouse. Saugus, Massachusetts. Prime rib, Rib eye steak. Pats King of Steaks. Live Poker Full Version Pc. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia cheese steak chopped steak with Cheese WizGenos Steaks. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia cheese steak sliced steak with provoloneCattlemans Steakhouse. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. USDA prime choice steaks, T Bone Steak, Cattlemens Strip SirloinBig Texan Steak Ranch. Amarillo, Texas. Big Texan Challenge 7. The Buckhorn Exchange. Denver, Colorado. Wild game steaks buffalo, yak, elk, ostrichDonut ParadiseeditRestaurant. Location. SpecialtysCaf Du Monde. New Orleans, Louisianabeignets with powdered sugar, cafe au lait. Kanes Donuts. Saugus, Massachusettshome style cake donuts, honey dipped donuts, giant coffee rolls. Randys Donuts. Inglewood, California. The Spudnut Shop. Richland, WashingtonSpudnuts potato flour donuts, Nutty Spuddy, Spufins potato flour muffins. Voodoo Doughnut. Portland, OregonVoodoo Doughnut raspberry jam filled voodoo doll shaped doughnut, Bacon Maple Bars, Dirt Doughnuts, bubblegum doughnuts, Dirty Snowball, Memphis MafiaTop Pot Doughnuts. Seattle, Washingtonold fashioned spice cake doughnuts, maple doughtnuts, Rainbow Doughnuts, Pink Feather Boa pink icing with coconut. Doughnut PlantLower East Side New York City, New Yorkdesigner gourmet doughnuts, glazed doughnuts with edible flowers, raspberry glaze, doughnut jelly square, pistachio nut glaze. Barbecue ParadiseeditRestaurant. Location. SpecialtysArthur Bryants. Kansas City, Missouri. BBQ sauce. Interstate Bar B Que. Memphis, Tennessee. Dry rubbed brisket, pork ribs, chicken and sausage, one pound pulled pork sandwich, Barbecue Spaghetti seasoned rib meat mixed with BBQ tomato based sauce over spaghettiSmittys Market. Lockhart, Texas. Slow smoked brisket and signature smoked sausage. Kreuz Market. Lockhart, Texas. Fast smoked brisket, boneless beef shoulder, and smoked sausage. Blacks Barbecue. Lockhart, Texas. Smoked brisket, turkey, pork loin and beef ribs with signature BBQ sauce. Annual Barbecue Festival. Lexington, North Carolina. Chopped or sliced pork shoulder in a ketchup vinegar based BBQ sauce called Dip served with cole slaw. Hot pork skins and barbecue turkey legs. Lexington BBQLexington, North Carolina. Lexington style barbecue slow smoked fire pit pork shoulders with vinegar based BBQ sauce. Chopped pork sandwich served with red slaw ketchup based cole slaw, hush puppies and sweet tea. Cowboy Flavor CateringSanta Maria, California. Santa Maria style cowboy barbeque over an open firepit with red oak smoke Barbacoa, Beef shoulder, Linguica sausage served with pinto beans and salsa. The Hitching Post.