{"id":4852,"date":"2014-04-18T20:15:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T01:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/?p=4852"},"modified":"2014-04-18T20:15:38","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T01:15:38","slug":"morbid-fact-du-jour-for-april-18-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/?p=4852","title":{"rendered":"Morbid Fact Du Jour for April 18, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Unintimidated\u00a0Yet Truly Morbid Fact!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4854\" style=\"width: 122px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/coppola.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4854\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/coppola.jpg\" alt=\"\u00bfQui\u00e9n es m\u00e1s macho?\" width=\"112\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00bfQui\u00e9n es m\u00e1s macho?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Former policeman Frank Coppola was obviously not intimidated by the thought of his own execution. \u00a0&#8220;What the hell?&#8221; he remarked, &#8220;We all have to die. \u00a0At least I can say when.&#8221; \u00a0When the fateful hour arrived and Coppola was strapped into the electric chair, he turned to the execution team and barked, &#8220;Fire it up!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Records show that Coppola had a long history of such tough, gritty behavior. \u00a0He once went so far as to swallow spiders and razor blades to demonstrate his manliness. \u00a0We&#8217;re not sure about the significant of his last meal, but at this point in time there are no regions of the world where eating a cheese and egg sandwich is considered exceptionally macho.<\/p>\n<p>Executed: August 10, 1982 in Virginia by electrocution<br \/>\nCrime: Beat a woman to death during a robbery<br \/>\nLast Meal: A cheese and egg sandwich. \u00a0(He asked for a wine recommendation with dinner.)<\/p>\n<p>Culled from:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #bb0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1559502177\/theasylumeclecti\">Last Suppers: Famous Final Meals From Death Row<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Unintimidated\u00a0Yet Truly Morbid Fact! Former policeman Frank Coppola was obviously not intimidated by the thought of his own execution. \u00a0&#8220;What the hell?&#8221; he remarked, &#8220;We all have to die. \u00a0At least I can say when.&#8221; \u00a0When the fateful hour arrived and Coppola was strapped into the electric chair, he turned to the execution team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4852"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4855,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4852\/revisions\/4855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}