(143) Life in Prison in Illinois

On this week's super late episode, we venture out to the land of drive-by shootings and the world's first McDonald's. There's a case in here that's so bad I had to take breaks while writing it so I could cry. Y'all have been warned. SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-last-meal-podcast Instagram/X: @lastmealpod Contact: [email protected] Music: BLACK FLY by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US A Place To Hide by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US Sources: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/state-pride/illinois/firsts-il https://thesouthern.com/news/state-regional/what-is-illinois-known-for-here-are-9-things-good-bad-and-in-between/collection_45f5924d-4cac-5222-81e6-0bac749fada8.html#7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Nelson https://www.chicagotribune.com/2017/06/20/illinois-man-convicted-of-killing-his-6-children-dies-at-85/ https://www.mystateline.com/news/simon-peter-nelson-inside-the-mind-of-rockfords-mass-murderer/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8586722/jennifer_renee-nelson https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2042690/people-v-nelson/ https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/garcia-guinevere.htm https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/10/03/woman-on-death-row-wants-to-die-now/ https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/1995/74980-7.html https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/gwen-garcia-is-a-killer-she-wanted-the-death-sentence-to-be-carried-out-but-others-thought-she-should-live-1324515.html https://www.cnn.com/US/9601/garcia_execution/index.html https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/haynes-jonathan.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Preston_Haynes https://www.newsweek.com/violence-killing-over-aryan-cosmetics-192748 https://murderpedia.org/female.P/p/pulliam-latasha.htm https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/il-supreme-court/1162382.html https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/il-supreme-court/1468903.html https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147006728/shenosha-richards https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/03/27/shenosha-richard-6-brought-cheer-to-family-and-neighbors/ https://michaelkleen.com/2019/06/24/eiu-memories-shannon-mcnamaras-murder-and-the-trial-of-anthony-mertz/ https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-7th-circuit/1684002.html https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/il-supreme-court/1444165.html https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144092642/shannon-elizabeth-mcnamara https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-news-now/locally-and-nationally-rolling-meadows-native-shannon-mcnamaras-memory-lives-on-two-decades-after-her-death/ https://www.girlsfightback.com/ https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/churchill-christopher.htm https://www.14news.com/story/31727687/illinois-man-serving-life-sentences-for-killings-could-be-resentenced/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/02/18/judge-tolls-names-of-5-victims-as-teen-is-charged/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75129592/debra-ann-smith https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17934581/jonathan-david-lloyd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Laree_Slack https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192888951/laree-a-slack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Dugan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolando_Cruz_case https://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/dugan-brian-james.htm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15192774/donna-kay-schnorr https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14871223/melissa-love-ackerman https://wickedwe.com/brian-dugan/ https://people.com/illinois-man-sentenced-shooting-man-following-nightclub-gas-station-12020098 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248870626/stashaun-wheeler https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/07/10/man-sentenced-prison-rest-his-life-after-2023-gas-station-shooting-peoria/ https://www.frontpagedetectives.com/p/illinois-man-gets-life-after-following-victim-from-nightclub-and-carrying-out-deadly-gas-station-shooting https://icl.coop/iconic-illinois-food/ https://www.transittees.com/news/the-story-behind-the-chicago-handshake-and-how-transit-tees-made-it-iconic/