Smoothly written bio of a lonewolf executioner for the mob.
Because of his sheer number of kills, as well as his approach to killing, many believe he should be considered a serial killer. A mob contract killer known as the iceman for hiding a body in an ice. Richard kuklinski was born on april 11, 1935, in jersey city. Mar 26, 20 a mob contract killer known as the iceman for hiding a body in an icecream truck freezer, richard kuklinski boasted a personal body count of more than a hundred victims. Richie kuklinski, a stonecold assassin who whacked more than 100 people. Also when youre done with the documentary, read the book. Johnson east carolina university in american history, richard kuklinksi is known to be one of the most diabolical selfconfessed contract killers. The book is well researched and written in a journalistic manner the pace keeps you turning the pages right to the end hoping with every page turned the next would be the one when the iceman is caught. brunos book on richard kuklinski follows the undercover investigation led by fbi agent dom polifrone and his infiltration of the iceman killer. I know a guy who knew him and he said he had no idea he was the iceman. Driver, formerly a producer of tvs americas most wanted, splices segments from his prison interviews of hit man richard kuklinski with the reminiscences of his wife, barbara. For quite some time the media was all about richard kuklinski. In 1988, he was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of killing two members of his burglary gang and two other associates. He took the credit for over 200 murders while working for various mafia families, including the murder of jimmy hoffa. Kuklinski s mentor demeo was a capo in the gambino crime family and had a nearly psychopathic temper and a bloodthirsty reputation. Inspired by actual events, the iceman follows notorious contract killer richard kuklinski academy award nominee michael shannon from his early days in the mob until his. Raised in an abusive home, beaten by neighbors, parents, and even death. His death was labeled suspicious because richard was supposed to testify against a former mobster who was being tried for murder.
Confessions of a mafia contract killer by carlo, philip isbn. The iceman who claims to have killed over 200 people, led a seemingly normal family life.
He gave his pleading victim a half hour to pray to god. Stay connected to your students with prezi video, now in microsoft teams. Richards younger sister roberta was probably the only one who. Richard kuklinski the iceman tapes pt2 polskie napisy report. Richard kuklinski died on maat the age of 70. But i did read a summary of a book from an italian guy who wrote on him and the mob, how kuklinski either beat the hell out of or killed people who told him polish jokes, when he was younger. Richard kuklinski was born in his familys apartment on 4th street in jersey city, new jersey, to stanislaw stanley kuklinski 19061977, a polish immigrant from karwacz, masovian voivodeship who worked as a brakeman on the delaware, lackawanna and western railroad, and anna mcnally 19111972 from harsimus, a daughter of catholic irish immigrants from. Richard kuklinski was one of the most diabolical, and notorious, confessed contract killers in american history. He worked for several italianamerican crime families, and claimed to have murdered over 200 people over a career that lasted thirty years. This book really captured my imagination and gave me a different outlook on some of the.
On another occasion after completing a job, kuklinski went to the hires house where kuklinski discovered the man kept abducted children and used them as sex slaves. Richard kuklinski the iceman tapes pt2 polskie napisy.
A mob contract killer known as the iceman for hiding a body in an icecream truck freezer, richard kuklinski boasted a personal body count of more than a hundred victims. In a tawdry account, barbara kuklinski describes 25 years of abuse at the hands of her husband, a convicted new jersey hit man who claims to have killed dozens of times.