
Claiming he fell a flight ofStairsAt age 10, Richard would act out against priests andnuns at the Catholic parochial school his mother forcedhim to attendFor his own amusement, he would torture animalsTied tails of cats and threw over a clothes line, threw dogs off roof, tied them to the bumper of trucks, īeginning of CareerAt the age of 13, he killed the CharleyLane, the leader of a gang named“the Project Boys”Lane was a bully that Kuklinski wanted revenge onKuklinksi unintentionally beat Lane to death with a wooden dowel and removed teeth and fingers to avoid identificationFelt remorse at first, then realized that he was powerfulMoved on to become a violent Pool Shark and street criminalContract Killer in Newark’s DeCavalcante crime family and New York City’s Five Families ĬareerWas part of the Gambino Crime Family and worked for Roy DeMeoSome methods included the use of cyanide, dismemberment, burial, having them crushed in junkyards, andfeeding victims alive to rats while filmingCyanide was favored because it killed effectively and was difficult to detect Called “Iceman” because he put some of his victims in industrial freezersHas claimed to have murder over 200 peopleHis career as a murderer lasted around 38 yearsLouis MasgayĬareer cont.Was difficult for law enforcers to track because of various methods including fire, guns, knives, explosives, tire irons, poison, and beatingsHe did not show any remorse for victims and claimed that some were just for “exercise” One case where he Felt remorse for one murder, he gave God 30 minutes to save the victim, causing the victim to wait 30 minutes for his deathHe enjoyed killing people that reminded him of his father the mostįamilyMet and married Barbara Pedriciand fathered two daughters and a son Family did not know of occupation and thought he was a successful businessman On the outside, family seemed like an average happy familyFamily claims that he was veryfrighteningReported to have beat his wife and children Did not tolerate disrespect and wasknown for bad temperTold his “favorite child” that he would have to kill her and her siblings if he happened to kill his wifeĪrrestKuklinski’s friend Phil Solimene was hired by detective Pat Kane Solimene introduced ATF secret agent Dominick Prolifrone to Kuklinski as if he were to hire himProlifone recorded a conversation with Kuklinski, blocked off his street and arrested him and his wife, Barbara, for gun possession in her carTook multiple police officers to detain Kuklinski because an officer had put his boot on her backConvicted of 5 counts of murdersHad to serve 2 consecutive life sentences Confessed to murder in 2003, adding 30 more yearsĭeathDeath was very controversial Died in St. Richard “The Iceman” KuklinskiApril 11, 1935- March 5, 2006Įarly LifeBorn in Jersey City, New JerseyFamily of mixed Polish and Irish-American descentFather Stanley Kuklinski was an alcoholicDropped out of school in the 8thgradeAnna McNally Kuklinski (mother), was also abusive toRichardShe hit him with broom handles and other householdobjects to stop him from stealingHis father’s beating resulted in the death of his brother,FlorianKuklinski In this follow-up to America Undercovers 1992 film The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer, Kuklinski provides all-new insights about his exploits as one of the Mafias most notorious assassins.and reveals some shocking confessions for a number of previously unsolved murders.
