In October 2005, the offender who claimed to have committed his first murder at the age of 14 was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, which causes inflammation in blood vessels, after nearly two decades in prison. The most alarming feature, however, is that he boasted about being a Mafia hitman with over 100 victims and the many methods he used to kill them, including cyanide solution (his preferred method), firearms, ice picks, hand grenades, crossbows chain saws and bombs attached to toys.
In addition, the convicted murderer was sentenced to an extra 30-years in prison in 2003 after pleading guilty to the 1980 slaying of New York City police detective Peter Calabro.ĭespite this, Richard managed to stay in the spotlight by participating in two HBO films (‘The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer’ and ‘The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a Mafia Hitman’) and speaking to a slew of writers, psychologists, and criminologists. Around the same time, he confessed to Paul Hoffman’s homicide, but nothing could be done about it, thus he was simply sentenced to two life sentences in jail. Richard pleaded guilty to the killings of George Malliband and Louis Masgay in 1988 after being convicted guilty of the charges against him in connection with the deaths of Gary Smith and Daniel Deppner. The charges against Paul Hoffman were later withdrawn. In December 1986, Richard was captured and charged with five counts of murder, six weapon offences, attempted murder, robbery, and theft. Through this method, they hoped to positively identify him as the Iceman and ensure that they had enough evidence for not just his arrest but also his conviction. The investigation into Richard Kuklinski’s burglary group tied him to the five killings - he was the last person to see each victim alive - prompting authorities to conduct an 18-month undercover operation. However, the outlaw went on to lead a burglary ring with a few others before allegedly being involved with organised crime, which led to him committing murders. Around this time, he was apparently arrested for passing a bad check, but the issue was dropped without any lengthy legal proceedings provided he promised to repay the money he owed. Richard began manufacturing bootleg copies of movies while working at a film lab in the mid-1960s, and it was then that he recognised that trafficking x-rated films, coupled with drugs, would be rather profitable. That’s one of the reasons he dropped out of school after eighth grade and went on to work in menial jobs before permanently entering the criminal world through theft and piracy. According to Anthony Bruno’s ‘The Iceman: True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer,’ both of his parents were severely abusive, with Richard referring to his mother as a “disease” who ruined everything she touched.
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If you are brave enough, I highly recommend this little gem from the early HBO days and just be thankful that Kuklinski isn't on the streets anymore because this is more real than any reality TV show.Richard Kuklinski, the second of four children born to Stanisaw “Stanley” Kuklinski and Anna McNally on April 11, 1935, grew raised in a pious but troubled home in New Jersey. I can personally say that no matter how many times I watch this, it never fails to send shivers down my spine, especially with the good use of some creepy music. The filmmakers are able to capture all of this to give us an unprecedented look into one of the darkest souls of human existence that very few other filmmakers have been able to do with other killers mainly because of Kuklinski's nonchalant speaking tone that he uses throughout the show. Listen as Kuklinski talks about dismembering and leaving body parts on park benches, how he used cyanide to make it look like his victims died of heart attacks, how he blew someone's head off with a shotgun without a second thought, and how he did all this and then went home to be a father and husband to his wife and three children. In the "The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer", you'll hear all about it from those in law enforcement who brought him down, from the medical examiner, from his wife, and from the man himself, the last part being what makes this documentary what it is. He killed for money, to cover up his own crimes, out of anger, and sometimes just because he could. He was also one of America's most cold blooded, intelligent, and proficient killers.
Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski was a husband, father, and loving family man.