Kuklinski learned many of these tactics from fellow hitman Robert Pronge, known as “Mister Softee” because he drove an ice cream truck as his cover. His resume for killing included guns, ice picks, hand grenades, crossbows and chainsaws, but his favourite method of murder, he’d later proudly confess, was a nasal-spray bottle filled with cyanide. He also worked for Newark’s DeCavalcante crime family and the Gambino’s of New York City.Īt a towering 6’5″, weighing an eventual 300 pounds, Kuklinski had an imposing and fearsome bearing. He soon became the Genovese crime family’s indispensable hitman, known for thoroughly disposing of his victims – removing their teeth and fingers, or dumping them off bridges, in rivers or down mine shafts. Kuklinski’s criminal activities included robbery, hijackings and selling pornographic films, but murder was his ‘forte.’ He earned Mafia respect at age 18 by efficiently and unquestioningly killing a random man chosen for him on the street. Meanwhile, his temper flared behind the scenes, with Barbara often enduring the brunt of his wrath. They married in 1961, had three children together and enjoyed a seemingly nondescript life in suburban New Jersey, where Kuklinski held backyard barbecues, served as an usher at Mass and organised trips to Disney World. When she eventually expressed doubts about marriage, he pierced her back with a hunting knife and told her that he couldn’t live without her. She discovered that he was already married with two boys, but he was romantic and persistent. While working on a New Jersey loading dock, Kuklinski met his future wife, Barbara, a recent high school graduate who was employed as a secretary. He also stated that he had abused animals as a young child, such as killing cats and dogs by torturing them… His number one pet peeve was “loudmouthed people”, because they reminded him of his father. He said in the HBO documentary “Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Hit Man” (1992) that it was the day he killed Charley Lane that he learned it was “better to give than to receive”.Īccording to his own statements, Kuklinski would hurt someone just for making him feel bad about something. He seized a metal pole from a trash can and beat all of them nearly to death. Kuklinski then went in search of the other boys in the gang. Kuklinski then dumped Lane’s body off a bridge in South Jersey after removing his teeth and chopping off his finger tips with a hatchet in an effort to prevent identification of the body. Although he denied wanting to kill Lane, the bully did not wake up. Following a particularly bad beating Richard sought revenge, attacking Charley Lane with a thick wooden dowel eventually beating him to death. Kuklinski first killed his ‘number one enemy.’ In 1948, Kuklinski, aged 13 at the time, ambushed and beat Charley Lane, the leader of a small gang of teenagers known as “The Project Boys.” They had bullied him for some time. By age 16, he was already known for his explosive temper and his willingness to kill. Soon, Stanley left his family, and Richard was left to fend for himself. On discovering he had killed his son, Stanley ordered Anna to call the hospital and report that Florian had fallen down the stairs and hit his head. When Kuklinski was five years old, his older brother Florian was killed by Stanley during one of his many beatings. She, too, would often beat Richard Kuklinski. She was extremely strict and a devout Catholic.
Anna Kuklinski, meanwhile, worked at a meat processing plant. Stanley Kuklinski worked at a railroad as a brakeman he was an alcoholic who regularly beat his wife and children. Kuklinski was born on April 11th, 1935 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Richard Leonard Kuklinski was the second of four children born to Stanley and Anna Kuklinski of Polish origin. He was the older brother of the convicted rapist and murderer Joseph Kuklinski. He worked for several Italian-American crime families, and claimed to have murdered over 200 people over a career that lasted thirty years. Richard “Iceman” Kuklinski (April 11th, 1935 – March 5th, 2006) was a convicted murderer and notorious contract killer.
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