Many people believe Richard Kuklinski was a liar and never killed so many people estimated over 200 victims. I am creating this post because I want to make a YouTube video showing that he was the cold-blooded killer with a huge reputation that preceded him. The characters that are calling Richard a liar are mafia made men themselves sworn to omerta and eager to distance themselves from such gruesome crimes including contract murder, kidnap, prostitution, and human trafficking. The problem with this is that the police, FBI, and attorney general do believe he killed that many people. The FBI agent on the case said something very interesting "He was not a serial killer" When asked if he was an assassin, Richard replied "Assassin? Sounds so exotic, I was just a murderer".

Richard's childhood was categorized by violence. He is one of these people who call his parents by their first names instead of their relationship to him i.e. Mom and Dad. Stanley and Anna both beat their kids viciously, many times for no reason at all. When Richard was 5 years old Stanley beat his eldest brother Florian Kuklinski to death, telling hospital staff the boy fell down the stairs. Richard's younger brother Joey 25 killed a 12-year-old girl and threw her and her dog off a building. They were serving life together in Treton state penitentiary. "How you doing Joe? Take care." is "being overfriendly with my brother - he says less to me as a matter of fact."

In 1970, Joseph Kuklinski, then 25, stole the beloved dog of a local 12-year-old girl. Telling the youngster that he’d recovered her lost pet, Joseph tricked the child into following him to the roof of 438 Central Avenue. There, Joseph Kuklinski raped and murdered the girl. He then threw her body and the dog off of the roof. The dog survived the fall and by howling alerted the neighbors to the crime. The police soon apprehended Joseph Kuklinski who quickly confessed. In the local jail, the guards encouraged burly inmates to brutalize the murderer. By the time of the start of the trial, Joseph Kuklinski had the appearance of a gaunt ghost.

Richard Kuklinski and his wife Linda Kuklinski had three children together.

1. David Kuklinski

2. Dawn Kuklinski

3. Richard Kuklinski Jr.

   
   

   After meeting his future wife Barbara she discovered that he was already married to Linda Kuklinski with two boys and a girl, but he was romantic and persistent. They married in 1971.

Barbara gave him 3 kids:

1. Christin Kuklinski

2. Merrick Kuklinski

3. Dwayne Kuklinski

   
   

"My father was very big on taking the motion picture camera out" Christin.

He was depressed and would go in the room and write on the walls with a big black marker "You're so stupid, you're a jerk" Richard also told his family that if he accidently kills their mother, then he would have to kill all of them, and that it would be hardest to murder Christin because she was the eldest and closest.

Youtube:

I Lived With A Killer | Season 1 | Episode 11 | The Iceman Richard Kuklinski | Robert Mladinich

The Iceman Tapes - Conversations with a Killer (part 1)

The Iceman tapes Ep 2 The Iceman confesses

The Iceman tapes Ep 3 The Iceman and the Psychiatrist

Richard Kuklinski

Richard assassin tattoo - the grim reaper.

The Iceman's Daughter - GO Magazine

Kuklinski started did his first killing at age 14 when he beat a kid who was bullying him with a closet pole where you hang the hangars. His next killing was burning a man to death by throwing gas in his car and lighting it on fire. By 18 he became a master burglar. Eventually his work got recognized by the DeCavalcante crime family, which is where he got his first contract killing. Carmine put Richard in charge of a truck hijacking operation where the split the profits 50-50. He graduated to contract killer which was very easy for Kuklinski with his violent disposition. The contracts became fewer and further between once the boss Carmine Genovese ended up in prison for running an illegal gambling operation. Once Carmine was locked up his contracts dried up, and he moved on to killing for sport. During this phase of his murderous career he tried many different ways to kill and dispose of bodies. The ease with which he kills his targets keeps him close to the mob. in 1960 Mr. Genovese was murdered in a mob hit and so the contracts came to an end.

Richard then got involved with the Gambinos when he met Chris Rosenberg with bootlegging, carjacking, theft, drug dealing, and pornography. Chris Rosenberg was a small-time criminal that thought he was bigger than he was and brought Richard into the Demeo circle. They were bootlegging pornography movies and selling them to theaters all over the county and the theaters would save money for not paying full price. The crew was also responsible for filming porn as well as smut films (PTK type obscenity). Richard liked to record his hits on video camera. Chris Rosenberg was close to Roy Demeo. He was one of the few people that came to Roys house for his famous backyard barbeques. Roy Demeo (who deserves his own post) in the book Murder Machine show how he bought Phils lounge and later renamed it the Gemini club. Roy had once been a butcher's apprentice and moved from contract killer to serial killer. This is where Richard was brought into the operation. The Gemini method was an assembly line of dismemberment. Richard didn't drink, smoke, or gamble. Richard's first kill was shown in the movie where Roy hands him a gun and tells him to kill a homeless man for no reason. He quickly became a favorite choice to carry out hits even oversees. His family thought Richie was a wholesaler and currency trader.

Roy was suspected of becoming a police informant and it is believed Richard was the one to carry out the killing, which he happily obliged. Richard actually killed several members of the Gemini crew before shooting Demeo and throwing a chandelier on top of him in the back of Roys own trunk.

Richard Kuklinski was a contract hitman for the Mafia and was a part of Roy Demeo's killing crew "The Demeo Crew". Roy Demeo was a member of the Gambino family and was responsible for contracting out hits for the other families. Demeo was probably the most ruthless coldblooded killer the mafia has ever seen. Richard said Roy was the only person who ever scared him. Roy threatened his life on 3 separate occasions and gave Richard the scar on his forehead along with another man for talking back. Richard called the scar something to remember him by. Many people believe Richard Kuklinski was a big liar and never killed so many people estimated 100 - 200 victims. "Approximate guess more than 100". Forensic psychologist Park Dietz asked him "You're positive you killed more than 50 people" "Definitely" You think you probably killed more than 100 people" "Definitely" You sure of that one? "Definitely" "but you're not sure you killed more than 200 people?" "I wouldn't say definitely to that" "Maybe yes maybe no?" "Its not less than 200 people" "You killed more than 200 people?" "Yep sure I killed more than 100 people when I was a young man before I even knew anybody". "You intended to kill them up close and personal" "Definitely I wanted to tell them just before they left, I wanted to say goodbye"

The Iceman on mobster Roy DeMeo

The Gemini Lounge is now the Purpose life Church used to be Flatlands Church of God. Insane

The true Ice Man Army Demolition expert Robert Pronge, according to Richard "He taught me a lot, but he was extremely crazy" "He'd go into these neighborhoods and sell ice cream to the kids and maybe kill one of their fathers." Robert Pronge or Mr Softee read books on how to kill people in many different ways. Robert Pronge was the true Iceman teaching Richard about freezing the body to hide time of death, cyanide, and explosives. He also helped Richard dismember and dispose of bodies. He would be serving ice cream and have a dead body in the truck at the same time. Richard killed Pronge later by shooting him 5 times in the head in the ice cream truck.

Mr. Softee - Robert Pronge

Robert Pronge : The Iceman scenepack

Finally Dominique Palifrone is usually credited with putting Richard in jail for multiple life sentences, but Richard himself shows that his friend of 30 years is the one who took him down.