' Bruno puts his writing talents to white-knuckle use with a tight focus on a killer with no human feelings.'Kirkus Reviews ' Excellent. This stomach-turning account of the multiple atrocities committed over 43 years by Richard 'The Ice Man' Kuklinskias sadistic a killer as most readers would ever want to encounter in printseems like more of an as-told-to than an independent journalistic narrative, though Carlo says that he verified Kuklinski's accounts where possible. For as Polifrone carefully built up a case against Kuklinksi, he knew he was running out of timebecause the Iceman was planning to kill him too. In this harrowing true-crime account, Anthony Bruno delves into the mind of a cold-blooded killer, chronicling the Iceman's grisly crimes and probing the bizarre dynamics of Agent Polifrone's dangerous liaison with him. Law enforcement officials knew all about Kuklinski and had a list of his victims, but couldn't get near himuntil undercover agent Dominick Polifrone posed as a mobster and began a deadly game of cat and mouse. Good as an omnibus resource on Kuklinski, this is a fine entry in the burgeoning field of works tracing the decline of the traditional organized crime families and their once impenetrable structures. Using guns, knives, poison, ice picks, tire irons, baseball bats, and bombs, the family man from New Jersey killed for fun, for money, to cover up his own crimes, and to satisfy his inner rage. Carlos presentation of Kuklinski uninterrupted does, however, make for nice comparative reading with the killers wifes book, Married to the Iceman (1994). In his first nonfiction book, mystery author Bruno (Bad Moon, 1992, etc.) puts his writing talents to white-knuckle use with a tight focus.
Smoothly written bio of a lone-wolf executioner for the mob. A mob contract killer known as ' The Iceman' for hiding a body in an ice-cream truck freezer, Richard Kuklinski boasted a personal body count of more than a hundred victims. THE ICE MAN: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer User Review - Kirkus. Philip Carlo (Author) 4.6 out of 5 stars. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Philip Carlo (Author) Visit Amazons Philip Carlo Page. And it took someone just as tough to bring him down. The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer Mass Market Paperback Illustrated, April 28, 2009. Kuklinski earned the moniker "The Iceman" for freezing many of his victims to obfuscate their time of death.Soon to be a major motion picture starring Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, with Ray Liotta and Chris Evans He was smart, merciless, and deadly. Now, after 240 hours of face-to-face interviews with Kuklinski and his wife and daughters, author Philip Carlo tells his extraordinary story. Murder Machine: a true story of murder, madness, and the mafia.
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'For more than forty years, Richard 'the Ice Man' Kuklinski led a double life, becoming one of the most notorious professional assassins in American history while hosting neighborhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey.' 'Richard Kuklinski, on the orders of Sammy 'the Bull' Gravano, took part in. For the Sins of my Father: A mafia killer, his son, and the legacy of a mob life. The Ice man : confessions of a mafia contract killer. 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. Richard 'The Ice Man' Kuklinski led a double life beyond anything ever seen on The Sopranos, becoming one of the most notorious professional assassins in American history while hosting neighborhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey. The Ice Man: Confessions of a mafia contract killer. His resume for killing included guns, ice picks, hand grenades, crossbows and chainsaws, but his favorite method of murder, he'd later proudly confess, was a nasal-spray bottle filled with cyanide. A mob contract killer known as The Iceman for hiding a body in an ice-cream truck freezer, Richard Kuklinski boasted a personal body count of more than a hundred victims. He also worked for Newark's DeCavalcante crime family and the Gambinos of New York City.Īt a towering 6'5", weighing an eventual 300 pounds, Kuklinski had an imposing and fearsome bearing. The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer. 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. He earned Mafia respect at age 18 by efficiently and unquestioningly killing a random man selected for him on the sidewalk. In the town of Hollow Rock, Tennessee, one of the last.
Kuklinski's criminal activities included robbery, hijackings and selling pornographic films, but murder was his forte. Read 13 reviews from the world's largest community for readers.