On May 25th 1988 Richard Kuklinski was convicted of multiple murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. This ended 30 years of cold-blooded killing by a master criminal police called The Iceman. The Iceman: Confessions of a Mafia Hitman, 2001
‘He murdered by guns, he murdered by strangulation, he murdered by putting poison on victims’ food, he did all of this at the same time while exhibiting a normal placid family existence.’ ibid. rozzer
‘An approximate guess … more than a hundred.’ ibid. Richard
‘It doesn’t bother me at all.’ ibid.
‘Nothing haunts me.’ ibid.
He and Barbara had three children. But just with an eighth grade education to only get low-paying jobs. ibid.
Kuklinski was the perfect enforcer. He was brutal and he knew how to intimidate. ibid.
Kuklinski kept his criminal life secret from his family and neighbours. ibid.
Richard Kuklinski became the head of his own crime ring. He developed new ways to profit from murder. ibid.
By the 1980s Kuklinski was involved in narcotics, pornography, arms dealing, money laundering, hijacking and contract killing on a world-wide basis. He was also pressing 50 and getting tired. He started to make mistakes. ibid.
Hurting my family – the only thing I feel sorry for. I’m not looking for forgiveness and I’m not repenting. I know I’m wrong. ibid.
A contract killer for the Gambino crime family. ibid.
They called him The Iceman because to confuse the time of death he would take his victims and put them in a freezer for a long period of time. ibid.
‘I wouldn’t kill a child. I most likely wouldn’t kill a woman. ibid.
The files on The Iceman will never be closed. ibid.
Consciences are for politicians, Bernard. Yes, Prime Minister: Official Secrets s2e2, Sir Humphrey, BBC 1987
All a man can betray is his conscience. Joseph Conrad