Richard "Iceman" Kuklinski was viewed as a normal man by society for much of his adult life. This man was far from normal. Kuklinski was a psychopath and a sociopath who was driven to kill by his troubled childhood and his lifestyle as a paid hit man. This paper will focus on the criminological theory of why Kuklinkski committed these murders. Richard Leonard Kuklinski was born in 1935 to Stanley and Anna Kuklinski ("Meet Notorious Contract Killer Richard Kuklinski"). He grew up in the rough projects of Jersey City, New Jersey ("Meet Notorious Contract Killer Richard Kuklinski"). His father was an alcoholic and his mother was a strict catholic. Both Stanley and Anna were very abusive to Kuklinski and his siblings ("Articles/Biographies/Criminals/Kuklinski, …show more content…
In order to become affiliated with the Crime Family, Kuklinski had to participate in an initiation ("Richard Kuklinski The Iceman Mafia Hitman HBO Interview 2001 (Part 1)"). Roy Demo told Kuklinski all he had to do was kill an innocent man they seen walking his dog, to which he agreed (Richard Kuklinski The Iceman Mafia Hitman HBO Interview 2001 (Part 1)”). When the man walked by Kuklinski, he shot him and left his lifeless body lying on the sidewalk (Richard Kuklinski The Iceman Mafia Hitman HBO Interview 2001 (Part 1)"). Under the Gambino Crime Family, he sold pornographic tapes, participated in robberies, and became one of the family’s main enforcers ("Richard Kuklinski."). In an interview Kuklinski stated that he would murder anyone “if the price was right.” ("Richard Kuklinski.")He murdered by using things like ice picks, hand grenades, chainsaws, crossbows, knives, cyanide gas, and guns ("Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski Biography"). His different style of weapon choice made it very difficult for detectives to find and trace the murders to him (“Richard Kuklinski”). He killed anyone who messed with the Gambino’s, including rivals, witnesses, and even police officers ("Richard Kuklinski"). Kuklinski nickname, “The Iceman” came from him sometimes putting his victims’ bodies into a freezer and leaving them there …show more content…
A psychopath is classified as someone who shows no remorse and has no conscience, while a sociopath has some sort of conscience and sometimes shows some guilt or remorse ("What's the Difference Between a Sociopath and a Psychopath"). Psychopaths do not feel sorry for other people (“What’s the Difference Between a Sociopath and a Psychopath”) and Kuklinski certainly did not feel sorry for any of his victims (“Married to The Iceman”). During an interview with HBO, Kuklinski stated that he probably could have killed his father and wouldn’t have felt bad about it ("Richard Kuklinski The Iceman Mafia Hitman HBO Interview 2001 (Part 1)"). Richard Kuklinski also showed sociopathic traits. He only showed remorse when talking about his wife and kids ("Richard Kuklinski 'The Iceman' Part 12 of 12"). During another interview he stated that he doesn’t feel sorry for anything he has done except hurting his family and he also admitted that he was wrong ("Richard Kuklinski 'The Iceman' Part 12 of 12"). Richard Kuklinski was a mentally ill individual. His childhood had a huge impact on his future because he never got over the pain his parents put him through. He took his frustrations out on others and made a career out of
-Robert J. Carroll Assistant Attorney General. Richard Leonard Kuklinski, also known as the Iceman, is known as one of the most infamous mafia hitman in history. He was a 6 foot 5 inch, 300 pound killing machine that had a successful criminal career for over 30 years. To this day, Richard Kuklinski is still considered one of the most fascinating mafia contract killers. Richard Kuklinski was born April 11, 1939, in Jersey City.
Will Stone Criminal Justice 3 10/23/17 Richard Kuklinski- The Iceman Richard Kuklinski, or the Iceman, arrested for murder on the year of 1986. He had been killing for over 30 years as a hitman for the mafia, and estimates that he had killed over 100 people. With cold calculation, he took the lives of anyone who he deemed wronged him or failed to pay back the mafia. Having a loveless and abusive childhood, he was set up for failure by his parents, and that made him the man he ended up as.
No one really believed he was the murder because of how he would dress up as Pogo the Clown to entertain. This save persona he managed to portray helped him to gain the trust of so many people. His victims are believed to be between 9 to 20 years old and some still remain unidentified. The rest of his murder victims are as follows: Darrell Sampson ( age 18, killed April 6, 1976), Randall Reffett (age 15, killed May 14, 1976), Samuel Stapleton (age 14, killed May 14, 1976), Michael Bonnin (age 17, killed June 3, 1976), William Carroll (age 16, killed June 13, 1976), Rick Johnston (age 17, killed August 6, 1976), Kenneth Parker ( age 16, killed October 24, 1976), William Bundy (age 19, killed October 26, 1976), Gregory Godzik (age 17, killed December 12, 1976), John Szyc (age 19, killed January 20, 1977), Jon Prestidge (age 20, killed March 15, 1977), Matthew Bowman (age 19, killed July 5, 1977), Robert Gilroy ( age 18, killed September 15, 1977), John Mowery (age 19, killed September 25, 1977), Russell Nelson (age 21, killed October 17, 1977), Robert Winch (age 16, killed November 10, 1977), Tommy Boling (age 20, killed November 18, 1977), David Talsma (age 19, killed December 9, 1977), William Kindred ( age 19, killed February 16, 1978), Timothy O' Rourke (age 20, killed June 16–23, 1978), Frank Landingin (age 19, killed November 4, 1978), James Mazzara (age 21, killed November 24,
They received even more attention when the Outfit attempted to murder George Moran, a North Side Gang leader, in a parking garage. They dressed up as police officers and emptied bullets from machine guns into the bodies of seven North Side Gang members, but failed to kill Moran. While the Outfit
One, he was a contract killer for the mafia, this led him to committing crimes he might not have wanted to, however with his 8th grade level education he struggled to get a job. In order to support his family this was the only way, and he already had a reputation of a prolific killer on the streets. Two, Kuklinski had a unique ability to feel no remorse, no sadness, no pain, he didn’t even care when he would slice the flesh off of people. His ability to feel zero connection to the victims is one of the scariest and unique things about him. He would kill men for zero reason at all simply because of their challenge to his power or they angered him.
In The Murders Of The Clutter Family, Perry Edward Smith was one of two ex-convicts who murdered the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, on November 15, 1959. Perry Smith was born in Huntington, Nevada. This place that Perry was born is Stated as “ an abandoned community.” Also Smith admitted to cutting the throat of the father, Herb Clutter, as well as shooting both Herb and Kenyon Clutter in the head with a shotgun at close range. He read extensively, and during his time on death row, also he wrote poems.
There were witnesses who dare to testified against those brutal murders. The murders used the insanity plea as route to escape their destination in jail. Kenneth Bianchi was born in May 22, 1951 in in Rochester, New York. According to the Historical
He was respected in the community and easy to get along with. He was born in an Edgewater Hospital in Chicago and was raised as a Catholic and went to Catholic schools growing up. He was a quiet boy and worked odd jobs for spending money. He was well liked by his teachers, co-workers, and friends at school and the Boy Scouts. During his high school years due to his problematic family trouble he dropped out of school and began to save up money.
However; a big whole in this particular theory is that, according to the mafia it is against their code of conduct to kill any person with any kind of legal
They had one son together name Albert Francis Capone. Albert grew up nothing like his father, who was always seeking power and money. Albert was always trying to stop the crimes in the city by being recruited by the police but had no idea that his father was the one leading crimes that were occurring throughout the city. Al Capone became part of the Chicago Mafia in 1910. Johnny Torrio, Capone’s crime mentor, resigned as the head boss of the mafia in 1914.
Gaskins preferred females, but he wouldn’t just victimize females, he also victimized males. In 1975, Gaskins found eighty boys and girls along the highways in North Carolina and killed them. Doreen Dempsey, a woman who thought of Donald Gaskins as a friend was leaving town and decided to get a ride from him. Gaskins drove her to a wooded area where he then raped and killed her. After killing her Gaskins proceeded to rape, sodomize and kill her two-year-old
Richard Leonard Kuklinski was an American contract killer who was convicted for five murders. Kuklinski was given the nickname "Iceman" for his method of freezing a victim to mask the time of death. Kuklinski was born in New Jersey, to Stanley Kuklinski, a Polish immigrant from Karwacz, Masovian Voivodeship a brakeman on the railroad, and Anna McNally, a daughter of Catholic Irish immigrants from Dublin, who worked in a meat-packing plant during Richard's childhood. Richard was constantly abused by his parents, especially by his father, who repeatedly beat him.
On an episode of criminal minds the “Zodiac killer” is depicted as person that was very calculated in the way he committed crimes. This serial killer send letters to the newspaper describing how he killed his
This paper will examine serial killer Ronald Dominique and the acts that was performed on his victims and how individuals he knows viewed him. Robert Dominique target victims were men. In the year of 1997 to 2006, Robert Dominique killed at least 23 men that was account for. However, there is a substantial amount that is not account for. However, Ronald would cross-dress and attend gay clubs.
The very first murder he was linked to would have been the first one he would of committed. This murder took place in Santa Barbara on June 4th, 1963. The young victims were couple Robert Domingos and his betrothed Linda Edwards. The couple had decided to participate in their senior ditch day, so they went sunbathing at a beach near Gaviota State Park. When they didn’t return by the next morning, Robert’s father went looking for them.