Kuklinski liked to tie two cats’ tails together, throw them over a clothesline and watch them fight to the death. In response to his parents’ abuse, Kuklinski acted out in the only acceptable manner he could, with the torture and killing of helpless animals. Kuklinski was forced to become an altar boy for a time. Paradoxically his mother believed a strict upbringing including belief in the Roman Catholic faith was essential for raising good children. His father beat him many times without provocation. Occasionally she broke broomsticks on her little boy, a punishment Kuklinski often recalled during interiews.

Kuklinski’s mother hit him with household objects such as broomsticks. His only comment was “ we came from the same father.” Although Kuklinski abhorred men who abused women and children, he seemed to have little opinion about his brother’s crime. Kuklinski had a younger sister, Roberta, who was also beaten by her parents and a younger brother, Joseph, who was convicted of raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl. The Kuklinski family lied to the police, saying that he had fallen down a flight of steps. Stanley beat his wife and children so severely that his eldest son Florian died of injuries suffered from a savage beating. Both parents were highly abusive, bitter people. His mother Anna, a very attractive woman, worked as a meat-packer during Kuklinski’s childhood. His father Stanley, a handsome man but severely alcoholic, was a brakeman on the railroad. Kuklinski grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey in a blue-collar family. Kuklinski received the moniker for his charming method of freezing a victim to mask the time of death and for his utter lack of emotion toward his victims. The media dubbed him the Iceman during his much publicized reign of terror over the state of New Jersey. A biography written with his input (although not from the first person) was a big seller. A documentary and a film were made about his life. During his many years as a mafia assassin for hire, the press dubbed him The Iceman. For quite some time the media was all about Richard Kuklinski.

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