Kuklinski died of natural causes on Maat the age of 70. The coroner found pieces of ice in the victim’s heart.

However, this was going to be his downfall when his method was discovered because he didn’t let one of his victims thaw before disposing the body. He earned the nickname as “The Iceman” because of his experiments of disguising the time of death of his victims by freezing their corpses in a freezer and then disposing of them at a later time. However, these numbers were never proven. It was estimated that he killed between 100 and 130 people. His family and neighbors never knew of his murderous activities. Kuklinski easily hid behind a mask of normalcy as he married, had two daughters, and posed as a successful businessman. He went on to explain matter of fact without emotion that his favorite method of disposing a body was in a 55-gallon oil drum. His favorite means of killing was using cyanide because it killed the victim quickly and was difficult to detect through toxicology.

Over a 30-year period according to Kuklinski, he killed numerous people in various ways, by shooting, strangulation, knife, or poison. Ironically years later, Kuklinski claimed that he had been responsible for DeMeo’s murder. That was when his association with Roy DeMeo, a member of the Gambino crime family, was established. By the time he was in his early twenties, he had built a reputation as an explosive street hustler that would beat or kill anyone who offended him. He began to act out by killing and torturing animals, and finally by the age of 18 he committed his first murder.

Rage began to build in him by the age of 10. His parents were abusive and would beat Richard and his siblings on a regular basis. Richard Kuklinski “The Iceman” grew up in the projects of New Jersey during the 1930s and 1940s. However, they are serial killers and each of them has a story to tell that begins to sound quite familiar. When you think of serial killers you don’t immediately think of confessions from a mafia hitman. “I would never kill a child and most likely wouldn’t kill a woman.” In one interview, he explained his killing code of ethics. When Richard Kuklinski was asked how he felt about killing people in an in-depth interview.

The iceman killer interview