Carson DeGuire
Ms.Dixon
CJ III
22 October 2017
Richard Kuklinski-Iceman The typical serial killer in today’s world is born with these twisted genes that make them this way. Not in Richard Kuklinski’s case. In the documentary, “Conversations with the Iceman,” Kuklinski is interviewed about his life and all of the crimes he committed over the years. He was a hit man who has supposedly killed over 100 people while feeling no remorse doing this things. This essay will talk about how he compares to other serial killers, his childhood, and his brother Joseph.
Firstly, Richard Kuklinski is a confusing case, he is a serial killer, but he is also a hitman. Unlike serial killers who select their own victims, the targets of hitmen are carefully chosen …show more content…
When he wasn’t killing people for money for the Gambino crime family, Kuklinski was killing strangers who irritated or annoyed him. This showed traits of a serial killer, because he had no feeling when he would end the lives of his victims. He wouldn’t kill these people for no reason though, he would be paid up to six figures for each kill becoming the main source of income for him and his family. He had a variety of ways to kill his victims. Including cyanide, strangling, and using a firearm. Kuklinski was given the nickname "Iceman" for his method of freezing a victim to confuse the time of …show more content…
He was not born into this monster though. Kuklinski grew up in an abusive house where his parents would beat him just because they felt like it. His father was the one he hated the most. Kuklinski’s father would come home from work just to beat him leaving him wondering what he did wrong. His mother would watch this all happen and he disliked her for this, but later understood that his father was just a monster and she couldn’t do anything about it. This abusive childhood led Kuklinski to hate his father growing up, and vowed to never treat his kids like his father did so to him. When his father passed away much after his childhood, he didn’t attend it. He claimed, “I didn’t like him when he was alive, so why would i like him when he is dead?” This showed the hatred he had for his abusive
Ms.Dixon
CJ III
22 October 2017
Richard Kuklinski-Iceman The typical serial killer in today’s world is born with these twisted genes that make them this way. Not in Richard Kuklinski’s case. In the documentary, “Conversations with the Iceman,” Kuklinski is interviewed about his life and all of the crimes he committed over the years. He was a hit man who has supposedly killed over 100 people while feeling no remorse doing this things. This essay will talk about how he compares to other serial killers, his childhood, and his brother Joseph.
Firstly, Richard Kuklinski is a confusing case, he is a serial killer, but he is also a hitman. Unlike serial killers who select their own victims, the targets of hitmen are carefully chosen …show more content…
When he wasn’t killing people for money for the Gambino crime family, Kuklinski was killing strangers who irritated or annoyed him. This showed traits of a serial killer, because he had no feeling when he would end the lives of his victims. He wouldn’t kill these people for no reason though, he would be paid up to six figures for each kill becoming the main source of income for him and his family. He had a variety of ways to kill his victims. Including cyanide, strangling, and using a firearm. Kuklinski was given the nickname "Iceman" for his method of freezing a victim to confuse the time of …show more content…
He was not born into this monster though. Kuklinski grew up in an abusive house where his parents would beat him just because they felt like it. His father was the one he hated the most. Kuklinski’s father would come home from work just to beat him leaving him wondering what he did wrong. His mother would watch this all happen and he disliked her for this, but later understood that his father was just a monster and she couldn’t do anything about it. This abusive childhood led Kuklinski to hate his father growing up, and vowed to never treat his kids like his father did so to him. When his father passed away much after his childhood, he didn’t attend it. He claimed, “I didn’t like him when he was alive, so why would i like him when he is dead?” This showed the hatred he had for his abusive