I was just revisiting this incredibly unsettling series of interviews conducted with Kulkinski back in 2001, and decided to post it here for any interested parties who may be unfamiliar with it.
For anyone who doesn't know, Kulkinski was a mafia contract killer who purportedly murdered over 200 people, and was characterized by his remorseless, sadistic brutality (though, incidentally, this is unrelated to his nickname "The Iceman").
Some of the more disconcerting selections from his history:
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He also killed with crossbows, with bats, with clubs, and with plastic bags. He beat people to death with his fists and feet, threw people off buildings, and drowned people. Any way that there was to kill somebody he did it.
Brutality and torture would often precede death for many of his victims. This included his own description of causing his victims to bleed, then tying them up in rat infested areas. The rats, attracted to the smell of blood would eventually eat the men alive. Kuklinski saw himself as something of a rat specialist and set up a video camera to capture the rats at work.
He also specialised in dismembering his victims alive, using a chainsaw. He described this method as 'messy'. His capacity for violence and torture was absolutely mind-numbing. He killed 13 of his victims after he destroyed their lower spines with a screwdriver. They'd be paralyzed-unable to scream or move-and they had to watch as he cut their bodies apart. When asked why he killed that way Kuklinski said he did it for the exercise.
One man he was hired to kill had raped a Mobster's daughter. He tied the man to a tree, stripped him of his clothes, and then pulled off the guy's genitals-literally pulled them off. Then [using a knife] he began slowly slicing off pieces of flesh-just like strips of meat. While the man was still alive Richard poured a box of kosher salt over all his wounds.
Though he may have been officially under contract, it's fairly apparent that killing was consistent with the pursuit of his passions.
Here's the first part of the 2001 interview (there was an initial series conducted ten years prior):
Renzo
:wtf: :wtf:
Also..."Actor Mickey Rourke will play Kuklinski in a film based on Philip Carlo's book. The film, to be co-produced by Rourke, is scheduled to be shot in 2010."
The17sss
Wow... I forgot about this guy. I remember watching these interviews when he first got recognized back in the day. I can't believe nobody has made a movie about him yet. That is some pretty sick described in that post. :nervous:
The17sss
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Originally posted by Renzo
:wtf: :wtf:
Also..."Actor Mickey Rourke will play Kuklinski in a film based on Philip Carlo's book. The film, to be co-produced by Rourke, is scheduled to be shot in 2010."
Holy you just read my mind! lol awesome! Micky Rourke in that role would be fantastic.
jupiterone
scary as
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best of the best
Paradox Lost
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Originally posted by The17sss
Holy you just read my mind! lol awesome! Micky Rourke in that role would be fantastic.
If he can successfully pull it off (as I imagine he can), it may very well be the most unnerving performance of this sort since Hopkins played Hannibal Lecter; the source material certainly lends itself to it.
I remember reading just recently that the film has run into some pre-production difficulties.
By the way, I feel it necessary to mention, in case anyone didn't already know, that Kuklinski died in prison in 2006 (under, what some would consider, suspicious circumstances).
Renzo
I'm scared of this dude, and he's already dead.
Lira
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Originally posted by Renzo
The film (...) is scheduled to be shot
That dude was no joke. Cold as . Talking about killing someone xmas eve then coming home and being a family man. He talked about a lot of details....I wonder what he left out.
