Richard Kuklinski
Richard Kuklinski When a man is a product of his environment and the environment is filled with violence and hatred, the possibilities are horrifying. Richard kuklinski is a prime example of just that. His childhood was something no human, let alone a child should go through. His anger built up and his life eventually was overcome by it. He then progressed to a cold-blooded killer, starting small, and then ending with the mob until his capture.
Richard Kuklinski was born on April 11, 1935, to poor Polish parents, Anna and Stanley Kuklinski, in the projects of New Jersey. (Montaldo) Richard had two siblings; Florian, who died of injuries caused by abuse from his father and Joseph, who was convicted of raping and murdering a twelve year old girl. But of course the most monstrous of the three siblings was Richard. It was the childhood that really set the stage for one of the most cold-blooded serial killers in history. Stanley was a very abusive alcoholic who beat all three of his children and his wife. Anna wasn’t any better with the abuse, often beating the boys with broom handles and other household items. Her beatings were moralized in her mind by her strict Catholic belief of keeping her children in line. In 1940, Stanley’s beatings resulted in the death of Kuklinski’s oldest brother Florian which the family then hid from the authorities by saying he had fallen down the stairs. (Montaldo) By the time Kuklinski reached age 10 he was already acting out, torturing and killing neighborhood animals and by age 14 he committed his first murder. All the rage built up from the beatings from both his family and his peers and he wasn’t just going to take it anymore. He took a steel rod from his closet and ambushed the leader of a local gang that bullied him. He unintentionally beat him to death and felt remorse for his crime for a little while, but then saw this as an opportunity to become powerful and take control of his own life. He then continued to
Richard Kuklinski was born on April 11, 1935, to poor Polish parents, Anna and Stanley Kuklinski, in the projects of New Jersey. (Montaldo) Richard had two siblings; Florian, who died of injuries caused by abuse from his father and Joseph, who was convicted of raping and murdering a twelve year old girl. But of course the most monstrous of the three siblings was Richard. It was the childhood that really set the stage for one of the most cold-blooded serial killers in history. Stanley was a very abusive alcoholic who beat all three of his children and his wife. Anna wasn’t any better with the abuse, often beating the boys with broom handles and other household items. Her beatings were moralized in her mind by her strict Catholic belief of keeping her children in line. In 1940, Stanley’s beatings resulted in the death of Kuklinski’s oldest brother Florian which the family then hid from the authorities by saying he had fallen down the stairs. (Montaldo) By the time Kuklinski reached age 10 he was already acting out, torturing and killing neighborhood animals and by age 14 he committed his first murder. All the rage built up from the beatings from both his family and his peers and he wasn’t just going to take it anymore. He took a steel rod from his closet and ambushed the leader of a local gang that bullied him. He unintentionally beat him to death and felt remorse for his crime for a little while, but then saw this as an opportunity to become powerful and take control of his own life. He then continued to