SERIAL KILLER: Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski Pt. 2
6/4/202641 min
By the early 1980s, Richard Kuklinski had supposedly killed dozens of men for the New York Mafia. And with his boss Roy DeMeo dead, he was operating entirely on his own terms. But when ATF agent Dominick Polifrone began building an undercover identity inside New Jersey's criminal world, Richard's own greed and loose talk would bring him down.
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First 90 secondsVanessa Richardson· Host0:00
[suspenseful music] Hi, listeners. It's Vanessa. Before we get into today's episode, I wanna tell you about another show I think you'll love, Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat. Every Monday, Dr. Bhat goes where history gets mysterious. Vanished civilizations, doomsday prophecies, paranormal phenomena, and events that science still can't fully explain. Dr. Bhat treats these moments like open case files, not myths, not superstition, just incomplete explanations waiting for a closer look. Hidden History drops every Monday. Follow now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen so you never miss a mystery.
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Vanessa Richardson· Host0:53
Most of us have different versions of ourselves. The way we act around our friends may be different from how we act around our families or our coworkers. Usually, these versions only vary slightly. We make different jokes or ask different kinds of questions. That's normal. But for some people, their alter ego is a different person entirely, and they build entire worlds around deep, dark secrets. Richard Kuklinski was one of those people. To some, he was a quiet family man, but to others, he was