Richard Kuklinski-mafia hitman
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Kuklinski died of unknown causes at 1:15 AM on March 5, 2006, in Trenton, New Jersey at the age of 70. He was in a secure wing at St. Francis Medical Center. Although authorities say they believe he died of natural causes, the timing of his death has been labeled suspicious on the grounds that Kuklinski was scheduled to testify against former Gambino crime family underboss Sammy Gravano that he had killed a New Jersey police officer in the 1980s on Gravano's orders (it should be noted that currently the 60-year old Gravano is serving a 19 year prison sentence for running an Ecstasy distribution ring in Arizona). Kuklinski also stated to family members that he thought "they" were poisoning him. A few days after Kuklinski's death, prosecutors dropped all charges against Gravano saying that without the hit man's testimony they had insufficient evidence to continue.
Sammy "The Bull" Gravano is responsible for snitching out on John Gotti and the whole Cosa Nostra organization. He was John Gotti's right hand man and turned on John and the whole mob. Sammy "The Bull" is the reason everybody knows about "La Cosa Nostra", cause he "SNITCHED".
Kuklinski wasn't "snitching", it's not like the Sammy was good anyway. He's living under the witness protection (they said he was kicked out), but probably still living under it as we speak.
For all we know, the mob probably ordered Kuklinski to testify against a snitch like Sammy "The Bull" in return for wealth while incarcerated. This would get Sammy behind bars (in P.C. more than likely) and the mob would now have a much better chance to wack "The Bull" for being a rat that he is.
I really doubt Sammy "The Bull" is in an actual prison, but if he is...time will tell.
I rest my case...LOL!!!!
Kuklinski wasn't "snitching", it's not like the Sammy was good anyway. He's living under the witness protection (they said he was kicked out), but probably still living under it as we speak.
For all we know, the mob probably ordered Kuklinski to testify against a snitch like Sammy "The Bull" in return for wealth while incarcerated. This would get Sammy behind bars (in P.C. more than likely) and the mob would now have a much better chance to wack "The Bull" for being a rat that he is.
I really doubt Sammy "The Bull" is in an actual prison, but if he is...time will tell.
I rest my case...LOL!!!!
While researching a story on John A. "Junior" Gotti the son of the former "Dapper/Teflon Don," currently known as "the imprisoned for life Don" journalist Howard Blum asked his interviewees to "reach out to 'the Bull,' I'd like to talk to him." Blum's wish came true and he was soon contacted by Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano.
In a late night phone call Gravano told Blum that he was "forced out" of the Witness Protection Program by a woman who was stalking him after she learned his true identity while living in Colorado. Blum and Gravano arranged a meeting in a restaurant, "some place west of the Mississippi." During the interview Gravano did his usual crying on the shoulder routine stating, "Sometimes I question how I got to be the way I am. I had a great mother and father. I don't know how I got to be the way I am. No emotion. No feeling. Like fuckin' ice."
Gravano talked freely about the murders he committed. There has always been some confusion regarding Gravano's role in the 19 murders he admitted to. Based on his confessions he pulled the trigger in only one of those killings. While not to diminish his role in the deaths of those individuals, Gravano is not a serial killer as his detractors have labeled him. Gravano acted as the wheelman in some murders and was at the scene in several others. In one killing he was merely involved in the discussion of it. Perhaps his own ego led people to believe he played a larger role. He told Blum, "I never killed in a fit of anger. I'm controlled. A professional. I killed because of my oath."
These don't seem like the words of a man who had done the actual dirty work in only one murder. But that seems to be the pattern Gravano followed, saying and letting people believe one thing, while in reality doing just the opposite. Gravano would have everyone believe that he was being a dedicated soldier in a "society" that had honor at the center of it. He did his job, whether he liked it or not, because those were the rules of his society the society called La Cosa Nostra, which many still refer to as the Mafia.
In 1997 Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia was published. Peter Maas wrote the book with Gravano's help. Gravano is given a golden opportunity to describe his life in the terms he chooses. What the reader needs to understand is that nowhere in the book is Gravano's word challenged. He is allowed to present his own opinions on all the people he dealt with, on both sides of the law. Only Gravano's side of every issue and every murder is discussed.
One of the recurring themes in the book is Gravano crying, "What could I do?" Gravano allows his young brother-in-law to be murdered and all that's left to be buried is a hand. Gravano responds, "What else could I do?" He talks about how "heartbroken" he was when his parents had to sell the home they loved to help out his sister while Sammy has plenty of money. "So what can I do?" he pleads. When ordered to kill a Philadelphia mobster, Gravano spends several hours with the man and learns to respect him. He then orders a subordinate to shoot him in the back of the head. "There was nothing else I could do," claims Gravano in justifying his action. Even when the wife of one of his crewmembers seeks Gravano's help because of her husband's drug problems, Sammy responds by having the man murdered. "But there's nothing I can do about (it). This was the life."
However, when Gravano finds himself cornered and facing trial and a long prison sentence, the honor, the respect and the oath he took as a made member of La Cosa Nostra suddenly become secondary to what's best for Sammy. Gravano quickly figures out the answer to "What could I do?"
In a late night phone call Gravano told Blum that he was "forced out" of the Witness Protection Program by a woman who was stalking him after she learned his true identity while living in Colorado. Blum and Gravano arranged a meeting in a restaurant, "some place west of the Mississippi." During the interview Gravano did his usual crying on the shoulder routine stating, "Sometimes I question how I got to be the way I am. I had a great mother and father. I don't know how I got to be the way I am. No emotion. No feeling. Like fuckin' ice."
Gravano talked freely about the murders he committed. There has always been some confusion regarding Gravano's role in the 19 murders he admitted to. Based on his confessions he pulled the trigger in only one of those killings. While not to diminish his role in the deaths of those individuals, Gravano is not a serial killer as his detractors have labeled him. Gravano acted as the wheelman in some murders and was at the scene in several others. In one killing he was merely involved in the discussion of it. Perhaps his own ego led people to believe he played a larger role. He told Blum, "I never killed in a fit of anger. I'm controlled. A professional. I killed because of my oath."
These don't seem like the words of a man who had done the actual dirty work in only one murder. But that seems to be the pattern Gravano followed, saying and letting people believe one thing, while in reality doing just the opposite. Gravano would have everyone believe that he was being a dedicated soldier in a "society" that had honor at the center of it. He did his job, whether he liked it or not, because those were the rules of his society the society called La Cosa Nostra, which many still refer to as the Mafia.
In 1997 Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia was published. Peter Maas wrote the book with Gravano's help. Gravano is given a golden opportunity to describe his life in the terms he chooses. What the reader needs to understand is that nowhere in the book is Gravano's word challenged. He is allowed to present his own opinions on all the people he dealt with, on both sides of the law. Only Gravano's side of every issue and every murder is discussed.
One of the recurring themes in the book is Gravano crying, "What could I do?" Gravano allows his young brother-in-law to be murdered and all that's left to be buried is a hand. Gravano responds, "What else could I do?" He talks about how "heartbroken" he was when his parents had to sell the home they loved to help out his sister while Sammy has plenty of money. "So what can I do?" he pleads. When ordered to kill a Philadelphia mobster, Gravano spends several hours with the man and learns to respect him. He then orders a subordinate to shoot him in the back of the head. "There was nothing else I could do," claims Gravano in justifying his action. Even when the wife of one of his crewmembers seeks Gravano's help because of her husband's drug problems, Sammy responds by having the man murdered. "But there's nothing I can do about (it). This was the life."
However, when Gravano finds himself cornered and facing trial and a long prison sentence, the honor, the respect and the oath he took as a made member of La Cosa Nostra suddenly become secondary to what's best for Sammy. Gravano quickly figures out the answer to "What could I do?"
