Philip Carlo

Philip Carlo ( April 18, 1949 , † November 8, 2010 ) was an American journalist who wrote successful biographies about the American criminals Thomas Pitera , Richard Kuklinski , Anthony Casso and Richard Ramirez .

Philip Carlo was born in Bensonhurst , Brooklyn , New York . He was involved in gang crime in his youth and he was shot in connection with it. Due to an illness, he used a wheelchair. One of his most successful books is the biography of serial killer Richard Ramirez, who had been convicted of numerous feminicides. He had long conversations with the convicted mafia killers Richard Kuklinski and the former Lucchese boss Anthony Casso, from which biographies emerged.

Inspired by his book on the life Kuklinskis the feature film was 2012 The Iceman of Ariel Vromen in which Michael Shannon in the title role of the criminal plays.

Carlo suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS ), from which he died in 2010 at the age of 61.

Books

Non-fiction books:

• The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez. 1996, ISBN 1-57566-030-X
• The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer. 2006, ISBN 0-312-34928-9
  • ICE MAN, Confessions of a Mafia Killer. Piper Verlag, May 2011. ISBN 978-3-492-26434-1
• Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss. William Morrow, 2008, ISBN 978-0-06-142984-2
• The Butcher: Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath. William Morrow, 2009, ISBN 978-0-06-174465-5
• The Killer Within: In the Company of Monsters. Overlook Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-59020-431-3

Novels:

• Stolen Flower. 1988, ISBN 0-525-24484-0
• Predators and Prayers. 2005, ISBN 0-8439-5576-7
• Smiling wolf. 2006, ISBN 0-8439-5678-X

Web links

• The Ice Man by Philip Carlo , Vulpes Libris (Review)
• William H. Kennedy: Celeb Carlo Tribute Show , Sphinx Radio (MP3; 86.2 MB)
• Jason Zasky: The Ice Man's Greatest Hits , Failure Magazine , July 2006 (Interview with Philip Carlo about The Ice Man)