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The boss of New York's infamous Lucchese crime family, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso's life in the Mafia was preordained from birth. His rare talent for "earning"--concocting ingenious schemes to hijack trucks, rob banks, and bring vast quantities of drugs into New York--fueled his unstoppable rise up the ladder of organized crime. A mafioso responsible for at least fifty murders, Casso lived large, with a beautiful wife and money to burn. When the law finally caught up with him in 1994, Casso became the thing he hated most--an informer.From his blood feud with John Gotti to his dealings with the "Mafia cops," decorated NYPD officers Lou Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, to the Windows case, which marked the beginning of the end for the New York Mob, Gaspipe is Anthony Casso's shocking story--a roller-coaster ride into an exclusive netherworld that reveals the true inner workings of the Mafia, from its inception to the present time.

The New York Times bestselling author of Gaspipe and The Ice Man, Phillip Carlo returns with a hair-raising portrait of arguably the most depraved psychopath in the history of the Mafia, mob enforcer Tommy "Karate" Pitera. The Butcher tells the riveting true story of a hit man who loved his work too much--a maniac believed responsible for more than sixty remarkably brutal murders--whom even organized crime's most cold-blooded assassins feared. Another riveting journey into the darkest corners of the underworld, Carlo's The Butcher is destined to be a true crime classic alongside Wiseguys by Nicholas Pileggi and Underboss by Peter Maas.

The New York Times bestselling author of Gaspipe and The Ice Man, Phillip Carlo returns with a hair-raising portrait of arguably the most depraved psychopath in the history of the Mafia, mob enforcer Tommy "Karate" Pitera. The Butcher tells the riveting true story of a hit man who loved his work too much--a maniac believed responsible for more than sixty remarkably brutal murders--whom even organized crime's most cold-blooded assassins feared. Another riveting journey into the darkest corners of the underworld, Carlo's The Butcher is destined to be a true crime classic alongside Wiseguys by Nicholas Pileggi and Underboss by Peter Maas.

He was Sammy the Bull Gravano’s partner in the killing of Paul Castellano. John Gotti hired him to torture and kill his neighbor. A favorite among all the seven East Coast crime families, Richard "Ice Man" Kuklinski conducted his business with coldhearted intensity. By his own estimate, he murdered over two hundred men, taking enormous pride in his variety and ferocity of technique. But behind Kuklinski’s trail of murder was a traditional, loving, Catholic family. A married father of three, Kuklinski was always regarded as being especially kind to children; he threw summer block parties in his New Jersey neighborhood, and he was always generous around Christmastime. And before his crimes finally caught up with him, his family never suspected a thing ...

I couldn t put the book down very scary indeed. Los Angeles TimesThe Classic Account Of One Of The World s Most Feared Serial KillersDecades after Richard Ramirez left thirteen dead and paralyzed the city of Los Angeles, his name is still synonymous with fear, torture, and sadistic murder. Philip Carlo s classic The Night Stalker, based on years of meticulous research and extensive interviews with Ramirez, revealed the killer and his horrifying crimes to be even more chilling than anyone could have imagined. From watching his cousin commit murder at age eleven to his nineteen death sentences to the juror who fell in love with him, the story of Ramirez is a bizarre and spellbinding descent into the very heart of human evil. Incredibly, after The Night Stalker was first published, thousands of women from all over the world contacted Carlo, begging to be put in touch with the killer. Carlo interviewed them and here presents their disturbing stories and the dark sexual desires that would drive them towards a brutal murderer. And in an exclusive death row interview, the killer himself gives his thoughts on the Ramirez Groupies and what he thinks they really want. An astonishing portrait of a killer not seen since In Cold Blood. New York Daily News An exceptionally well-told true crime tale. Publishers Weekly16 Pages Of Shocking Photos"

Top Mafia hit man. Doting father. For 30 years, Richard 'the Ice Man' Kuklinski led a double life beyond anything ever seen on The Sopranos, becoming one of the most notorious professional assassins in American history while hosting neighbourhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey. Kuklinski was Sammy 'the Bull' Gravano's partner in the killing of Paul Castellano, John Gotti hired him to kill his neighbour and he was also intimately involved in the killing of Jimmy Hoffa. He conducted this sadistic business with cold-hearted intensity, never disappointing his customers. For an additional price, he would make his victims suffer. By his own estimate, he killed over 200 men, taking enormous pride in his cunning and the ferocity of his technique. The Ice Man is a blood-chilling insight into the mind of one of the world's most prolific contract killers.

Written by the bestselling author of The Ice Man, The Butcher is a gripping and disturbing fly-on-the-wall account of the US Drug Enforcement Administration's four-year hunt to bring down Tommy 'Karate' Pitera, a drug-dealing, murderous capo in the Bonanno crime family.

Philip Carlo's successful and acclaimed books reveal the truth about notorious characters such as LA serial killer Richard Ramirez, Mafia contract killer Richard Kuklinski and crime-family boss Anthony Casso.

WITH EXCLUSIVE DEATH ROW INTERVIEWYears after Richard Ramirez left thirteen dead and brought the city of Los Angeles to a standstill, his name is still synonymous with fear, torture and sadistic murder.Based on three years of meticulous research and extensive interviews with Ramirez himself, Philip Carlo's US bestseller The Night Stalker reveals the killer and his horrifying crimes to be even more chilling than anyone could have imagined.With an exclusive death row interview, The Night Stalker is a spellbinding descent into the very heart of human evil.'WITH BRUTAL HONESTY, CARLO WRITES FROM THE HEART ' ROBERT DE NIRO

Vielä vuosikymmeniä sen jälkeen, kun Richard Ramirez tappoi kolmetoista ihmistä ja piti koko Los Angelesia kauhun vallassa, hänen nimensä yhdistetään edelleen pelkoon, kiduttamiseen ja sadistiseen murhaamiseen. Philip Carlon true crime -klassikko perustuu vuosikausien perusteelliseen tutkimustyöhön ja Ramirezin haastatteluihin. Teos kuvaa tappajan ja hänen hirvittävät rikoksensa vielä hyytävimpänä kuin kukaan olisi osannut kuvitella. Ramirezin tarina on erikoinen ja kiehtova katsaus ihmisen pahuuden ytimeen.Night Stalker tarjoaa myös kattavan kuvauksen Los Angelesin sheriffinviraston ja poliisin työskentelystä 1980-luvulla, Yhdysvaltain monimutkaisesta oikeusprosessista sekä naisista, jotka tuntevat vetoa sarjamurhaajiin.

New Yorkin pahamaineisen Lucchesen mafiaperheen pomo Anthony ”Kaasuputki” Casso oli kuin syntynyt mafiosoksi. Hänen harvinaislaatuinen lahjakkuutensa rahan tienaamisessa erinäisten rikollisten juonien kautta sai hänet nousemaan vääjäämättä järjestäytyneen rikollisuuden portaita ylöspäin. Tämä vähintään viiteenkymmeneen murhaan syyllistynyt mafioso eleli leveästi kauniin vaimonsa kanssa kymmenien vuosien ajan, mutta kun poliisit pääsivät hänen kintereilleen, hän joutui luopumaan periaatteistaan. Gaspipe - Mafiapomon tunnustuksia kertoo Anthony Casson hurjan tarinan noususta alamaailman huipulle: rötöksistä, petoksista, verivihollisista, kostoista ja murhista. Teos on ennennäkemätön kurkistus mafian sisäpiirin toimintaan.