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top 10 deadliest hitmen before we begin
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so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re taking a
look at the most prolific hitman of all
time from all corners of the globe since
we will not be focusing on hitmen from
one particular crime organization
contract killers who worked for mobs
from all over the world are fair game it
just doesn’t seem likely that it was
anything other than a mob road map
number 10 Charles Harrelson a former
professional gambler and the father of
actor Woody Harrelson Charles Harrelson
made the transition to contract killing
in the late 1960s acquitted of one
murder in 1970 and found guilty of
another in 1973 Harrelson was released
from prison five years into a 15 year
sentence because of good behavior his
career as a hitman reached its climax
with the murder of John H Wood jr. a US
District Judge whom he shot dead outside
of the judges townhouse in 1979
sentenced to two consecutive life terms
Harrelson made an unsuccessful escape
attempt while in prison before dying of
heart failure in 2007 number nine
Giuseppe Greco one of the Sicilian Mafia
is highest-ranking hitman Jews Fe Greco
made his career as a member of a death
squad during the second mafia war
between 1981 and 1983 although his
estimated number of victims ranges from
60 to 300 Greco was only officially
convicted of 58 murders many of which
were committed with an ak-47 Greco is
also said to have come up with
imaginative ways of disposing of bodies
including dissolving them in vats of
acid and feeding them to pay
a victim of mob violence himself Greco
was murdered by his former associates in
1985 number 8 Roy DeMeo a hardened
gangster in the leader of the DeMeo crew
during the 1970’s and early 80’s Roy
DeMeo was a career killer for the
Gambino crime family he was famous for
the Gemini method of murder which
involved luring victims to the Gemini
lounge in Brooklyn shooting them in the
head with a silenced pistol and then
stabbing them in the heart before
dumping the body parts at a nearby
landfill DeMaio himself was eventually
discovered dead in the trunk of his car
in 1982 having been shot multiple times
in the head by rival mobsters number 7
Thomas Patera a hitman for the Bonanno
crime family active during the 1980s
Thomas Tommy karate Patera was a
ruthless killer infamous for his martial
arts skills and penchant for taking
trophies from his victims suspected of
nearly 60 murders
Patera was a methodical killer who
studied dissection and made use of a
special toolkit to dismember the bodies
of his victims a psychopath who
displayed behaviors more typical of a
serial killer than a mobster Tommy
karate was eventually found guilty of
six murders and several drug charges
which led to his being sentenced to life
in prison in 1992 number 6
Joseph Barbosa so vicious he was rumored
to have bitten part of a man’s cheek off
Joseph’s Barboza’s nicknamed the animal
was well deserved a contract killer for
the Patriarca crime family Barbosa was
allegedly responsible for 26 murders
over the course of his criminal career a
former professional boxer the animal
later became an FBI informant and was
one of the first people to enter the
witness protection program as a result
like many of his contemporaries Barbosa
met his own grisly end in 1976 when he
was shot four times with a shotgun while
walking to his car number 5 Frank
abandoned Oh a member of the notorious
gang of killers called murder
incorporated
Frank the dasher a Bandhan Doe is
credited with at least 30 murders
infamous for using ice picks in many of
his murders a Bandhan doe also worked
with a meat cleaver on occasion a
Bandhan doe worked alongside Abe Kidd
twist rellis to eliminate rival gangs in
1930s Manhattan and reportedly was also
a serial rapist
unfortunately for a Bandhan doe the law
eventually caught up to the dasher Mandy
was given the death penalty via electric
chair in 1942 number four Giovanni
brusca a modern-day Italian mafia hitman
Giovanni brusca was a sadistic murderer
who claimed to have killed 200 people
during his bloody career in addition to
killing Italian prosecutor Giovanni
Falcone in 1992 Brusco is especially
notorious for kidnapping torturing and
murdering an 11 year old boy he also
helped orchestrate a series of terrorist
attacks against the Italian government
in retribution for their crackdown on
organized crime nicknamed the pig
because of his portly and disheveled
appearance Brusco was finally captured
by law enforcement in 1996 and was
subsequently sentenced to life in prison
number three
Alexandre Salah NIC a cold-blooded
killer for the Russian mob Alexandre
Sonic earned the nickname super killer
for murdering numerous high-ranking
rival mobsters with skill and efficiency
a former member of the Soviet military
who was kicked out for his brutal
interrogation methods Salah Knicks
mastery of martial arts and weapons made
him a near perfect killing machine sonic
was well known for brawling with
numerous other inmates while
incarcerated however he was also good at
escaping from prison after his last
escape sonic fled to Greece to set up
his own assassination ring before being
killed himself in 1997 number 2 Abe
rellis while we could also have gone
with another Murder Inc member like
Benjamin Bugsy Siegel we decided the
infamous Abe Kidd twist rellis was a
deadlier choice like his sometimes
partner Frank abandoned oh this lethal
hitman from the 1930s frequently used
ice picks to carry out his grisly work
rellis was described as a genuine
psychopath who would kill innocent
people for the most trivial of reasons
to escape the death penalty he
eventually agreed to become an informer
but still didn’t save him from his own
gruesome fate when he fell out of a
hotel window in 1941 earning him a new
nickname the canary who could sing but
couldn’t fly before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions
[Music]
number one richard kuklinski few hitmen
inspired the same kind of fear that the
ice man did physically imposing Richard
Kuklinski’s career spanned decades
during which time he devised myriad ways
to kill his reported hundreds of victims
Kuklinski’s nickname derives from his
habit of freezing dead bodies to opt
escape their time of death he made use
of guns knives cyanide tire irons and
his bare hands to dispatch his targets
in ferocious fashion while working for
the so called five families of New York
even more noteworthy is the fact that he
was able to hide his true occupation
from his family for years
after several candid HBO interviews Luke
linskey died in 2006 from a rare disease
I’ve never felt sorry for anything I’ve
done other than hurting my family only
thing I feel sorry for
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are the last guys you want coming after
you welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 deadliest hitmen before we begin
we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re taking a
look at the most prolific hitman of all
time from all corners of the globe since
we will not be focusing on hitmen from
one particular crime organization
contract killers who worked for mobs
from all over the world are fair game it
just doesn’t seem likely that it was
anything other than a mob road map
number 10 Charles Harrelson a former
professional gambler and the father of
actor Woody Harrelson Charles Harrelson
made the transition to contract killing
in the late 1960s acquitted of one
murder in 1970 and found guilty of
another in 1973 Harrelson was released
from prison five years into a 15 year
sentence because of good behavior his
career as a hitman reached its climax
with the murder of John H Wood jr. a US
District Judge whom he shot dead outside
of the judges townhouse in 1979
sentenced to two consecutive life terms
Harrelson made an unsuccessful escape
attempt while in prison before dying of
heart failure in 2007 number nine
Giuseppe Greco one of the Sicilian Mafia
is highest-ranking hitman Jews Fe Greco
made his career as a member of a death
squad during the second mafia war
between 1981 and 1983 although his
estimated number of victims ranges from
60 to 300 Greco was only officially
convicted of 58 murders many of which
were committed with an ak-47 Greco is
also said to have come up with
imaginative ways of disposing of bodies
including dissolving them in vats of
acid and feeding them to pay
a victim of mob violence himself Greco
was murdered by his former associates in
1985 number 8 Roy DeMeo a hardened
gangster in the leader of the DeMeo crew
during the 1970’s and early 80’s Roy
DeMeo was a career killer for the
Gambino crime family he was famous for
the Gemini method of murder which
involved luring victims to the Gemini
lounge in Brooklyn shooting them in the
head with a silenced pistol and then
stabbing them in the heart before
dumping the body parts at a nearby
landfill DeMaio himself was eventually
discovered dead in the trunk of his car
in 1982 having been shot multiple times
in the head by rival mobsters number 7
Thomas Patera a hitman for the Bonanno
crime family active during the 1980s
Thomas Tommy karate Patera was a
ruthless killer infamous for his martial
arts skills and penchant for taking
trophies from his victims suspected of
nearly 60 murders
Patera was a methodical killer who
studied dissection and made use of a
special toolkit to dismember the bodies
of his victims a psychopath who
displayed behaviors more typical of a
serial killer than a mobster Tommy
karate was eventually found guilty of
six murders and several drug charges
which led to his being sentenced to life
in prison in 1992 number 6
Joseph Barbosa so vicious he was rumored
to have bitten part of a man’s cheek off
Joseph’s Barboza’s nicknamed the animal
was well deserved a contract killer for
the Patriarca crime family Barbosa was
allegedly responsible for 26 murders
over the course of his criminal career a
former professional boxer the animal
later became an FBI informant and was
one of the first people to enter the
witness protection program as a result
like many of his contemporaries Barbosa
met his own grisly end in 1976 when he
was shot four times with a shotgun while
walking to his car number 5 Frank
abandoned Oh a member of the notorious
gang of killers called murder
incorporated
Frank the dasher a Bandhan Doe is
credited with at least 30 murders
infamous for using ice picks in many of
his murders a Bandhan doe also worked
with a meat cleaver on occasion a
Bandhan doe worked alongside Abe Kidd
twist rellis to eliminate rival gangs in
1930s Manhattan and reportedly was also
a serial rapist
unfortunately for a Bandhan doe the law
eventually caught up to the dasher Mandy
was given the death penalty via electric
chair in 1942 number four Giovanni
brusca a modern-day Italian mafia hitman
Giovanni brusca was a sadistic murderer
who claimed to have killed 200 people
during his bloody career in addition to
killing Italian prosecutor Giovanni
Falcone in 1992 Brusco is especially
notorious for kidnapping torturing and
murdering an 11 year old boy he also
helped orchestrate a series of terrorist
attacks against the Italian government
in retribution for their crackdown on
organized crime nicknamed the pig
because of his portly and disheveled
appearance Brusco was finally captured
by law enforcement in 1996 and was
subsequently sentenced to life in prison
number three
Alexandre Salah NIC a cold-blooded
killer for the Russian mob Alexandre
Sonic earned the nickname super killer
for murdering numerous high-ranking
rival mobsters with skill and efficiency
a former member of the Soviet military
who was kicked out for his brutal
interrogation methods Salah Knicks
mastery of martial arts and weapons made
him a near perfect killing machine sonic
was well known for brawling with
numerous other inmates while
incarcerated however he was also good at
escaping from prison after his last
escape sonic fled to Greece to set up
his own assassination ring before being
killed himself in 1997 number 2 Abe
rellis while we could also have gone
with another Murder Inc member like
Benjamin Bugsy Siegel we decided the
infamous Abe Kidd twist rellis was a
deadlier choice like his sometimes
partner Frank abandoned oh this lethal
hitman from the 1930s frequently used
ice picks to carry out his grisly work
rellis was described as a genuine
psychopath who would kill innocent
people for the most trivial of reasons
to escape the death penalty he
eventually agreed to become an informer
but still didn’t save him from his own
gruesome fate when he fell out of a
hotel window in 1941 earning him a new
nickname the canary who could sing but
couldn’t fly before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions
[Music]
number one richard kuklinski few hitmen
inspired the same kind of fear that the
ice man did physically imposing Richard
Kuklinski’s career spanned decades
during which time he devised myriad ways
to kill his reported hundreds of victims
Kuklinski’s nickname derives from his
habit of freezing dead bodies to opt
escape their time of death he made use
of guns knives cyanide tire irons and
his bare hands to dispatch his targets
in ferocious fashion while working for
the so called five families of New York
even more noteworthy is the fact that he
was able to hide his true occupation
from his family for years
after several candid HBO interviews Luke
linskey died in 2006 from a rare disease
I’ve never felt sorry for anything I’ve
done other than hurting my family only
thing I feel sorry for
this video is brought to you by Cape the
one source app to the world of mixed
martial arts where you’ll find unlimited
news and information on your favorite
fighters and organizations you can even
watch classic martial arts and action
movies follow the link below to cape TV
Cape with a k to sign up for updates and
a chance to win a walk-on role in the
next installment of the kickboxer movie
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