The Butcher :  Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath - Philip Carlo

The Butcher

Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath

By: Philip Carlo

Paperback | 1 December 2009

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9 July 1990: the DEA makes the gruesome discovery of nine bodies, dismembered, stuffed into cheap suitcases and buried in a secluded bird sanctuary near Gravesend, Brooklyn. It was Tommy Pitera’s personal cemetery.

When John Gotti put out a contract on informer Willie Boy Johnson, Pitera took it - he shot him fourteen times

in broad daylight outside his home. Pitera not only murdered for the mob, he took pleasure in killing and did so at whim - the slightest insult could provoke him and he killed friends, associates, anyone who got in his way. A cold-blooded, homicidal maniac with a fascination for the macabre, he had an autopsy table in his basement and regularly dismembered his victims, expertly cutting them into six pieces: the arms, legs, torso and head. Convicted for six murders, he is believed to be responsible for over sixty.

Philip Carlo, author of the bestseller The Iceman, reveals the horrendous crimes of drug kingpin and merciless mob killer Thomas Pitera, and the New York DEA’s three-year battle to bring him to justice.

About The Author

Philip Carlo was born and raised in Bensonhurst, NY, where he learnt the ways of the street and the rules and laws that govern it. He is the author of the bestseller The Iceman, about the infamous Mafia contract killer Richard Kuklinski. He lives in New York City.

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