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As research for his acclaimed true-crime books, Philip Carlo interviewed at length some of the most infamous bad guys and killers of our times in prison and on death row. He was able to forge a trusting relationship with his things, allowing him to remove the facts behind their infamy and identify what motivated those to commit their horrific offences. His successful books reveal the reality about notorious individuals such as LA serial killer Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker), Mafia contract killer Richard Kuklinski (The Ice Man) and crime-family boss Anthony Casso (Gaspipe), and, working closely with the DEA, Carlo also composed the definitive account of Bonanno Mafia family assassin Tommy 'Karate' Pitera (The Butcher). Carlo's investigative successes were remarkable, but what wasn't known to his visitors was that, while focusing on The Ice Man, he learned he previously amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal health problems that caused all of the muscles in his body to atrophy as time passes. Suddenly, after years of penetrating the minds of killers, Carlo was himself being pursued by the grim reaper. But instead than prone and succumbing to the condition, Carlo continued to work right up until his death in 2010 2010, and his books were printed to critical and commercial acclaim. In The Killer Within, Carlo documents his difficult activities with ALS and explains how he managed to continue working as a true-crime creator in the face of adversity. He provides an intimate account of his romantic relationships with Ramirez, Kuklinski and Casso and uncovers intriguing information about writing his bestsellers while all together coping with the numerous obstacles that ALS presented as it gradually began to take his life away. Philip Carlo was the writer of the international bestseller The Ice Man, as well as The Night time Stalker, Gaspipe and The Killer Within. He resided in New York until his death in November 2010.
