Ice pick

The ice pick slowly began to lose popularity beginning in the early to mid-1900s due to the creation of the modern refrigerator.

Most notoriously, New York's organized crime groups known as Murder Incorporated made extensive use of the ice pick as a weapon during the 1930s and 1940s.

[6] The most feared hitman of his day, Abe Reles, used the ice pick as his weapon of choice, usually stabbing his victims in the ear.

[6] Murderer Richard Kuklinski, who claimed to have killed over 200 people, was reported to have used an ice pick among other weapons.

[6] During the early morning of August 16, 1975, Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Robert Hayward arrested Serial Killer Ted Bundy, amongst the items found during a search of Ted's Volkswagen was a brown gym bag containing a red handled ice pick along with handcuffs, rope, ski mask, panty hose mask, flashlight, GLAD garbage bags, and other incriminating items.

[11][12] An ice pick (later revealed as a screwdriver)[clarification needed] and a kitchen knife were used by Luka Magnotta to murder Jun Lin in 2012.

[13] In 2018, a 25-year-old man was killed at a New York City bus stop when he was stabbed with an ice pick.

This "Ice Pick Lobotomy," was believed to diminish mental issues however these often resulted in paralysis and early death.