The Murder of Nicky Santoro/Tony Spilotro | The Real Story

The Nicky Santoro character in Casino is based off Tony Spilotro from the Chicago Outfit. Here we present the death of Tony Spilotro as told by classic news reports from 1986.

0:34 Tony and Michael Spilotro Missing (1986)
4:33 The Spilotro bodies discovered
10:16 The story behind the murder
12:45 The Archdiocese refuses a service

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[FrankGina]

Once seeing this…. I’m
now totally convinced that there’s no one else on the planet that could have played this guy other than Joe Pesci! He played the part completely!

[jerryhamer]

Gotta admit. Watching that scene as an 18 year old in 95 really stuck to me through the years. One of my favorite movies

[lowca]

"Murder was the only way that everyone stayed in line. You got out of line, you got whacked. Everyone knew the rules."

[robthames]

Love how no one mentions the fact that a news reporter was allowed to pick through a car that is evidence in an ongoing investigation.

[jackprecip]

When you're given orders to make sure the bodies are never found, and those buried bodies get discovered in a week, you know you're in serious trouble.

[blinksstayfresh]

That cornfields scene is disturbing till this day. Way scarier than any horror movie

[caseylayton]

The James Bond tape is hilarious. This guy was riding around to 60s spy tunes doing mob work

[patrickburdick]

The fact a mob attorney (Oscar Goodman) became the mayor of Las Vegas and now his wife holds the office is crazy! 🤣

[Greg_call]

Very interesting. Thank you for editing all the news clips and making a really good mini documentary. GREAT JOB.

[HorrorMetalMaestroRedrusty]

Fascinating, had no idea it was based on a real pair of brothers. Pesci was certainly perfect for the role now that I see the real person. Casino is a masterpiece film.

[Lockbar]

I was watching Chicago news the day of the brother's funeral. The reporter said "The Spilotro brothers were buried today for the second time in as many weeks".

[johnproctor]

The first time I found out just how true to life “casino” was, I was astounded.

[robertroland]

I remember this. Once Tony and his brother went missing, the speculation was that they were already killed. It was shocking that their bodies were found. Hoffa wasn't so lucky.

[GMe]

His wife was worried about the location the car was found? Yeah because her husband dumped a few there in his time.

[Itsdivinedivine]

Casino is still an Opus of our time as well as the earlier generation of movies .Joe Pesci not only outshone his costars but set the bar in acting . His family should forever be proud .

[anthonylodge]

Don’t think I ever laughed harder that at Pesci in this movie. The laughter stopped at this scene. Horrifying

[robinmeade]

What's amazing, that all this archival footage has been preserved and then "dug up" by the creator.

[GolfChef]

GREAT VIDEO !!! It's amazing how accurate CASINO actually is

[sunnyhopkins]

"Believed to have been torched" shows car torched to a crisp.

[Digital_Trev]

Tony Spolotro looks exactly like Joe Pesci wow!!! The accuracy is insane