Episode 199: Jackie Orena (Granddaughter of Little Vic Orena)

The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Jeff Nadu

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

When covering the Mafia and doing these videos, I always hurt for the families of these people. Folks that are generally not connected to the Mafia and have to live with the mistakes of the men at the top of their familial structure. Today, I welcome Jackie Orena, the granddaughter of former alleged Colombo Mafia boss Victor "Little Vic" Orena. She discusses her youth and who her grandfather really was. She also details the sad tactics that the government she believed used against Little Vic through chief informant Greg "The Grim Reaper" Scarpa and corrupt FBI agent Lin Devecchio. Check out Jackie's website- www.freelittlevic.com

Jeff Nadu is an American Mafia researcher, podcaster and content creator. He has worked at Barstool Sports and was hired personally by Dave Portnoy. His podcast "The Sitdown" with Jeff Nadu has put out hundreds of biographies on various mobsters, gangsters and criminals. He's also personally interviewed mobsters like Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, Dom Cicale, Anthony Ruggiano Jr, Gene Borrello and others as well as US Prosecutor John Gleeson and FBI Agent Joaquin "Jack" Garcia. He has been personally endorsed by former Gambino mob captain Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo and esteemed author RJ Roger.

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0:00.0	Welcome to The Sit Down, a mafia history podcast.
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0:53.1	199 of the sit-down.
0:56.3	I'm your host, Jeff Nadu.
0:58.3	Episode 200 on the horizon.
1:00.8	Five years I'm almost doing this show.
1:03.7	What a run.
1:04.6	We're back at it, though, better than never.
1:06.4	Another interview for you.
1:08.0	And we have really never talked to the families of the people that we
1:13.0	discuss on this channel. Let's not sugarcoat it. A lot of the people we talk about have done
1:17.6	bad things in their life. Some of them die in prison. Some of them die in their own bed. Some of them
1:22.0	die in the streets. But the saddest part of all this is the families that are affected. I mean, just think about your own family.
1:29.7	Think about how many people are affected by these individuals going to prison.
1:33.9	Think about how their lives are changed significantly.
1:37.5	Today, we're going to talk to someone whose grandfather's quite well known.
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