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Henry Zebrowski

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Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

Being born in 1926, Jimmy Savile was a part of the World War II generation.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

But while many English families struggled during the war, the Saviles did just fine as the Nazis did their best to bring England to its knees because Vince Savile was deeply connected to the Leeds black market.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

Jimmy was also involved in that black market.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

And he claimed that when he was 14 years old, he began hanging out at a dangerous Leeds dance hall called the Mecca Locarno.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

Now, the Mecca dance halls were a chain that had locations all over England.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

They were very popular.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

And as the war dragged on, the Mecca dance halls in each English city became focal points for the communities, a place where everyone could go and relax and maybe forget about the Blitz for a second.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

But it just so happened that the community in Leeds, it was as sleazy as they came.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

And as Savile put it, while hanging out at the Mecca Locarno, he became the confidant of murderers, whores, black marketeers, and crooks of every trade, as well as the innocent people they preyed upon.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

In fact, Savile claimed that he once saw a dismembered corpse stuffed in luggage and left out behind the Mecca Locarno dance hall.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

But we unfortunately couldn't find any details to confirm this claim.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

Could be true.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

Most likely, I think it is true.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

Yeah.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

But regardless of whether or not this is a tall tale, Jimmy Savile was always proud of his grimy beginnings.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

And if any of it is true, then it means that Savile experienced all this and he chose to stick around because the Mecca Locarno looms large in Savile's history.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

you saying that that makes like a sense that's the thing right is that if it's true he experienced it and he's like i'm fine with it i like this yeah yes it's his it's where he was born yeah yeah now part of the reason why salvo was able to tolerate all the bad shit happening around the dance hall was because jimmy had always been a sociopath he openly said that he often and this is something that he like wrote in his book

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

He often wondered why people wept during the war when one of their relatives were killed.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

He couldn't understand why people were sad when other people died.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 658: Jimmy Savile Part I - Clowns Get Away with Murder

He said that he was more, quote, inquiring than affected.