Henry Zebrowski

The real story about Jimmy's childhood ailment might have had a bearing on Jimmy Savile's future psychopathy.

According to the Duchess, Jimmy jumped about so much as a baby that one day he finally fell out of his pram and the hood of the pram caught the back of his neck and severed one of his muscles.

Because apparently in the 1920s, the prams and the strollers, not very safe.

Yes.

Well, the infant Savile, after the injury, was unable to sit up, sleep, or close his eyes.

And he had intermittent spasms that would cause his head to twist around until he was effectively staring behind him.

The ailment continued for three months.

But after the Duchess prayed to the nun, she said Jimmy went to sleep, then woke up miraculously cured.

This, as both Jimmy and the Duchess maintained, was evidence that Jimmy had been spared for a special purpose.

He was the miracle child, the chosen one, a man who was saved so he could entertain the good people of Great Britain and spend every spare moment raising money for the less fortunate.

The story, however, reminds me of another infamous villain.

It sounds fairly similar to the extreme physical trauma that Jeffrey Dahmer went through as a small child with his botched hernia surgery.

That's fascinating, yeah.

Because these sorts of traumas, if they're not taken care of correctly, they can greatly affect a child's emotional development.

And it's possible that Jimmy's little accident could have greatly contributed to his sociopathy.

Jeffrey Dahmer's another person I like better than Jimmy Savage.

Yeah.

Now, Jimmy Savile did indeed go to a Catholic school in Leeds where the nuns were known to beat children.

But corporal punishment was the norm across British schools until the Education Act of 1986.

So there's no secrets to be found there.