Marcus Parks
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Podcast Appearances
Yeah.
I love sweet shops.
See, that's why I turned it right back around.
Next time we go to England, if they allow us in, we'll take you out for a great pudding.
Oh, wow.
Toffee.
We'll get you some toffee pudding.
You're going to love it.
You'll like it.
Now, while Great Britain's NHS is largely funded from taxation and gives universal health care to every citizen, charitable fundraising to support the health services is a long and treasured British tradition.
NHS fundraising covers things like amenities for patients and staff, medical research and the renovation and improvement of facilities.
Jimmy Savile became a master at all three categories.
And his fundraising ranged from prizes for NHS staff at social events to the construction of entire buildings.
So once the hospitals saw Jimmy Savile's value, he quickly built up goodwill.
He'd start by pushing old ladies around in wheelchairs, making jokes and being cheeky.
But before long, Jimmy Savile would find himself in operating theaters, witnessing open-heart surgeries as a guest of honor.
But Jimmy's real purpose was to establish himself as such a constant presence that people would forget he was even there.
And once he made himself a regular, he found that he could get away with damn near anything.
As such, it was determined that while Savile was supposedly devoting his time and energy to helping people at NHS facilities, he sexually abused patients and staff at 34 hospitals, 5 mental health units,
two children's hospitals, one ambulance service, one children's convalescent home, and even a fucking hospice.