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Marcus Parks

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Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

Yeah.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

I love sweet shops.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

See, that's why I turned it right back around.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

Next time we go to England, if they allow us in, we'll take you out for a great pudding.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

Oh, wow.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

Toffee.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

We'll get you some toffee pudding.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

You're going to love it.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

You'll like it.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

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.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

NHS fundraising covers things like amenities for patients and staff, medical research and the renovation and improvement of facilities.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

Jimmy Savile became a master at all three categories.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

And his fundraising ranged from prizes for NHS staff at social events to the construction of entire buildings.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

So once the hospitals saw Jimmy Savile's value, he quickly built up goodwill.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

He'd start by pushing old ladies around in wheelchairs, making jokes and being cheeky.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

But before long, Jimmy Savile would find himself in operating theaters, witnessing open-heart surgeries as a guest of honor.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

But Jimmy's real purpose was to establish himself as such a constant presence that people would forget he was even there.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

And once he made himself a regular, he found that he could get away with damn near anything.

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

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,

Last Podcast On The Left
Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain

two children's hospitals, one ambulance service, one children's convalescent home, and even a fucking hospice.