Episode 659: Jimmy Savile Part II - The Devil Behind the Curtain
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There's no place to escape to. This is the last podcast. On the left.
That's when the cannibalism started.
I'm practicing.
Oh, what a delight. Marcus, what an interesting fact. Delightful.
For little girls. They grow up in the most delightful ways. Take heaven for little girls. It's time to get it out now. Get it out. Get it out now. Right at the beginning. Young girl, get out of my mind. My love for you is way out of line. You better run, girl. Jesus, what the hell is that from? You're much too young, girl. Wow. No, he did that just in his house.
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Because Priscilla Presley was, what was it, 14 years old when he met her. Welcome to the last podcast on the left, ladies and gentlemen. My name's Marcus Parks. I'm here with the golden throat of podcasting, Henry Zebrowski.
Hi, my name is Gary Puckett, and I sang the song Young Girl. When I died, smiling, no one knew my crimes.
Oh, so that was Gary Puckett.
Yeah, it was Gary Puckett. What was his band again? The Union Gap. That's right.
The Union Gap.
That's right, yeah. Stay out of that gap.
And we have the last podcast on the left, resident safety expert, Ed Larson. How are you doing, Ed?
I'm feeling all right. You know, I'm feeling great now and bad later.
I'm feeling bad now because I've been spending day after day and hour after hour with the story of Jimmy Savile. We're here, part two of three, and this is one of the longest scripts I have ever written. Yeah, I've been watching that Steve Coogan show. You know, barely any jokes.
Yeah. You got Steve Coogan, Jimmy Savile, nothing.
I'm sitting here waiting for the last, waiting for the yucks. In the trip.
Yeah. He did all sorts of impressions.
Yeah, yeah. He hasn't done the Michael Caine thing once. Not once.
Michael Caine. Michael Caine. Michael Caine. Michael Caine.
Michael Caine. Yeah, let's celebrate a little bit of nice British history for a second. Michael Caine. Michael Caine. That's nice.
That's how you know it. You just be like, he brings it down. Yeah. Great bit. Yeah.
Great bit.
That's all over now. When we last left Jimmy Savile, the year was 1963, and 13 allegations of sexual assault and abuse had been made against the most evil man in England to various police stations around the nation over the course of just a few months. Not a single one of those reports, however, had resulted in any sort of investigation. That's why we should give those cops guns.
Wouldn't it give them confidence to work harder?
Partly, this is due to the fact that even though Jimmy was just starting to get famous, he had already formed numerous meaningful connections with law enforcement. Even worse, it's likely that the coppers were letting Jimmy know that people were making reports. But instead of stopping his increasingly monstrous behavior, it seems like Jimmy Savile figured that he needed to do a bit of public relations. Something to bolster his public image and convince the people of Britain that he was a good person, if a strange person. As we said last episode, charity would become Jimmy Savile's most effective camouflage. But before Savile came to be known as the most successful philanthropist in England, he had his mother, a.k.a.
the Duchess. See, I don't think it's a coincidence that Jimmy's first public appearances with the Duchess occurred in 1963, which was the same year that the first wave of allegations began piling up against Jimmy Savile. Starting in 1963, the Duchess became Jimmy Savile's constant companion at film premieres and on holidays, his steady date, so to speak. And even though Jimmy Savile spent a lot of time on the road in his caravan, he would live with his mother whenever he went back to his home base in Leeds. This, however, was not because the Duchess was pleasant company. The Duchess was cold and unpleasant to everyone, including Jimmy. And anyone who came into Jimmy's orbit when the Duchess was around got treated like a pimp who was just trying to squeeze money from her son.
You know, it's so hard with momagers because they get so involved and they do ruin the whole crew. It ruins the set having them involved.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:01–9:41
2
How does Jimmy Savile use charity work as a cover?
9:41–20:11
3
What strategies did Savile employ to manipulate public perception?
20:11–31:26
4
How did Savile's relationships with law enforcement impact his actions?
31:26–1:02:40
5
What disturbing actions did Jimmy Savile take at Broadmoor?
1:02:40–1:05:38
6
How did Jimmy Savile manipulate vulnerable patients?
1:05:38–1:08:09
7
What was the significance of Jimmy Savile's relationship with Duncroft?
1:08:09–1:11:07
8
How did Jimmy Savile's fame protect him from accountability?
1:11:07–2:02:34
Speakers
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