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think- ago

The_Savant ago

You know what - I've actually been saving a few things about Savile in case I needed them later so this is useful stuff.

think- ago

When you find something interesting, @The_Savant, please consider doing a submission, if you have the time. I think we still don't know half of the things Savile did and to whom he was connected to.

The_Savant ago

Well... I hold back because I know that people like swordfish already know 9x more than I do. If you'd like, I can leave a few links for you here and now and you can tell me how many you knew about (it will probably be most.)

With the post you've just read taken into account, would you like to see The Guadian accept ZERO responsibilty and say that the BBC was transparent throughout the whole scandal? This is evidence that the cover-up is still going.

Why, then, does this article include several examples of BBC staff who knew about his fucked up secret life? (and is a really good article btw.)

He even had a ‘London Team’ - a group of schoolgirls he treated like his personal harem - who were regularly waved into his dressing room by a BBC receptionist before the filming of Top of the Pops.

In another incident he had a 19-year-old girl meet him at a portable corporate hospitality cabin in Shepherds Bush, west London, before forcibly kissing and groping her behind a curtain while smoking a cigar in a smoke-filled room. When she ran out and complained to Savile’s radio producer Ted Beston the victim 'was treated as if she was being silly', the report by retired judge Dame Janet Smith found.

It emerged low-ranking and middle managers knew about Savile's abuse but senior executives, who were absolved of any blame by the report, were not compelled to give evidence

A parallel inquiry into paedophile Stuart Hall revealed BBC bosses were aware – or should have been – that the It's a Knockout presenter was abusing girls. If staff did dare try and report him they were told 'keep your mouth shut, he is a VIP', the review found

It also emerged BBC bosses missed five opportunities to snare the 'untouchable' star - who died in 2011 aged 84 - as he molested victims over a period of five decades.

Savile was close to Thatcher (very close.) In these exchanges, we learn that 1) Savile and Thatcher met regularly; 2) Savile and Thatcher visited Stoke Mandeville hospital together (where Savile had abused children) and; 3) Donations on behalf of Thatcher were made to the hospital of £500,000 - not much for a hospital, but plenty to enable a pedo ring and hush it up. (A side note about Thatcher - she gave a knighthood to Cryil Smith in 1988 despite being told he was a pedophile.)

This article shows that - not only was Savile at a party held by Tony Blair, but he was also being really creepy there. He had a lot of high level connections.

Here is another article that reveals 14 instances of compliance of Scotland Yard with Savile. This article names a lot of suspects (and somewhat tries to cover for them but what can you do?) and many of them are MPs. It suggests that a much wider ring was involved.

This article contains a warning from the barrister of the Savile case that patients are still at risk

Barrister Kate Lampard, whose review of Savile's offending across NHS institutions made a series of recommendations, said many volunteer programmes at hospitals still "pose a potential risk to patients" due to inadequate checks, while stricter controls are needed so they are not under threat from celebrity guests.

And the most disturbing article last, here is an account from a 12 year old girl who said that Savile and others abused her in a satanic ritual.

“She recalled being led into a room that was filled with candles on the lowest level of the hospital, somewhere that was not regularly used by staff. Several adults were there, including Jimmy Savile who, like the others, was wearing a robe and a mask.

“She was molested, raped and beaten and heard words that sounded like ‘Ave Satanas’, a Latin­ised version of ‘Hail Satan’, being chanted. There was no mention of any other child being there and she cannot remember how long the attack lasted but she was left extremely frightened and shaken.”

“She recognised him because of his distinctive voice and the fact that his blond hair was protruding from the side of the mask. He was not the leader but he was seen as important because of his fame.

He was not the leader. There was clearly a leader who was more powerful and prominent than he was. When did this take place? 1975 - the year Thatcher became PM. Thatcher obviously played a large role.

If you think this deserves a post, let me know. I won't find out until the morning because I'm going to bed now but this sort of feedback is helpful.

think- ago

Thank you very much, @The_Savant! Much appreciated! :-)

I will look into it in the next couple of days and get back to you via PM. It is a lot of very interesting material for sure! :-)