Untouchable Jimmy Savile

by Shaun Attwood

Who was Jimmy Savile? More than anything he was a list of contradictions. He was a practising Catholic who raped young boys and girls and had sex with corpses. He was a God-fearing believer who participated in satanic rituals. He was an unprecedentedly generous charity fundraiser who was too tight to buy his own meals. He was a friend of princes and dukes who ate bacon sandwiches at his local greasy spoon. He was a peace activist who tied up troublemakers in his nightclubs and had them brutally beaten. He was a fairy godfather who hated children.

Through his relationships with the Royal Family, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul, who gave him a Papal Knighthood, Savile built a powerbase that insulated him from prosecution. Raised to the heights of fame by the BBC, this evil genius preyed on the young and vulnerable for over five decades.

The Untouchable Jimmy Savile book series demolishes the mainstream media narratives portrayed in Netflix’s Jimmy A British Horror Story and the BBC’s The Reckoning to show that Savile’s behaviour was enabled by the most powerful members of the establishment for whom he was a fixer and a procurer.

Genres: Nonfiction

268 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 24, 2023

About the author

In prison, I read over 1000 books in just under six years, including many literary classics. Books were the lifeblood of my rehabilitation.

As told on National Geographic Channel's Locked-Up/Banged-Up Abroad episode "Raving Arizona," I used a tiny pencil sharpened on a cell door to write the first prison blog, Jon’s Jail Journal. My writing, smuggled out of the jail with the highest rate of death in America, run by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, turned the international media spotlight on the human rights violations, including guards murdering mentally ill inmates, dead rats in the food, lack of medical care...

Raised in a small chemical-manufacturing town in northern England, I was the first from my family to go to university. As a penniless graduate, I took my business degree to Phoenix, and worked my way up to become a stock-market millionaire.

But I also led a double life. An early fan of the Manchester rave scene, I headed an organisation that threw raves and distributed Ecstasy. On May 16th 2002, a SWAT team knocked my door down.

Facing a life sentence, I entered a lengthy legal battle. After two years of being held unsentenced, I was convicted of drug offences. Sentenced to 9½ years, I served almost 6.

I had only read finance books prior to my arrest. While incarcerated, I submerged myself in literature. By studying original texts in psychology and philosophy, I sought to better understand myself and my past behaviour.

Released in December 2007, I continue to campaign against Sheriff Joe Arpaio. I keep my blog, Jon’s Jail Journal, going by posting stories mailed to me by my prison friends.

In July 2008, I won a Koestler award for a short story, which I read to an audience at the Royal Festival Hall.

I presently live near London, and talk to schools across the UK about my jail experience and the consequences of getting involved in drugs and crime.

Reviews

[Tim Kennedy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shocking revelations

The revelations in this book are shocking. The book needs to be read because we should never forget about how powerful men were able to molest and abuse children and women freely in Britain and Ireland. This is a really horrific story.

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Engaging and thought provoking

Good in depth journey into the crimes of Savile with sensitivity and consideration for the victims.

At times this book left me literally feeling sick reading about the horrific crimes that this evil predator perpetrated and got away with for so long.

Savile hid in plain sight revelling in his untouchable status thanks to those who helped to cover up his vile offending. This book doesn't hold back in naming those institutions that were complicit in subscribed

Well written and engaging, yet sensitive to those brave souls who came forward to detail their horrific experiences at the hands of one of Britain's most well known abusers.

[Joanna Loomis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very well researched book

I like true crime books. Being American, I didn't know much about Jimmy Savile. I had listened to several of the author's shows about Jimmy Savile on Utube. I wanted to know more. So I got this book and enjoyed reading it very much. I am now looking forward to the second book in the series.

[Lee Madden · Rating 5 out of 5]

Utterly harrowing read. It’s hard to say i “ enjoyed it” but as an account of the horrors perpetrated by mr saville and the utter dereliction of duty in those who should have dealt with him, it is excellent.

[Leanne Keenoo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Listened to this on Audible.
Very disturbing, disgusting but fascinating look at the life and crimes of Jimmy Saville and how he committed these horrific crimes very much in the public eye and it was ignored

[Andreea Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unf@€$$π√§÷√1ngBelievable! Sickening and beyond...

[Bec · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one started out well, telling us about the history of Savile’s life and offences. However, there were lengthy digressions into loosely-related topics, such as the life of Mountbatten and the Haute de la Garenne scandal. These sections would have been interesting in books about their respective topics, but their links to Savile weren’t fully explored, nor was the amount of time spent on them proportionate to their relevance to the narrative.

When the author begun to attempt to “evidence” Savile’s links to Satanism, I scoffed. When he started to suggest that Savile was responsible for a year-long lull in IRA bombings, I rolled my eyes. And when he begun to outline flimsy “evidence” that Savile was instrumental in both the Northern Irish and Middle Eastern peace processes, via a key role in MI5, I had to take a break from listening to touch some grass.

Finally, I knocked off half a star for the terrifyingly sinister AI-generated cover image.

[‎ ‎ Isaac · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hints at lots of worthwhile stuff but never bothers to pursue it properly. Slapdash.

[Mark Smith · Rating 1 out of 5]

Poor. Just copied from other Savile books and not well written.