Book · 2014 · Biography & Autobiography
In Plain Sight
The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile
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One of these accounts which comes from the book In Plain Sight is particularly horrifying because it comes from Guy Marsden who was Jimmy Savile's nephew.
What they say about it
- Details accounts from the book“comes from the book In Plain Sight”2
The best things said about it
And Dunncroft is an experimental facility which sought to use psychotherapy to, as Davies writes for in in his book In Plain Sight, correct the behavioral defects of the girls placed in its care.
The body of 15-year-old Clare McAulpin was discovered by her mother, surrounded by empty pill bottles and a red diary.
It is a morbid detail and one that Savile savored.
It was on one such camp that he discovered his talent for hypnotism, surprising him and those watching by persuading an unsuspecting female victim out of her clothes.
Why people recommend it
In Plain Sight by Dan Davies is a biographical and investigative account detailing the life and crimes of Jimmy Savile. Robert Evans repeatedly referenced the book on the podcast Behind the Bastards during a multi-part series titled Jimmy Savile: Britain's Unending Nightmare in April 2026. Across several episodes, Evans used the text to provide background on various harrowing aspects of Savile's life and the institutions surrounding him. He cited Davies's book to describe the experimental psychotherapy methods utilized at the Dunncroft Approved School for Girls to correct behavioral defects. Evans also drew upon In Plain Sight to recount a victim's allegation involving Elvis Presley gifts, detail Savile's connection to turntable technology and the Pallet dance hall, and explore accounts from Guy Marsden, who was Savile's nephew. Furthermore, Evans cited the book to describe Savile discussing an instance where he nearly got arrested, a meeting between Savile and Minister of State for Health Gerard Vaughn concerning National Health Service funding, and the tragic suicide of 15-year-old Clare McAulpin, whose body was discovered by her mother.
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Robert Evans And Dunncroft is an experimental facility which sought to use psychotherapy to, as Davies writes for in in… 10
“And Dunncroft is an experimental facility which sought to use psychotherapy to, as Davies writes for in in his book In Plain Sight, correct the behavioral defects of the girls placed in its care.”
“And Davies gives us a good idea of how in his book in plain sight when he describes an interview where Jimmy discussed one time that he nearly got arrested because and Jimmy's telling this to a reporter”
“And one of these accounts which comes from the book In Plain Sight is particularly horrifying because it comes from Guy Marsden who was Jimmy Savile's nephew.”
“Just before that happened, per the book In Plain Sight, the body of 15-year-old Clare McAulpin was discovered by her mother, surrounded by empty pill bottles and a red diary.”
“Savile held a meeting with Gerard Vaughn, Minister of State for Health, as Davies describes in the book for the book in plain sight. Quote, Over tea and cake at the House of Commons, Vaughn outlined the new government's thinking on the National Health Services”
“According to the book, In Plain Sight, he was connected to the company Westrex, who made turntables, and quote, he said he walked into the pallet, which is the the dance hall he's running, to find an electrician fitting a record deck in the box from which the lighting was operated.”
“According to the woman who did not want to reveal her identity, on returning from the States, Savile phoned her house and told her he had a present for her from Elvis. She was understandably thrilled and recalled walking to the London Hotel where Savile was staying.”
“Per the book In Plain Sight by Dan Davies, she recalled the illness struck when Jimmy was 2 and 1/2.”
“in Davies' book, In Plain Sight, he writes, "It is a morbid detail and one that Savile savored."”
“Per Davies' book In Plain Sight, quote, "It was on one such camp that he discovered his talent for hypnotism, surprising him and those watching by persuading an unsuspecting female victim out of her clothes.”
