The Story Of Exposing Jimmy Savile - Mark Williams-Thomas | Modern Wisdom Podcast 369

Mark Williams-Thomas is an English investigative journalist, an author and former police detective.

True crime documentaries are everywhere, and you've probably seen Mark in many of them. He was the man responsible for investigating and exposing Jimmy Savile which then lead to an avalanche of other abusers being arrested. Today you get to hear what it's like to be a real life Sherlock Holmes.

Expect to learn who the most disturbing criminals are that Mark Williams-Thomas has ever met, what the biggest difficulties were when investigating Jimmy Savile, how Jimmy Savile got away with abuse for so long, what it was like interviewing Oscar Pistorious, how accurate life in Line Of Duty actually is, what Mark thinks about Making A Murderer and much more...

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00:00 Intro
00:34 Life as a Detective
05:56 Mark's Role in the Jimmy Savile Case
10:48 Investigating Jimmy Savile
17:02 Why Was Savile Different?
23:42 The Louis Theroux Documentary
28:56 Covering Predatory Characteristics
34:27 Mark’s Most Disturbing Cases
46:04 How Accurate is Line of Duty?
54:12 Thoughts on Making A Murderer
1:00:32 Where to Find Mark

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