A woman was shocked after making a chilling discovery in her elderly neighbour’s garage.
Molly Thomas, from Milton Keynes, took to TikTok to speak about helping a man next door, who apparently worked in media production in the 1960s. She exclaimed: “Didn’t expect this today!
“Turns out my old sound engineer neighbour had something to do with a 1962 recording by he who shall not be named. Bit icky, he definitely didn’t know about the darker side at that time.”
If you’re wondering who ‘he shall not be named is’, it ended up being vile sex predator Jimmy Savile. The item was a postcard of the disgraced celebrity’s face with “PTO” handwritten at the bottom.
Turning the postcard over revealed a further inscription from Savile – who died aged 84 in 2011 – which read: “This looks like me but actually it’s a rare pic of AHAB. Cheers, Jimmy.”
‘AHAB’ refers to the song, Ahab the Arab, a 1962 release by Savile, which was a novelty cover of the same track written and recorded by Ray Stevens earlier that year.
People were equally as taken aback by the discovery – but they pointed out that many had been taken in by Savile’s persona in decades gone by. One wrote: “It’s not your neighbour’s fault, Savile fooled the nation.”
And Molly agreed, replying: “I don’t think he’d have worked with him if he’d known at the time. It’s one of the people I’ve never heard a story about because I’m guessing he wasn’t pleased he recorded him.”
Another quipped: “Now then, now then. Not everyday you find something like that.” A third shared a similar tale: “I found one of my Grandma stood next to him. To be fair she looked miffed in it.”
Jimmy Savile was a prominent figure in British entertainment for decades, particularly from the 1960s to the 2000s. Famous for shows like Top of the Pops (a music chart show) and Jim’ll Fix It (a program where viewers’ wishes were granted), Savile cultivated a media persona as a quirky, charitable celebrity.
He even got a knighthood, which is shocking given he was hiding some despicable secrets. In the years after his death in October 2011, serious allegations of sexual abuse emerged against Savile.
An investigation by ITV (Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile, aired in 2012) uncovered shocking claims that Savile had sexually abused children and vulnerable individuals throughout his life. These revelations quickly escalated into a full-scale national scandal.
Hundreds of victims came forward to allege that Savile had sexually abused them. The victims ranged from young children to adults, and the abuse spanned decades, beginning in the 1950s through to the 2000s.
After the initial revelations, the UK police launched Operation Yewtree, an inquiry into Savile’s abuse and other historic sexual abuse allegations. By 2013, police confirmed that Savile had sexually abused at least 450 people, making him one of the most prolific sex offenders in UK history.