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Trying to be a detective
A short post about a shortlived private eye
Oct 20
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Miss Vanborough's massage establishment
In the late Victorian era, Alice Vanborough ran a disorderly house in London - but why did three different private detectives visit it in the space of a…
Oct 13
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The Athletic Invalid
Two private detectives followed the scent of a man claiming a workplace injury in 1914
Oct 6
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September 2025
A detective in the shadows
One Nottingham private detective ensured that he remained in the shadows... while shadowing a womaniser and violent husband
Sep 29
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Parker's Detective Agency
Who was Mr Parker, and why was his office address rather suspicious?
Sep 22
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When Wigan said no to a detective agency
Establishing a detective agency, and making it successful, could be a difficult job - as one former policeman seems to have discovered
Sep 15
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The Institute for Discovery of Addresses
This 1850s private detective agency was run by a man with a flying machine.... well, almost
Sep 8
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Judge Scully and the price of detection
One 1920s judge denied any awareness of the role of detective agency fees, or even their role
Sep 1
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August 2025
The female detective who caught a Lady
Alice Dufour's job was to catch shoplifters - whatever background they came from
Aug 25
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The Brighton shootings
In 1920s Sussex, a hat maker's shop was the site of a fatal tragedy. Could a private detective make sense of it all?
Aug 18
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The judge who was fed up of sleuths
In the 1920s, one judge resented the business put his way by private detectives
Aug 11
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Sam, the wounded 'tec
One Staffordshire man had a lifelong love of detecting - and nothing would stop him
Aug 4
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