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Secret Sleuths

Dr Nell Darby

Investigating the history of private detectives, with Dr Nell Darby

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The bribery detector

In 1869, one private detective set up a private inquiry office that specialised in election work. Established by a man named William Henry Bailey - although he admitted that “he did not always take the same name” - he was working for at lea...

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Private detection in the 1890s

In 1896, Reynolds’s Newspaper ran a feature on the role of private detective agencies, recognising that the public were greatly curious about the profession. This was not an unbiased report, as it was written by an anonymous private detecti...

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The Singing Detective

A lesser known female detective in the early 20th century was Margaret Cooke. In 1914, she appeared in court, suing another woman for ‘professional services’. The other woman was Marie Toulman, also known as Baroness de Wetzel. Toulman had...

23 days ago
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The suffragist detectives

A brief post today, looking at evidence of female private detectives being involved in the women’s suffrage movement.

Women who worked as private detectives in the latter 19th century and earlier 20th were already breaking gender norms. Th...

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Mr Murray and his three partners

Some private detectives formed partnerships with others - perhaps they had both worked together previously as police detectives, or were friends or neighbours. However, when one of the partnership died or decided to retire, new relationship...

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