The Sad, Strange and Sneaky World of Private Investigation
Why it sucks to be a private dick
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6 min readNov 13, 2020
From Magnum P.I.’s impeccably tropical 'stache to Sherlock Holmes’ cerebral sleuthing, the allure of private investigation has been a mainstay of popular culture since the 1840s.
And in the real world, private eyes are everywhere. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…