By Brian Willingham In the summer of 2013, we received a call from a local law firm with what appeared to be a simple request – they wanted to determine the identity of the owner of a property in the Hudson Valley of New York, where hordes of wealthy New Yorkers had been collecting property over the past several years.
Read moreBy Brian Willingham I am a private investigator because I fell into the business. Truth be told, it was not my first choice. I hear people say, “You were born to be an investigator.” That’s not true at all. I was probably the most awkward greenhorn private investigator you will ever find. I hated being put in awkward situations. I
Read moreBy admin After more than a month long search, the body of a missing Oregon woman was found by a volunteer group that searched relentlessly for her remains. Thirty-five-year-old Cheryl Hart was last seen on August 4 in Eugene, Oregon after she embarked on a road trip with boyfriend Jeremy Milutin. Hart’s family frantically searched for her along with the
Read moreBy Brian Willingham I’ve been thinking about private investigator training quite a bit lately. In part because I just spent a week with Hal Humphreys of PI Education, recording dozens of hours of video for an upcoming master class on conducting open source and public record investigations (more on that below). But what I’ve really been thinking about is how
Read moreBy Brian Willingham Angela Lee Duckworth was a high-flying consultant for McKinsey until she left her job to teach math in public schools. After five years of teaching seventh-graders, she went on to complete her Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied students, West Point cadets and corporate salespeople to determine what made them successful. While
Read moreBy Brian Willingham Angela Lee Duckworth was a high-flying consultant for McKinsey until she left her job to teach math in public schools. After five years of teaching seventh-graders, she went on to complete her Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied students, West Point cadets and corporate salespeople to determine what made them successful. While
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