Scottish emigrant and abolitionist Allan Pinkerton founded America's first detective agency and successfully brought down some of the country's most ruthless criminals. But in 1874 he tried to take on ...

The Dundee Township Historical Society Museum will kick off its 2019 season with a new exhibit spotlighting locally made artifacts and a Sunday presentation on renowned detective Allan Pinkerton, who ...

While I've tried to find Officers of the Law that may not be household names (although many of you apparently know your obscure history), I must admit that I have been remiss to not have at least ...

The private detective agency that employed accused Denver protest shooter Matthew Dolloff is older than the FBI, was the inspiration for the term “private eye” and is credited with once saving Abraham ...

This is a Short History Of The Pinkerton Detective Agency. A ⁠Noiser⁠ podcast production. Hosted by John Hopkins. With thanks to Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, a historian, and author of Allan Pinkerton, ...

Starz is developing a series about the spy and detective Allan Pinkerton. Deadline reports that the network has ordered a pilot script for Pinkerton in the hope that it will become an eight or ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Known now as the founder of Pinkerton’s Detective Agency, Allan Pinkerton was one of the Civil War’s most ...