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Irregular Investigations is not your normal or average private investigation firm. Yes, private investigations and consulting detective...

The #1 thing to do to determine if you have a stalker. Do you ever "just have that feeling" that someone is following you? This is a...

There is a moment in every investigation when everything becomes clear. Not the moment you find the evidence. Not the moment the subject breaks. Earlier than that — a moment that is almost pre-cognitive, when you feel the shape of the truth before you can name it. Your body knows before your mind does. Every investigator I have ever respected has described some version of this moment. They use different words. But they are describing the same thing. I have come to believe tha

Why investigation is not something most people can do — and why that matters more than you think. There is a thing that happens in almost every initial conversation I have with a potential client. They describe the situation — carefully, sometimes haltingly, sometimes in a rush that tells me they've been holding it for a long time. A spouse whose behavior has changed in ways that can't quite be named. A business partner whose explanations keep shifting. A person in their life

What the legal system can and can't do — and where a private investigator fills the gap in parental abduction cases. There is a specific kind of phone call I receive that is unlike any other. The voice on the other end is controlled — barely. You can hear the effort it takes to speak in complete sentences. The person has already called the police. They've already talked to their attorney. They've been told to wait, to file paperwork, to let the process work. And now, hours or

People ask me that more than almost anything else. Sometimes it's genuine curiosity. Sometimes it's a lawyer on the phone who found my site and wants to know what he's actually getting before he hires me. Sometimes it's someone who stumbled onto my Instagram and can't quite place what I am — not a cop, not a lawyer, not anything they've seen before. It's a fair question. Let me answer it. The Name Comes From the Work In the intelligence world, "irregular" has a specific meani

On accountability, protection, and the courage it takes to investigate from the inside I want to start with something that might be uncomfortable to say directly, and so I'll say it directly. Churches are not immune to the problems that afflict every other human institution. Financial misconduct happens. Abuse of authority happens. Volunteers misrepresent their backgrounds. Allegations surface — against staff, against leadership, sometimes against the people entrusted with t

When I left federal service and started Irregular Investigations, I built the business around the work I knew best: complex investigations for law firms, corporate clients, high-stakes personal cases. The kind of cases that take weeks, involve surveillance, witness interviews, deep background research — and carry a price tag that reflects the effort. That's still the core of what we do. But somewhere along the way, a different kind of conversation kept finding me. Someone wou

Everyone thinks they know what they will do in a violent situation, but do they really? Are Christians prepared to confront violence with a biblical response? Violence is one of those things that often does not allow for a slow, prayerful response. Violence often requires immediate action—either to save a life, to take one, or to save one by taking another. For the vast majority of people in the developed world, their notion of violence is entirely informed by what they see

Online dating has never been more popular and unfortunately, neither have the scams that exploit it. At Irregular Investigations, we’ve recently seen a sharp uptick in a very specific, highly manipulative scheme targeting men who use dating apps. Several clients have approached us with nearly identical stories, and the pattern is alarming. This blog post breaks down how the scam works, why it’s so effective, and what you can do to protect yourself or someone you care about. H

Every year, the FBI receives hundreds of thousands of tips and complaints , but here’s something most people don’t realize: Most of them...

You deserve privacy when you travel. Full stop. But with the rise of miniaturized surveillance tech, hidden cameras in hotel rooms and...

I didn’t realize it then, but 2019 would be my final year as an FBI Special Agent. Most agents don’t leave early—especially not after...

Almost everyone who has heard of Sherlock Holmes has also heard of his quippy letter to Watson: “Come at once if convenient. If...