In our first-ever Pursuit podcast, we dig into the myths and misconceptions surrounding private eyes, then peel back the curtain to offer a glimpse into the real lives of professional investigators.

The Sound of Pursuit Podcast. Episode 1. Perceptions.

In episode 2, we profile Norma Tillman, a private investigator who specializes in finding people...without ever resorting to lies or trickery.

Sound of Pursuit: Right and Wrong

In episode 3, we explore how to find people who've gone missing. Sponsored by TransUnion | TLO

Sound of Pursuit: Land of the Lost

In the summer of 2008, the original editor of Pursuit Magazine posted an article with the following headline: “Locating Mobile Phones Through Pinging and Triangulation.” That is, finding someone you’re looking for by turning that person’s cell phone into a kind of homing device.

Over the years, that article set a record for the most hits of any PursuitMag story ever...and it's still getting lots of hits to this day—apparently, because a whole lot of people type "cell phone pinging" into Google search. People really want to know if this is possible, and if so, how to do it.

Of course, in technological terms, 2008 is primeval. So when I stumbled across this article again, I got to thinking: What’s possible NOW in terms of pinging a mobile phone? And what’s legal? So I got a hold of an old radio buddy of mine, Sean Cole, and asked him to make some calls.

Sound of Pursuit: Cell Phone Pinging and Triangulation

As PIs, we all have our greatest hits—tales people ask us to tell over and over. Pursuit editor Kim Green met private investigator Mike Spencer in San Francisco’s Mission District to get his. It has all the elements: Paranoia. Porn. Aliases. Bodily fluids. You get the picture.

Sound of Pursuit: Spencer for Hire

Editors and publishing houses, investigators and police detectives—we all get the facts wrong sometimes. Even professionals ignore facts and hold onto tidy lies, for all sorts of reasons: To close a high-pressure case. To make the client happy. Or to make a good story a little bit sexier. In this episode, producer Jakob Lewis explores what it takes to resist those temptations and get the facts straight.

Sound of Pursuit: A Matter of Fact

A live storytelling night in collaboration with the Neighbors Podcast: In which Nashville private investigator Hal Humphreys conducts a stolen-goods sting operation that goes right, then wrong, then right.

Sound Of Pursuit: Small-Town Sting

Great gift ideas for the PI/wannabe spy in your life: We talk spy novels with the manager at Parnassus Books, and custom holsters and leather go-bags with the makers themselves. 

Sound of Pursuit: PI Wish List

In this episode, we explore the play between connections and distractions. Emily Siner shares her story about long distance relationships. Blake Farmer talks about the biggest/smallest distraction. Neil Caddell tells a story about a crazy guy at a school and how he used TLOxp to solve the case. Kim Green waxes philosophical about infidelity and connecting lines. Abby White gets honest and real about romance and delusion. It's all about connections and distractions.


Connections

Everybody lies. This episode explores the things we hide from the people we love most and the ways we deceive even ourselves—when the truth is too terrible to accept. 

Family Secrets

A behind-the-scenes glimpse into the real lives of investigators—from PIs to spies, from Magnum PI to Jason Bourne, to anyone out there searching for the truth.

The Sound of Pursuit is produced by PursuitMag, an online magazine for investigators and seekers of all stripes.

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