http://pifeed.com Private Investigator News - What PIs are reading right now! Sun, 19 May 2013 14:18:49 CDT en http://pifeed.com/post/burglars-lock-homeowner-in-gun-closet-with-predictably-hilarious-results The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with… oh, the heck with it. We now take you to the Lone Star State. ]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 14:18:49 CDT Ruben Off Beat 42 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/burglars-lock-homeowner-in-gun-closet-with-predictably-hilarious-results/ http://pifeed.com/post/the-cat-who-couldnt-spy-a-cia-fail The CIA in the 1960s attempted to create 'a living, walking surveillance machine.' ]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 09:48:47 CDT Mattbeauchene Off Beat 7 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/the-cat-who-couldnt-spy-a-cia-fail/ http://pifeed.com/post/gunfire-and-moments-of-fear-as-a-rural-oregon-school-tests-its-readiness Two masked men wearing hoodies and wielding handguns burst into the Pine Eagle Charter School in this tiny rural community on Friday. Students were at home for an in-service day, so the gunmen headed into a meeting room full of teachers and opened fire. ]]> Wed, 01 May 2013 17:13:54 CDT Ruben Off Beat 12 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/gunfire-and-moments-of-fear-as-a-rural-oregon-school-tests-its-readiness/ http://pifeed.com/post/the-debt-collector-who-wanted-8-97 Debt collection is a big business, and companies are looking for any advantage they can get. Even if you owe a few dollars, pay up. ]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:03:15 CDT Mattbeauchene Off Beat 14 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/the-debt-collector-who-wanted-8-97/ http://pifeed.com/post/how-to-make-a-lie-indistinguishable-from-truth “This calls for a little bit of practice”, – such an assumption was expressed by a group of scientists from Northwestern University in Illinois. They conducted an experiment in which researchers, once again, showed a low degree of accuracy of the lie detector. The... ]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:58:51 CDT Ruben Off Beat 36 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/how-to-make-a-lie-indistinguishable-from-truth/ http://pifeed.com/post/-21-things-your-burglar-won%E2%80%99t-tell-you Home safety tips, straight from interviews with burglars themselves. It will make you think twice about how safe you really are in your own home. ]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:18:30 CDT Ruben Off Beat 63 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/-21-things-your-burglar-won%E2%80%99t-tell-you/ http://pifeed.com/post/man-claims-he-was-robbing-banks-for-the-cia “If I tell you, you’re not going to believe me,” Torres said. He was crying as he told them an incredible story about being recruited by the Defense Intelligence Agency to participate in a secret operation testing the security of Washington-area banks. ]]> Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:51:51 CDT Ruben Off Beat 29 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/man-claims-he-was-robbing-banks-for-the-cia/ http://pifeed.com/post/did-google-maps-capture-a-grisly-murder At first glance, this image appears to show a man in the act of dragging a bloodied corpse down a pier and over the edge.
]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:52:59 CDT Ruben Off Beat 51 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/did-google-maps-capture-a-grisly-murder/ http://pifeed.com/post/alfred-anaya-put-secret-compartments-in-cars-so-the-dea-put-him-in-prison Alfred Anaya was a genius at installing traps — secret compartments in cars that can hide everything from weed to jewelry to guns. And if they were used to smuggle drugs without his knowledge, he figured, that wasn't his problem. He was wrong. ]]> Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:21:49 CDT Ruben Off Beat 131 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/alfred-anaya-put-secret-compartments-in-cars-so-the-dea-put-him-in-prison/ http://pifeed.com/post/white-house-cant-afford-its-shapeshifting-alien-reptile-guards Prepare to enter the shadowy world of Tinfoil Tuesday. This week, an extraterrestrial bodyguard protects the president, according to conspiracy theorists. But the White House dismisses the allegations and says it's too costly. ]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:34:36 CDT Ruben Off Beat 39 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/white-house-cant-afford-its-shapeshifting-alien-reptile-guards/ http://pifeed.com/post/what-can-bees-teach-us-about-gang-warfare In Los Angeles, an anthropologist is using equations to teach police about how street gangs operate. The Lotka-Volterra equations, as the findings are known, became a staple of ecological theory. ]]> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:58:50 CDT Ruben Off Beat 21 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/what-can-bees-teach-us-about-gang-warfare/ http://pifeed.com/post/are-private-security-careers-booming As spending cuts slash military and law enforcement jobs, the private security industry is growing. This infographic details the protective services market. ]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:57:37 CDT Ruben Off Beat 18 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/are-private-security-careers-booming/ http://pifeed.com/post/the-professor-the-bikini-model-and-the-suitcase-full-of-trouble In November 2011, Paul Frampton, a theoretical particle physicist, met Denise Milani, a Czech bikini model, on the online dating site Mate1.com. ]]> Sun, 10 Mar 2013 03:38:41 CDT Ruben Off Beat 50 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/the-professor-the-bikini-model-and-the-suitcase-full-of-trouble/ http://pifeed.com/post/growing-up-in-the-worlds-deadliest-city-ciudad-juarez Thanks to a truce in the drug wars, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, for the first time in years, no longer has the world’s highest murder rate. But for a generation that grew up around constant... ]]> Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:26:19 CST Ruben Off Beat 26 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/growing-up-in-the-worlds-deadliest-city-ciudad-juarez/ http://pifeed.com/post/jailed-hacker-allowed-into-it-class-hacks-prison-computers Nicholas Webber, serving five years for creating a hacker's forum site, is somehow invited into an IT class in jail. The consequences are difficult. ]]> Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:57:36 CST Mattbeauchene Off Beat 34 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/jailed-hacker-allowed-into-it-class-hacks-prison-computers/ http://pifeed.com/post/man-tries-to-rob-bank-after-paying-500-to-a-wizard-to-make-him-invisible In the long list of criminal dos and don'ts, one of the top pieces of advice – above not
robbing a CCTV camera shop, or not
forging banknotes with running ink – has to be 'never rob a bank thinking that you're invisible when you're not actually invisible.' ]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:15:46 CST janerogonzales Off Beat 30 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/man-tries-to-rob-bank-after-paying-500-to-a-wizard-to-make-him-invisible/ http://pifeed.com/post/the-norwegian-prison-where-inmates-are-treated-like-people On Bastoy prison island in Norway, the prisoners, some of whom are murderers and rapists, live in conditions that critics brand 'cushy' and 'luxurious'. Yet it has by far the lowest reoffending rate in Europe. Erwin James reports ]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:02:46 CST Ruben Off Beat 18 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/the-norwegian-prison-where-inmates-are-treated-like-people/ http://pifeed.com/post/ironically-a-mans-face-can-tell-you-if-hes-likely-to-act-racist What's more, we're hardwired to identify them as such. And it's all about testosterone. ]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:19:28 CST Ruben Off Beat 23 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/ironically-a-mans-face-can-tell-you-if-hes-likely-to-act-racist/ http://pifeed.com/post/police-blotter-reports-from-atherton-california Where the average house goes for $4 million, making it one of the richest towns in America. The residents seem a tad paranoid. ]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:13:22 CST Ruben Off Beat 16 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/police-blotter-reports-from-atherton-california/ http://pifeed.com/post/the-man-who-killed-osama-bin-laden--is-screwed For the first time, the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden tells his story — speaking not just about the raid and the three shots that changed history, but about the personal aftermath for himself and his family. ]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:37:29 CST Ruben Off Beat 22 http://pifeed.com/off_beat/the-man-who-killed-osama-bin-laden--is-screwed/