Case# 001-Kate Warne: America's First Female Detective
Noir Factory Podcast
English - October 23, 2015 04:24 - 16 minutes - 7.56 MB - ★★★★★ - 173 ratingsBooks Arts History author bogart capone clue crime crimes evil film hammett history Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When the door opened at the Pinkerton Detective Agency on August 23rd, 1856, Allan Pinkerton, the legendary chief of the most famous detective shop in history, had no idea what lay ahead of him.
She was, as Allan later described her, “A commanding person, with clear cut, expressive features.” He said he wouldn’t call her handsome, but a “slender, brown-haired woman, graceful in her movements and self-possessed.” He also said that she was of an “intellectual cast.”
Despite holding her in high regard upon meeting her, however, it never occurred to Pinkerton that she was there for a detective job.