34 Wild, Unexpected Or Underwhelming Discoveries Made By Private Investigators, As Shared In This Online Group

That a scummy competitor who ripped off my branding, 90% word for word on business name, copy and graphics had several serious felony charges. Including getting caught red handed robbing someone at gun point by a passing police officer.

I was looking for a lost family member. I discovered he wasn't living anywhere under his name, he wasn't in jail, and that he hadn't collected his VA benefits. Turns out he was living homeless on the street, but the PI didn't find that part.

That the dentist who took six sessions to just ruin my tooth (and drill on a sore nerve) wasn't actually allowed to be a dentist. She immigrated, got covered by the medical practice during her stay, and fled back into her country as soon as she realized she did a mistake. Luckily they found her.

I know no one will see this but... my ex sister in law hired one to get dirt on her oldest brothers ex wife. $8000 later he got information on the wrong person and took pictures of the wrong kids.

Not me, but this is kind of a funny one. A friend of my father's hired one to find out whether he was still married or not. He had been separated for many years but wasn't sure whether his ex had ever actually divorced him. (Sounds strange to me too, but that's how I heard it.) He needed to know because he wanted to remarry. So what did he find out? That she had in fact divorced him, and also passed away. So no worries on that front.

My father in law has been calling a woman who’s identity was a lie; she’s been using false IDs and is actually a cult guru. I hoped exposing this info to my father in law would help him « rethink » his allegiances (he’s cutting off ties with his entire family to be with the cult). It didn’t, sadly. He was surprised when we revealed the info, though.

Had one used against me (thanks current father-in-law). He found out that I was seriously a desperately boring person. Aside from my boring work and education history, he learned of two of my exes and the fact that they were pretty boring too (though one sadly, struggled with an eating disorder). I don’t think he knew what, “yeah, yak played world of Warcraft with his last ex... a lot...” meant, but yeah... he learned I was adopted and had grown up with a very nice pair of parents (non-bio... obviously). You know, until this second, I assumed he had wasted his money, and ended up with literally no interesting info. I’m kinda curious if the guy found out about my bio parents... and wonder if that colored his view of me...

My parents hired one because my piano teacher promised to make a recording of me playing piano, my parents gave him a down payment for recording equipment and then he peaced out. The PI found out that the piano teacher never went to the music school he claimed, had done this to at least 5 other families, he didn't work for the recording studio he claimed to and he didn't even live in New York as he said he did. I would have to ask my parents if there was anything else they found out and kept from me.

I've hired them for incredibly boring reasons. I work as a lawyer, and occasionally I'll need a document from a courthouse that's too far away for me to just go there and pick it up. Occasionally the courthouse staff will refuse to make copies and mail them to me. So I've hired a few [urinate] to pick up what I needed.

Not me, but my former boss. She hired a PI to investigate a guy from my country who she was dating online. All the birthday cards, little gifts, and little etceteras she sent him never reached him, because as it turned out, he never gave her his real name. She finally had enough and hired a PI. Guy was married and he lived further away from where he said he was located

My dad used one on my mom when they got a divorce since she was doing some really shady things, and she used one on him because she was paranoid. My dad found out that my mom had gotten a 25 year old boyfriend. He also found out I was gay since he was dipping into other sources and found out a school boards chairperson had a daughter I was involved with. My mom found nothing on my dad- except his double life as a baseball little league coach one town over. In about a year they completely separated.

That the guy I sold my car to and who then got me 3 speeding tickets before I could change the details over doesn't keep his address up to date and moves roughly every 6 months...

That my wife was actually not cheating on me with my sons little league coach. Cost me over 5 thousand to figure that one out.

My wife was planning a surprise birthday party