Private investigators, what's the darkest thing you've uncovered?

[@indigowulf]

I think the difference between PI and stalkers are; PI is getting paid, PI is not supposed to be personally invested, PI has a license and has some rules to obey

[@andreaseverin1346]

The 2nd point is most important. Also a PI is doing their job to get some info - are you actually injured? - and if they do their job right you won't even notice. A stalker is doing their work to get noticed and feared by the victim

[@AfricanLionBat]

They're not even close to the same thing. A pi is doing a job a stalker is obsessed about someone.

[@blindvision4703]

Keeping in mind that Star Wars is where I first heard the term until realizing in the not too distant past that it is actually a real profession, this sounds like the difference between something like a vigilante and a bounty hunter. Lol.

[@leahmarshall1593]

My husband has been a PI for 35 years and you are correct He is there to find the truth whether the client likes it or not. He will not get invested and team up on complete strangers lol

[@josi4251]

Former PI here. We are legally licensed in order to do the work, issued in compliance with the relevant state laws and its oversight. We are looking for facts (often for law firms).

[@BixBixby-j6c]

I was falling asleep so nicely and then ‘China, a lot of people’ hit me like a semi truck and I started laughing like an asthmatic walrus

[@Malus66166]

Time stamp?

[@TheoRae8289]

I'm high as fuck listening to this, and when that happened, I snorted so damn hard. 💀

[@The-gender-goblin]

r/brandnewsentance

[@kentario1610]

9:58 there it is ​@@Malus66166

[@GuidedPositivity]

⁠@@Malus6616610:00

[@voltronsbluelion]

I'm pretty sure there's a whole class of people out there convinced that in order to be disabled you MUST be in a wheelchair. There's a whole spectrum of problems, and a rainbow of different stages of them. You wouldn't think I'm disabled but Cancer Stage Four is by law a disability. And believe me, being on Chemo Meds every day for Five years has WRECKED me. But I'm not in a wheelchair and I'm not grey haired. I'm so lucky that most of the disbelief I've encountered hasn't been anyone directly ordering me to act "normal" or something but I dread it every day.

[@darkstarr984]

I am so sorry and wish you the best. Cancer is terrifying to handle even caught early. Stage 4 is enormous to deal with. I have major depressive disorder and had ulcerative colitis resulting in an ileostomy, both of which are legal disabilities but which usually are invisible. As it turns out, institutions will actually openly discriminate against someone with an ostomy because having an ostomy isn’t considered a disability (it’s a procedure and resulting medical device to treat some extreme cases of injury, cancers, and digestive/urinary disorders which *are* disabilities). It’s a bad situation out there for people with all disabilities.

[@voltronsbluelion]

@@darkstarr984 Yeah, most able-bodied would be horrified at what we humans will tolerate and cope with to stay alive. Everyone's going to be in that position sooner or later if they don't die young so I've had quite a bit "normalized" to me now. It does, legit make it easier psychologically 0_o

[@meierboy97]

I have two disabilities and they're both invisible illnesses. I've had Crohn's for 10 years, but 3 years ago I got Encephalitis and I've been in a coma 7 times for seizures. thankfully I'm over a year without one, and I just got an implant that will really help. I'm a cyborg now

[@scorch2155]

My mom has this issue, she has severe issues that effect her walking but....she has good days and bad days. On bad days she can barley walk and needs my help to do most things, On her good days she walks without much issues save needing to rest after a bit. But she has to act like her bad days anytime we aren't home otherwise people accuse her of not being disabled and she only wants to go places when she has a good day but has slowly but surly been stopping going out at all because it's hard on her body to behave as if it's her bad day and is actively worsening her conditions as she can't exercise properly. It's so frustrating how many people don't understand how disabilities work. It's equally frustrating that there are people actively faking it to make it entirely understandable why PIs are hired to follow people making claims. It makes life hard.

[@Allantitan]

@@voltronsbluelionyeah I remember when my mother had breast cancer. The chemo treatment wreaked havoc both on her appetite and her appearance. Thankfully the cancer is in recession and she’s returned somewhat back to normal

[@onionbubs386]

Suspecting your step dad of cheating only to find out he's been secretly remodeling a surprise home for his mom 😭 I hope the son doesn't feel guilty about that, he was just looking out for his mom. I'm glad it had a happy ending.

[@Allantitan]

Better that being the reason why the stepdads acting weird then either cheating or doing something dangerous and illegal

[@willrandalliter9181]

I weezed with the "China, a lot of people" bit

[@karencorpus3031]

I KEPT GOING BACK TO IT LIKE FIVE TIMES 😭

[@jonmendelson1104]

3:38 For the future, IANAL means "I am not a lawyer."

[@Ninjanico626]

Dude thank you , I appreciate you 🙏🏽

[@Mischa21xo]

Pretty soon everything on the internet is going to be looking like "IANAL BNS TYHR CKDSA FFLW2"... and we are going to have to figure out what all that BS means. It's getting a little ridiculous at this point.

[@lilipines]

Am I allowed to mention this game called Occult Crime Police where in the first case someone makes a testimony entirely out of acronyms

[@lh6955]

This is one thing that probably shouldn't be abbreviated 😂 Not unless you just use NAL 💁‍♀️

[@SS4Mike]

47:49 What does "TLDR" mean?

[@macylouwho1187]

My grandpa lamented not being able to find four good friends of his from when he was in the military. He didn’t know where they ended up and only had their names and where they were originally from and nothing more. I got online and started searching and eventually calling phone numbers that I found as well. I did the whole “hello, I’m looking for (insert name of guy) who was in the Navy back in (insert year) and was on this particular ship with my grandfather-are you him?” I had a lot of misses but eventually called two of the right guys and asked if it would be ok to give their numbers to my grandfather who would like to reconnect with them. They both agreed. I’ve literally never seen my grandfather’s face ever light up with excitement and happiness like it did that day. So don’t give up on finding loved ones-no matter how distant the shot seems. Sometimes you get lucky and find someone. I watched my grandfather relive memories that I never would have known about on those phone calls. And he was SO happy that day. He looked like a kid who got his most desired and long awaited gaming system that he never thought he would ever get-to put it in today’s terms 😂. He looked like it was the best gift ever.

[@beomgyuswife7138]

Aww, you’re so sweet! I hope you, your grandpa, and his friends are all doing great! ❤

[@LaraKeller-su3zc]

You're an amazing granddaughter !! 💖

[@kendramanuel968]

Oh how sweet of you 😢❤

[@rInkStories]

Man, that is just incredible! You went above and beyond for your grandpa, and it sounds like it meant the world to him. Not many people would take the time to do that, but you did, and now he’s reliving some of the best moments of his life. 👏

[@macylouwho1187]

@@rInkStories when I was a kid, he did a lot of nice things for me and I loved spending time with him. So when that topic came up about his military service and he spoke about those friends when I was an adult, I had a tool that he never had and didn’t know how to use-the internet. I knew it was a really long shot, and I’m still to this day getting emails from a website I joined called Forces Reunited that didn’t help me AT ALL sadly. I did better looking up names online in the cities he said they came from. I couldn’t find two of the guys-it was as if they fell off the face of the earth so I don’t know if they had long since died or what happened. But just no mention of them anywhere. But the other two were much easier. As for me, I just wanted to pay the kindness forward. If he hadn’t treated me good when I was a child it probably wouldn’t have happened. He got back what he invested in me, you could say. I tried to do little things in return to show that I cared. Another little much less special thing I did for him was look up certain foods from the past that have long since disappeared in today’s world that he grew up on and his wife wouldn’t cook him. So I learned how looking it up online and made the things that his mother made for him when he was young. Some things he hadn’t tasted in forty years. No one’s cooking is ever as good as mom’s but I tried 😂.

[@DavidFMayerPhD]

My father was an attorney representing a taxicab company being sued by a passenger for causing a crippling injury. Plaintiff claimed that he could walk only with crutches, etc. My father hired a PI who tracked the plaintiff using a 16mm movie camera. (This dates the case.) Plaintiff was filmed doing all kinds of normal activities, including bowling a full game at a public alley. When the film was shown in court, plaintiff got out of his wheelchair, jumped the gate to the gallery, and ran out like a rabbit. Taxicab company won the case.

[@Allantitan]

Now you only see cameras that big in more professional environments and even then it’s somewhat rare

[@onionbubs386]

How does someone go about hiring a PI? I was a victim of wire fraud two years ago and finally have earned back enough money to take legal action.

[@Azulakayes]

Ask your attorney, most of them have reliable investigators they use.

[@professorroundbottom438]

Having never done so myself, if I had to, my first step would be to Google "private investigators in [where I live]." Then I'd see if I could find any reviews on them to help decide which to use. If there were no reviews, I'd check on the addresses of the offices if they're listed and go with the one whose office is in the best location or looks the most reputable. As an example, I'd choose one that was headquartered in an office building rather than one running out of a dumpy storefront in a run-down strip mall in a sketchy part of town.

[@Allantitan]

@@Azulakayesif not then they probably know where you can look

[@TheFlowerQueen]

Onion Bubs! ONION BUBS!!!

[@empressmarowynn]

So for the person with the grandfather's missing brother, the grandfather doesn't have to be the one to do the DNA kit. A number of years ago I wanted to try finding out more info about my paternal grandmother's family origins but also because there was debate about who my mom's bio father was. My mom refused to do a DNA test for years so I said screw it and ordered an ancestry kit for myself. It came back linking me with family members of the "other" man and one of his grandkids reached out to me. Now my mom is thrilled to have new half-siblings and she doesn't think any differently of the siblings she grew up with. So the OP could certainly order the kit for themself and if it doesn't provide any leads then they don't have to tell their grandfather about it. But if it does I'm sure he would be overjoyed.

[@amandafields3723]

My brother did this and found out my dad's father wasnt hia biological father. 63 years old and being the only member left after losing his brother mom then the man who raised him, we had to tell him his father was a military man who had 17 kids located across the country. Who had also passed away. We contacted one of the kids my dad hasn't wanted any contact with his half siblings tho just my brother

[@ryanmaris1917]

PIs are usually licensed and stalking has an element of causing distress and fear for the victim.

[@darkstarr984]

Yeah. The distress and fear part is why I genuinely consider what my mom did stalking. Just because she didn’t intend it to when she would find me in publicly available camera feeds and instagram post backgrounds then criticize me for what she saw, doesn’t make it hurt any less.

[@davidforthoffer9180]

either that, or violating an injunction or restraining order.

[@ryanmaris1917]

@@darkstarr984 I should also add the courts to too see the stalkers actions as something that would genuinely cause a reasonable person fear.

[@JesseRock76]

I’m almost positive that Story 49 is from an episode of The Office where Dwight and Toby mix up Darryl and his sister.

[@paigeyeary]

I was looking for this comment 😂

[@diablita0586]

I was looking for somebody to mention this. 😂😂

[@leighjade1233]

Here is the comment I was looking for 😅

[@toddbuttshine]

Don't ruin the magic

[@btodd21]

100% is from the office 😅

[@deusex4905]

There is actually a lot of holocaust deniers. My father is kinda one (as you may suspect, I don't have any contact with him).

[@redjoker365]

I think a big part of it comes from terrible Holocaust education which then allows antisemites to latch on to the miseducated. For example, I've met some people who were taught the Nazis were getting rid of everyone who didn't have blond hair and blue eyes, which is obviously disproved if you look at a single picture of Hitler. There's also people who only get taught about Jewish victims, then get confused when presented information about non-Jewish victims later, and decide the whole thing must have been made up

[@Luircin]

I've met a few. Some are just trying desperately to be edgy and come across as more pitiful than anything. Others claim that it was the Allies who acktshually committed the Holocaust, because how dare they cut German supply lines and leave those poor enslaved people in work camps to starve... and forced the Germans to kill them, or something. And finally, others just start screaming "RABBI!" at me. To which I respond, "You don't have to call me teacher; I already know I schooled you."

[@Rosita24340]

Well to be fair. Wooden gas chambers, all those shoes but no bodies? Not to mention in ww2 the Israelite population actually grew…

[@zdeity3620]

7:50 can confirm you’re absolutely right. I’m a night shift security guard in a corporate building. It’s overnight so literally nothing happens. I basically get paid to read, play video games, eat, and sometimes sleep. There are very few cameras in the building because the company that works here has a very strict policy against micromanagement of its employees as it greatly degrades worker morale. It’s the best. There’s even showers here and a gym. To top it off there’s a full blown cafeteria on one of the lower floors that stays stocked with every condiment you can ask for on tap, and every floor has a kitchenette with fridges, coffee, and ice cold water on tap as well. It’s a fantastic building with every single amenity you can ask for

[@kandicomarawski1171]

I completely agree with the person who said that you have to still live your life even if you’re disabled disabled isn’t dead. Disabled people still walk they still need to get groceries and counter to peoples beliefs They don’t just hand out helpers to do everything for you. You might be able to film what somebody’s doing, but you cannot ascertain how much pain they’re in because they did that. It’s a big difference when one is bringing groceries one it’s a human necessity to eat food and one has spent five hours shopping at the mall for fun. The latter could suggest someone is exaggerating their claim but there are also conditions that ween and wane sometimes daily - sometimes people have a few good weeks or months out of a year. For example, somebody with bipolar disorder could be stable for six months at a time and during that time they look normal they’re acting normal. They physically appear normal to everybody, but once every six months, they have a flareup where they end up being institutionalized so how are you going to work a job get a new job every six months because no one’s gonna hold your job while you’re at a mental institution. And there’s no telling how long it’s going to take medication treatment to get stable that could be three months and if you haven’t been at a job longer than a year, guess what all those protections don’t apply to you yet. With all of my various disabilities, there are some days that I can’t even get off of the couch and there are some days where I would be able to spend a few hours at an amusement park. The problem is I don’t have enough good days or good hours that could translate into a job having four good hours on Tuesday and three good hours on Friday and six hours on Saturday doesn’t do much for you if you can’t plan those days are going to be. A job has a schedule they need you specific time and they need you to stay there until a specific time. There’s no way to sync up one’s random few good hours in a week with what a job requires. And then if it’s a bad day when you wake up and it’s a workday, you can’t make it to work and as soon as you can’t make it to work once or twice, especially as a new employee who hasn’t been working there very long you’re getting fired. It’s not just about being able to about being able to consistently work because you can only work once a week or once every two weeks and the amount of time that you’re actually able to be productive is only 10 hours a week. There’s no job in the world you can do that’s gonna make enough money for you to survive in ten hours that allows you to work those hours whenever you’re feeling up to it.

[@gwendolenyoung4198]

my life has never been explained so accurately

[@alexisavenged6538]

10:00 - lmao that was a great Trump impression!

[@TheoRae8289]

Came at my stoned ass like a left hook.

[@tripsupstairs]

Ugh my ears started bleeding but good job narrator

[@krystalfavors6646]

Unfortunately its extremely easy to just walk into a school and pretend you belong ... If no one complains then youre golden

[@darkstarr984]

I constantly get people absolutely positive I’m a student at one of the two major universities in my city and they take a few minutes to believe me that while I went to a different university, I’m not in any of them anymore.

[@RedBeak_sb]

On my days off I would go into another uni with some friends and go into classes it was kinda fun lol

[@lonelyhighway]

I think the easiest way one could accomplish what the PI needed (although working at nonprofit running short-term programs in schools I know you can easily enter, even with all the security) is to say you're moving to the area and visiting public and private schools and wanted to get a tour of the school and mention your fictional kid's grade is the same as the grade as the kid you're looking in on.

[@Azulakayes]

Story 15 really thinks were are idiots. Old footage before an accident isn't admissible in court. Lol

[@w12345-g]

Yes!!! I was the one who reccomend more PI stuff on your community post.

[@kadynkillingsworth8940]

You should put the credits for the games played in the description of these videos. Sometimes a game looks interesting and I want to play it but I have to bcome a PI myself to find out what game it is

[@jaidagibson5283]

did you figure out what game it is

[@kadynkillingsworth8940]

​@@jaidagibson5283 I did this time, yeah

[@Pehrgryn]

What is it?

[@kadynkillingsworth8940]

​@@PehrgrynAlba: a wildlife adventure

[@justjazzy6789]

??? Inquiring minds want to know

[@Redheadsmiles23]

As a disabled person, there are so many people in the world who feel they need to police who gets to claim they are disabled.

[@Montymania94]

About "Bree", the long-lost granddaughter: I'm truly glad you don't need to worry about the political climate. I'm trans and gay, with a far-right family who votes for Trump, and says racist crap publicly; both in person and on social media. Not only that, but they are abusive as hell. Bc of how insistent they are on their political views, plus their open bigotry, I stay away. I do not trust that they care about me, and worse, wouldn't hurt me themselves. Sometimes political views are a valid reason for people to just drift apart. Sometimes it's a symptom of a larger issue, like being a hateful bigot. Even then, Bree lived a very different life from her family, and it sounds like it was her choice to leave. Not having seen family for so long, coupled with differing views, I think it's fair that she didn't wanna stick around. Family isn't owed anything, even if they're generally okay people. (This is coming from a dude who's disowned 99% of his family for being terrible people, so take my view with a grain of salt, tho.)

[@stinky-smelly]

Lmfao this comment literally sounds like it was written by me. Sad we have similar backgrounds bc god damn being queer and trans in a far-right house suuuucked and it's honestly so hard to not really have a family, but it's nice to know someone relates. Hope you're doing well.

[@darkstarr984]

Yeah, my specific philosophical and policy disagreements with my family actually seem minor to me, but in practice the disagreements are also things that make both my quality of life and my family members I don’t talk to much go down and would put me in severe danger from them to be fully open about who I am. I am nonbinary and don’t like government control. My family ostensibly claims they’re for small government and against big corporations… but in practice they do nothing to support those positions because they’re violently against abortion and trans rights.

[@TheoRae8289]

Oh hey, siblings in my position. All I can say is "hang in there." Compared to the rest of my town, I feel like I won the lottery where I work. Ironically, my job works for a place with military contract of some sort. All my my immediate co-workers would go to bat for me, even while we're cleaning MAGAt cubicles for the military industrial complex.

[@lalamyne]

Glad i found this comment, becase i was about to comment the same exact thing. Reader's take was superficial and insensitive, it really shows his privilege and the fact he didn't even take a second to think about it. Family isn't about blood, it's about safety, respect and love.

[@redjoker365]

When someone says they don't care about politics or that someone ought to be able to ignore politics, that means they're in a privileged class which the status quo serves

[@kadeng6528]

The "china lots of people" caught me so off guard I laughed for 5 minutes

[@StorySpotlight-l4y]

Sometimes a joke can lead to a big revelation, and this is a clear example of uncovering someone’s huge secret.

[@davidforthoffer9180]

A stalker engages in conduct that causes fear or emotional distress in the target (or engages in conduct violating an injunction). A PI avoids such conduct. The evidence a PI produces may cause emotional distress, but that does not qualify as "stalking."

[@CheetahFoxx]

Ok, everybody. dont forget to open up a video of jazz noir music in another tab.

[@LakeGael]

I'll never know what it's like to not care about politics, I can't imagine the level of privilege you'd have to have in order to not care.

[@Poppy-yx8js]

Many people who are definitely not privileged do not care about politics.

[@GinkgoBalboa142]

I love the reader's voice. Sounds like a groovy dude.

[@philippegirouard8478]

The Trump imitation at 9:59 🤣

[@shewolfinubaka]

20:35 I had an IEP because I’m also Dyslexic and I can tell you first hand that a school getting caught not following an IEP is a HUGE legal shitstorm!!! Like a school can loose funding and get in massive legal trouble with the state/ government because for every child they have with special needs they get a bonus amount of money for each kid. So if you get caught taking that money and ignoring the kid with the IEP that’s basically asking “please sue me!!.”

[@quantumphysics7008]

somehow i read this as pirate investigator

[@pufpufpuffin]

that is soo much better! 😂

[@SERPENTOFGOODDARKNES]

YARR!

[@dakotawillmeth5116]

No Charlie, I see a door that says private. PRIVATE. Is that the door you're talking about?

[@ARKdeEREH]

Maybe that's who PIs investigated in the 18th century.

[@DarnedYankee]

More like Privateer Investigator 😂

[@leileyaravencroft]

17:47 - I know people have answered this question but there is definitely a downside to PI work. I’m not just talking about outing cheating, lying, fraud, etc. I remember there was this television series that involved finding lost family members with the help of PIs. The show ended up being pulled not long after it started. I think they ended up doing a similar series but being very careful with their cases. If memory serves, what ended the initial series was a young man approached the show to find his birth mother who gave him up right after birth and had a “No Contact” on the adoption case. The PI apparently ignored that very clear warning and forced contact between the mother and her son. They did try to contact her but she ignored them which meant they should have taken the hint. But no, they didn’t. They took the son to her house and knocked. When she opened the door, she froze up. Her face paled and she slammed the door in his face. It was then that they did further digging. They introduced a r*pe victim to the child she was forced to conceive. She had paled because he was apparently a dead ringer for the r*pist. The son did send her a single letter apologizing for bringing such trauma to her doorstep. He actually had no idea there was a “No Contact” on his adoption file. His adoptive parents, I believe did know the circumstances, had decided not to tell him, but advised him not to contact her. He thought it was probably because she was an unwed teen mother. Not a victim of r*pe. I do know the show faced A LOT of backlash for the clear breach and like I said, the initial show was pulled but a few years later was started up again. The new show made it very clear that they would NEVER do that again. I was so devastated for the woman. I believe she wrote her son back thanking him for his apology but asking him to please do not reach out in the future. I also believe she ended up moving again.

[@SERPENTOFGOODDARKNES]

That’s… an interesting way to interact with your “child”.

[@LaraKeller-su3zc]

​@@SERPENTOFGOODDARKNESYou got the part where she was raped & forced to give birth.....correct ??

[@user-ev4wg6dn4q]

Gawd I can’t imagine how heartbreaking it might be- finally meeting your mother and being treated like evil incarnate. That doesn’t mean she was a piece of shit person or anything I just can’t imagine how warpedly guilty the child would feel

[@TheOmegaXicor]

Story 5, I want to put the DWP in perspective because the story doesn't sum up the "oops never mind" of it. They gave assessors bonuses for the number of people they kicked off benefits, and if the people appealed they went through the arduous months long process of stress and hassle and just said "yes, you qualify for benefits" knowing that they did before they kicked them off. Like we know you can't walk and have evidence from a doctor that you can't use your hands but we think you are fit for work so I can get my £100 bonus, just appeal the decision and you'll get backpay in six months time, if you aren't homeless, starving or suicidal. Boils my blood that they weren't jailed for that.

[@ZukiraPhaera]

Story 5 - there are people who are jealous of folks who get any sort of benefit or assistance for disability; assume you at your best, is you at your worst, and/or are just that petty. They don't realize it, but they've got a heart condition. Chronic lack thereof. I'm the one with disabilities, but they're the ones I pity.

[@esmin2400]

Right like I’m essentially housebound, leaving the house only for necessary medical appointments that can’t be done at home (about once a month or less) and spend most of my time sleeping (severe ME). My benefits are barely even survivable at best and I am constantly grieving the life I could’ve had. People who are ‘jealous’ of people on benefits are seriously jaded😑

[@professorroundbottom438]

Story 17 My guess as to how he found out what was going on is he may have reached out to the classmates' parents to ask the kids about what went on in the classroom.

[@WhatTheElz]

With the China one, my family was actually on the other side of something similar. My grandfather and his brother got separated when escaping Siberia in WW2, and out of guilt, my grandfather never went home. He couldn't bare the thought of returning home to an empty house with all his siblings dead. Turns out 5/8 of his siblings survived and made it home, and spent the next 40 years looking for him. He died believing that he had betrayed his family and couldn't protect them. My dad eventually found the lost side of the family in 2021, and found out my grandfather's brother died the day after him. We wish we'd been able to find and reunite them sooner

[@allyjay7395]

You must be young or not yet been affected by legislation to dismiss political affiliation. Truly a privilege.

[@thebilliexojean]

“I just wanna eat food and watch people” - same 😅

[@kandicomarawski1171]

That story about the person who reported the person on benefits makes me angry. Because even though all of those people sitting in that room must’ve seen that video and they knew that the video showed somebody who was struggling to walk and get back into their house. Yet they intentionally took screenshots of the video picking out the images that looked as though the person were looking at person running and then tried to present that at hearing as proof that the person was not disabled. This happens all the time in this country and if there isn’t some lawyer there who can recognize that these are screenshots people who literally their life depends on their benefits because if they don’t get their medication, they will cease to live anymore are kicked off all the time because of stuff like this. The government will twist whatever evidence they have to try to make it paint the picture the picture they wanted to paint of someone who’s perfectly capable that they don’t have to pay. They’re not using deceptive, shady, ethical methods to get a persons benefits, denied, or taken away who really deserve it. If the people who were doing these types of investigations were ethical, then they would’ve come back to the government agency that controls this I’m not in the UK so it doesn’t apply to me the same and I followed him, but I didn’t see anything that we could use every time he coming out of his house he’s struggling he’s propping himself up. He’s limping. If anything, the evidence I’ve collected is only going to booster the other side. But they will see somebody who literally can’t walk and try to pick out clips second and time where it appears that they’re walking normally so that they can go back to their employer and go. I got this one. Of course it’s not just that the investigators are on ethical, but the whole process itself is really on ethical. Because these investigators go out and they don’t come back with so called dirt for the client to use then these government agencies will fire them and higher somebody else who comes up more often claiming that they have evidence that will get the government off of paying. They do the investigators they do that with the doctors that they used to independently supposedly independently verify your ailments. If that doctor doesn’t find enough people faking Will lose their job because they work for the government and the government doesn’t want to pay benefits so if they hire a Doctor Who says that like 80% of the people who sent to him or disabled, he’s gonna quickly lose his job. So you can see how this whole system is very much against the disabled person who is just trying to survive and eat and have a roof over their head. Essentially bribing their workers investigators claim reviewers, and doctors. And they’re not saying oh if you find this person disabled, we’re going to fire you but everyone is aware of the consequences when another provider approves too many cases. They’re not directly bribing for a particular outcome. I believe that this is still a form of bribery. and it’s even worse because this is the person form of employment. They need to survive on this money could be months before they get another job so they’re not gonna risk losing their job to find somebody disabled even if they truly are disabled.

[@TheoRae8289]

with my mother's stalking skills, she should have become a PI. She was a natural, just comparing to the PI POV comments. Ironically, my estranged father was a cop until I graduated.

[@yamairad1]

From what I know the PI person isn't known for instilling fear in the person they are following and they generally stop quick enough. Stalkers instill fear. That's a big part of it.

[@kimhohlmayer7018]

Stalking is usually defined by one person developing an unhealthy fascination with another person. The stalker creates a non existent relationship with the victim in the stalker’s mind. It often escalates to violence against the victim and/or the victim’s family/friends. The stalker could hire a PI but that gets very expensive and most PIs would not want to work for an actual stalker. PIs actually spend a lot of boring time watching and photographing possible cheaters or folks who try to scam the system by claiming disability when they aren’t disabled. It isn’t like TV or the movies.

[@darkstarr984]

Unfortunately sometimes the proof they get of someone not being disabled is an abnormally energetic day for someone with an invisible disability,

[@davidforthoffer9180]

Stalking is not based on a person's fascination or other attitude toward another person. Stalking is based on conduct that causes fear or emotional distress in another person, or that violates a court order.

[@trashcan2748]

@@davidforthoffer9180I guess this is more of a day-to-day vs legal definition.

[@davidforthoffer9180]

@karinalumen9722 In what state is "having an unhealthy fascination" a crime?

[@meredithjohnson2843]

1:00:54 the office reference is cracking me up

[@Jesi310]

If anyone is in a similar situation to the OP where the grandpa has a missing sibling, you could suggest a DNA ancestry test so that you could see what specific regions your family is from. I know that 2 companies at the point definitely show that, there may be others. I got my grandmother on my dad's side to do one of the tests and I'm the admin of her DNA, which lets me see her relatives that have also taken the test. I wish I had been able to have my mom's parents tested too, but they passed before I was born/when I was little. As an aside, don't forget to talk with your loved ones! You never know how long you'll have with each other.

[@TheoRae8289]

58:42 I got back in touch with an ex I had from my teens (who I regretted leaving because of how my life went immediately after), talked for a couple weeks...and then learned he was a skinhead. At one point, he went through a phase of only dating women who looked like pre-transition me. Part of why I wanted to get back in touch was morbid curiosity. haha

[@leonievanheerden7090]

Round about 34:31 the son went to the Doonedinn university (what it sounds like in the video)... it's actually Dun( think bun , but with a "d") followed with a "ee" (east, without the "st")followed with a din ( bin ,but "d" instead of "b"). You always have such perfect elocution and pronunciation, that I thought you'd wouldn't mind the suggestion... Kiwi posting here ( the nationality.. not the bird or fruit 😀) Much appreciation for your entertaining videos ⭐💐

[@Tarsha.C]

I was about to comment this LOL

[@ArgentoFan]

I know a lady here in the U.K. Her father left when she was very young. She found out later he'd moved to Canada and started a new family.

[@SaberusTerras]

Story 15 that poor lady got shafted. Sucks that one good day is enough to wreck any chance of getting help on the bad days.

[@thegodofclowns7494]

The investigation probably cost more than the money she was asking for too. People and insurance companies love to be scumbugs for zero financial benefit. The private investigator is even worse because she was probably visibly struggling to some degree even on her good day, but they were specifically tasked with gathering evidence she was fine, so that was ignored.

[@jenniferbailey1580]

58:44 aand now I can see that not imagining one’s family can have someone too right for the physical safety of at least 1 other relative earlier (“they could vote for et”) happens. This is a political excuse for actual antisemitic acts

[@GinaRanTruthEnforcer]

ok, but what's the game in the background?

[@linnshan]

Wanted to know too, seems it is Alba a wildlife adventure

[@coffeecat086]

Since my first comment was Long, I’m going to leave another comment. When I started school, the Americans with disabilities act had just started. I was not learning brew, as I should’ve been, not learning how to do maths properly and was bullied horribly by teachers and students like. They were trying to force my mother to send me a way to the state school for the blind so they didn’t have to do anything extra. All of the money meant for my teaching and the equipment that I needed to write and such was used to make the staff a gym with very high dollar equipment for the time. This has had to be done. People have had to hire private investigators and such for stuff like this. It took the state of Texas coming into the whole thing and even then it did not fix it. I still ended up having to go to the school for the blind, because not only was I not receiving the proper amount of hours, though my teacher was amazing and was my teacher through high school, but they purposely bullied me and allowed kids to physically harm me. That crap is real if your kid says something figure out a wayto find out if they’re being truthful so you have evidence.

[@anitahickson7456]

Many years ago I was being spied on for an on-going work related injury. Their Insurance agent informed my lawyers that they had footage of me supposedly completing tasks I had advised I was unable to do. They would not release the footage they supposedly had of me. I told my lawyer to ask about the colour of the hair of the woman they had recorded - yep not me, they had recorded my sister. Their footage was of a blonde woman, and I was brunette. We told them to do more research before making wild claims. I won my case, but only received a small amount of compensation in the end.

[@lanysmith5189]

The difference between a PI and Stalker is a PI does it for money while a stalker has mental problems.

[@redjoker365]

Also stalkers aren't as good about not being seen

[@lisajones9]

Did anyone clock story 49? 😂 straight from The Office

[@Eddiember]

Sometimes I wonder if I was the target of a PI. I went on long term due to eye issues and not being able to stare at computer screens for long periods of time, which my job required. I needed to get sergery, which just after the pandemic, was heavily delayed. When I got back to work my boss oddly knew that the only times I went to play on my computer during my time off was when I ran my D&D sessions for my group, and even then I stopped after sometime, exactly quoting something very specifc I said to my group while I was breaking the news to them. I have no idea how he could have gotten that specific information (what I said), but this video got me thinking.

[@xarazawadi]

Wish the other narrator got the longer videos. His voice helps me sleep

[@nusaibatarhuni7881]

A pi only functions in a public place or a stalker will live in your roof also pi dont leave notes or attempt to conunicate with the target

[@gooseyghost9138]

Man, i don't hate this new narrator, but he just doesn't sound nearly as sympathetic to the stories as the other guy

[@frostytheiceberg1127]

Oh hell yeah a full hour of PI stories? This is why i subbed, love listening to these while i grind games

[@boopdedoop3764]

1:01:16 isn't that an episode of The Office 😂

[@kennethtate3572]

I am a truck driver. I was approached at a truck stop by a PI saying my sister hired him to find me. I said thats not possible I am the youngest of all boys no sisters. He then said well I was hired by blank. I just said that is my ex gf not my sister. He went pale white told me he wouldn't tell her he found me & left.

[@ejsolisosta4]

Finally one I was waiting for

[@joshuabarqueesimeth4530]

stalking is following someone to learn about them to or already are going to do something bad with that information, while private investigating is the opposite seeking information only to stop criminal activity.

[@davidforthoffer9180]

Not so. Google "Stalking statute".

[@LaraKeller-su3zc]

A LOT of people hire P.I.s to catch a cheating spouse/ significant other.

[@johnlumsden9102]

Story 5: similar accusation but not so extreme. My dad had rheumatoid arthritis. Very apparent in how he walked. My dad, mom and two friends were on a trip and went into a rest stop. My mom and friend came out first to find a cop standing next to the car asking who was handicapped as they were parked in a handicap spot. About the time he asked, my dad hobbled out and she said "him". The cop said someone had called it in that they were illegally parked.

[@StreetofCrocodiles]

I had an investigator, for reasons, at school. Here they are liscensed teachers that are retained by the state school board. They get assignment to cover positions in the school. You petition for them and they look at your case.

[@klagrmister3240]

I really hate PI's. I had a workers comp case some years back and it went beyond stalking. I couldnt leave my parents house without them driving past and going slow to take photos and videos for evidence for 2 years. I was followed in stores, im sure they hacked into my phone which is highly illegal and they paid off neighbors to stop by my parents house when i was too sick to leave for physical therapy some weeks. I get people screw over the system all the time but i still suffer years later from seizures, both epileptic and pseudo. I have ptsd from being stalked and one of the vehicles rented to stalk me was a loud truck and i still get brought to tears when one passes by and that was years ago. If im not allegedly planning on taking out the US president it shouldnt be leagl to follow me. Scars from 17 stitches in my arm, a massive concussion and seizures caught on eeg wasnt enough proof of my injuries. They more than likely spent 200,000 plus dollars following me around and it wasnt even worth it. I settled my case anyways. Its insane.

[@BlankBrain]

My aunt retired as a professor emeritus in Massachusetts and moved to Tuscon. All of her possessions were loaded into a semi trailer, and arrived in Tuscon. Then everything in the trailer went missing. My aunt contacted the police, but they were unable to locate anything. My aunt hired a PI, who found out what happened. The police were in on the larceny. There was no safe way to get anything back.

[@3RAN7ON]

Story 7, that's why they call it a steak out!

[@crowleysgirl3257]

Story 20: How the father managed to get two sugar daddies on the side?

[@youngandbitter]

10:00 yooo that is an ELITE trump impression, friend! 🤣

[@Rosita24340]

I’ll never understand why that one guy ignored his biological sibling trying to connect with him. Like why wouldn’t you want to know who you truly are?

[@emjulienne5763]

As soon as you said "china, a lot of people" I hit subscribe lol

[@MikéeSharpé]

2k is just the tip for the lunch, the actual lunch requires mortgaging your organs (yes, intentionally phrased that way).

[@tonityler2359]

You got my follow based on the commentary alone 😂😂😂 you are so funny

[@Yakoiisyaboi]

i consider stalking to be based in obsession. there’s usually an attachment of some sort. PI work is usually for legal purposes or for just sating curiosity. Not only that, but there’s no attachment at all on the PI’s side. PI work is a job. Stalking is a hobby

[@tannerholechek5873]

That one story with the PI was crazy!

[@californiacobra527]

That whole Jeff, Mary, and Karen saga really pissed me off! I don't know how or why Mary agreed to give up her engagement ring, just so Jeff could marry Karen. I would have said, "Abso-f*ckin-lutely NOT!" I would have told him that if he really wanted to be married to Karen, then he could buy her her OWN ring!

[@TeriLynn923]

The whole thing about disability….. unless it’s SSI, you pay that in while you’re working. So you’re not “living off the government “. That pisses me off so bad. Same with unemployment. You’re paying it in while you work. It’s your money. This is in the USA.

[@blackpheonix2]

Flashing a weapon is called brandishing and can in fact cause you to lose your weapon licence in my state

[@mrmikehancho2202]

#49 was literally straight out of the office 😂

[@notiddymothbirlfriend]

The grandkid in story 8 can do a dna test kit on themself. If Grandpa's brother or grandchildren have done DNA tests, too, they'll pop up as relatives

[@Ralyx0]

"I'm sorry, you really got your money's worth." What a fucking line.

[@vidaskyy]

Was one of these an episode of The Office, or am I buggin'...

[@samcosplay1532]

Also I am getting governmental help on (in Canada but still) and no reasonable person could/would lie to stay or get in it it's not even enough money to get an apartment alone and it took me a year to get accepted while not working people that assume we want to not work and be one or are pretty stupid...

[@MorganMakesThings]

"I want to eat food and watch people." Good news, UnderSparked...that's KZbin. LOL Story 11: That lawyer is definitely a lawyer and knows how to talk his way around blackmail. LOL. Anyone who has ever received an indirect or implicated threat knows what one is. Also, injuries caused by accidents are typically covered by some sort of insurance (including car accidents), so his client was probably an insurance company. Also, getting your medical bills paid doesn't do any good if you missed a lot of work and have bills to pay, or missed a lot of work and lost your job or can no longer go back to the same work (possibly needing to get more or different training), all of which takes time and costs money. Not getting paid out what you should because you don't look disabled/injured enough is BS.

[@firehot427]

The PI finding out the husband is working 3 hours at another job each day to buy a diamond necklace is so me lmao. Break my trust like that and it’s over

[@florencechepkoech7356]

"China a lot of people" 😂😂😂😂. What's up with the Trump voice 😂😂😂😂😂

[@raquelreyes7334]

23:40 The first syllable in Buitre sounds like the word buoy

[@heikkiaho6605]

sorta interesting how one could be an exceptionally bad pi and most people wouldn't even notice

[@toriladybird511]

Story 5 thepsyment they got and used for the automstic car is called Pip personal independence payment its not means tested. You get awarded points fir higher or lower amounts ypu can still have a job and get it it helps you lead a normal life or as close to normal as is possible

[@XercinVex]

17:35 it depends where you live, in Canada there is provincial licensing to be a PI

[@killermfkaty]

26:13 I can wholeheartedly believe that! We've got placed like that area here.

[@mattas91]

1:00:52 Story 49 is pulled directly from episode 2, season 6 of The Office entitled "The Meeting".

[@aybee8265]

S49 sounds very familiar, iykyk 🏢

[@amberamazoniant1d436]

Pretty sure that was an Office storyline. 😂 Dwight and Toby called Daryl’s sister an a$$hole. 😂😂💀

[@aybee8265]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipKUfnl_bNR-d80si=iZnFcZtKyxr-klkw

[@sharine8512]

I think the difference between PI and stalkers are that PI stop and some point, and if someone tells them to stop. They stop.

[@tengonadacluewhatsgutsprec1419]

Story 17: you can get that kind of info several ways, the two most common would be pictures/video taken through open blinds and social engineering. Kids will do a lot of things with a disposable camera for five bucks...

[@PattyMarshall-l8v]

Narrator has a pleasant voice, which is rare.

[@sherilynpolitis9861]

I can tell you since my dad is receiving the disability benefits it isn’t much.

[@LaraKeller-su3zc]

Waaay below poverty level.

[@esmin2400]

literally chump change. I receive pretty much the maximum in my country (UK) since I am unable to work at all and it is truly barely survivable.

[@tonicus123]

Walmart still calls a missing kid a code Adam because of Adam Walsh.

[@lonelyhighway]

This is a reminder that I gotta find a lawyer to help me search for the missing kindergarten-age son of my late cousin who I was the next of kin for. Texas refused to help me because I'm not immediately related to the child and the father alive/abused my late cousin repeatedly + my cousin had severe schizophrenia and left her child in care of someone + child wasn't school age until this year. And Texas cops ran her down and killed her. So it's behooves them to not help locate the child.