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secret sleuths dr nell darby substack secret sleuths subscribe sign in home notes archive about an investigative inheritance one private detective from the city of london may have learned his skills from his father apr 27 dr nell darby 3 the wilde man of norwich what happened to norfolk private detective henry wilde after his former partner absconded apr 20 dr nell darby 7 1 1 the man who kept being made bankrupt one norwich based private detective in the early 1870s absconded after being bankrupt but his experience did not teach him much apr 13 dr nell darby 3 most popular view all the coroner and the barmaid mar 9 dr nell darby 25 3 what happened to dorothy arnold oct 21 2024 dr nell darby 10 2 press of the yard gentleman detective and fraudster feb 17 2025 dr nell darby 11 3 1 the west ham disappearances jun 9 2025 dr nell darby 8 1 a fatal affair dec 4 2023 dr nell darby 8 5 1 lord rothschild s private detective and the theft of a mail bag mar 16 dr nell darby 9 2 2 latest top discussions sex and the music hall in edwardian london one detective s commission involved shadowing a married woman to the music hall apr 6 dr nell darby 4 the potted history of a camberwell tec thomas batchelor was a sack merchant s clerk who became a private detective after his marriage mar 30 dr nell darby 4 the casebook of arthur rogers one young private detective in london took on a variety of cases during the 1890s from theft to the suppression of a disorderly house mar 23 dr nell darby 5 1 lord rothschild s private detective and the theft of a mail bag take one young well dressed man a lord and an alleged theft and you have a news story mar 16 dr nell darby 9 2 2 the coroner and the barmaid in 1880s derbyshire a private detective helped to prove an affair between a coroner and a barmaid but what happened after that was arguably even mar 9 dr nell darby 25 3 competition in glasgow one of the few things known about glaswegian detective james aitken is his competition with a fellow tec in the city mar 2 dr nell darby 3 the innocent detective in 1893 claude hobday was described in the press as an innocent detective but they were rightly being sarcastic feb 23 dr nell darby 8 1 1 see all secret sleuths investigating the history of private detectives with dr nell darby subscribe recommendations histories andrew chapman the quack doctor caroline rance manchester history club dean kirby secret sleuths subscribe about archive recommendations sitemap 2026 dr nell darby privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts