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b'Founded by\\xa0Scottish immigrant Allan Pinkerton, Chicago\\u2019s first police detective, in 1850, the Pinkerton Agency quickly became one of the most important crime detection and law enforcement groups in the United States.\\xa0The pioneered the concepts of undercover work, criminal surveillance, and building an actual criminal database. The Pinkertons performed many of the same duties now regularly assigned to the Secret Service, the FBI, and the CIA. The agency also played an active role in chasing down a number of\\xa0Wild West outlaws\\xa0including\\xa0Jesse James. And they did so much more. And we explore their history and the history of law enforcement before them in a big \'ol fat and juicy edition of Timesuck.\\n\\nTimesuck is brought to you by the following sponsors:\\n\\nThe Jim Jefferies Show podcast. Subscribe n and listen to new episodes every Wednesday on your favorite podcast app!\\n\\nThe War and Conquest podcast hosted by TimeSucker and history buff Neil Eckart. Subscribe today where you listen to podcasts for deep dives on some of the biggest battles the world has ever seen.\\n\\nGet a full month of unlimited access to The Great Courses Plus and all of their lectures for FREE only at TheGreatCoursesPLUS.com/Timesuck\\n\\nGet $150 off the Leesa mattress PLUS a free pillow at leesa.com/timesuck and enter promo code TIMESUCK at checkout!\\n\\nWant to try out\\xa0Discord!?!\\xa0Click HERE!\\n\\nWatch the Suck on Youtube:\\xa0https://youtu.be/HBlQrpFgqu8\\n\\nMerch\\xa0\\xa0- https://badmagicmerch.com/\\n\\nWant to try out\\xa0Discord!?!\\xa0https://discord.gg/tqzH89v\\n\\nWant to join the Cult of the Curious private\\xa0Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever current page hasn\'t been put in FB Jail :)\\n\\nFor all merch related questions: https://badmagicmerch.com/pages/contact\\n\\nPlease rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!!\\xa0@timesuckpodcast\\xa0on IG,\\xa0@timesuckpodcast\\xa0on Twitter, and\\xa0www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast\\n\\nWanna be a Space Lizard? We\'re over 3500 strong!\\xa0Click here:\\xa0https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast\\xa0\\n\\nSign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You\'ll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album,\\xa0Feel the Heat.\\xa0Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits.\\n\\nAnd, thank you for supporting the show by doing your Amazon shopping after clicking on my Amazon link at\\xa0www.timesuckpodcast.com'