Sep 17, 2020
7 min read
The Devil’s Disciples
The Early Days of Private Investigation & Forensic Practices
“The term to ‘detect’ derived from the Latin verb to ‘unroof’, and because the devil, according to legend, allowed his henchmen to peer voyeuristically into houses by removing their roofs, detectives were known as the ‘Devil’s Disciples’.” — David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon
