Gumshoe Detective Agency

06/03/2026

05/27/2026

One load of stolen cargo from Red Bluff recovered. And "the truck it rode in on". Courtesy of the Gumshoes.

05/17/2026

Even today, we notify local law enforcement of our surveillances in most cases.

04/28/2026

The Mike Wallace interview with famous P.I. Fred Otash.
https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll90/id/25/
Fred Otash, The Fred Otash Detective Bureau, bugged the homes of Marilyn Monroe and purportedly recorded her and Bobby Kennedy and her subsequent death; as well as the home of many Hollywood Stars, on behalf of the motion picture companies, the Mob and the White House.

04/04/2026

NEW EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT!

04/03/2026

1930s Los Angeles

01/27/2026

WE DO SKIP TRACING...REAL SKIP TRACING

We utilize some very sophisticated databases that we subscribe to in order to provide you with the finest Skip Tracing possible.

Don't waste your time using publicly available internet searches; Its amazing how many people think they know how to Skip Trace but they really don't.

We have an outstanding locate rate because we use very up-to-date information and some specialty searches including databases not available to the public.

Just like with our Backgrounds, we personalize the skip trace based upon what you can tell us about the person's work, family, leisure time, associates, spouse, etc. Of course if someone truly wants to hide there are ways to do so to fool the systems, but 99% of the time they are not taking those steps and if they do, they slip up and reveal their location in one way that allows us to locate them. And yes, there will be times when the most current information available, you may know to be outdated so we may have to wait for the various databases to be updated (usually once per quarter) and we try again. But we have outstanding success with our skip tracing tools for Attorneys and Private Parties.

01/23/2026

"BUG SWEEPS"

If your Client is suspecting their house or office may be "bugged", we have the equipment to check for both wired and wireless transmitters and cameras, as well as GPS trackers in their vehicles. We can also check landlines for "parasitic devices" on the line, a tell-tale sign of an unwanted recording device on the line. (The telephone company will only check the line up to the house or office; WE check the inside lines that the telephone company will not check)

While much of that equipment is available for sale to anyone, and they may be wanting to do the "sweep" themselves, they shouldn't attempt it for two reasons:

They really don't know HOW to use the equipment properly and effectively; and how to tell the difference between "suspicious" vs. "spurious" readings which can be very misleading if they don't know how to interpret them.

Much of the equipment available commercially are cheap foreign knock-offs designed primarily to take their money, have limited search ranges, and are NOT effective, resulting in the Client's false peace of mind.

We also have the experience and have been doing these for Clients for 24 years and have found transmitters right in plain view of their daily lives.

Part of our post-sweep consultation with the Client includes other sources for their being tracked and monitored.