Kathy Griffin says women make great private investigators because most people expect men to do it. And because many clients and "targets" might confide more willingly in a woman.
This might be why "KGriff", the all-women investigative business she launched in Houston three decades ago has expanded into a nationwide agency.
But it may also be because of Kathy's dedication to helping and protecting victims, especially children.
In this episode, Kristi's long-term friend talks about some of the issues her team encounters, ranging from infidelity to elderly abuse to online scams, and how "Catfishing" is now one of the biggest concerns alongside the child custody cases she solves.
https://www.kgriff.com
00:00 - Start
00:32 - How Kristi met Kathy
00:58 - "You don't get this kinda talk on Joe Rogan"
01:24 - She's one of the top PI's in the country
01:35 - "We're always on duty"
01:55 - "I was always drawn to help people find out the truth"
02:35 - Kathy's Dad, Michael, owned Griff's Irish Pub in Houston
03:00 - Back in the 1990s, there were no women private investigators
03:15 - The security officers who worked for my Dad went to work as PIs, so I said: "Can I ride along"?
03:25 - "As a female, I was getting the answers faster"
04:10 - Female clients felt more comfortable with Kathy
05:15 - Being a female-owned business gave them an advantage
05:23 - They did all the background checks for the city and the county
06:10 - Surveillance at the St Regis
07:23 - "I heard you were looking for me"
08:30 - How the internet has changed investigations
08:57 - We can get very detailed background checks
10:15 - There are a lot of scammers out there
11:05 - Catfishing is rampant, much of it from loneliness
12:40 - The telltale signs of a catfisher
15:15 - "So you're a therapist, too"
16:05 - "They want to relate to a female who understands"
17:29 - "Men get hurt too"
18:45 - The signs of infidelity
22:20 - Are people still in denial?
24:02 - Retaliation from a spouse
25:05 - "I needed to know if she was real, so I followed her"
29:08 - Someone had stolen her identity
31:25 - The surgeon's IPad
33:05 - The husband is cheating with a man
33:25 - How do you break that to someone?
35:20 - How to find Kathy and her investigation team
37:02 - Rescuing a child and dealing with a family dispute
40:01 - July 3rd is actress Betty Buckley's birthday
41:25 - "Many of my clients are my best friends, still today"