Pinkerton 4: The Detective and the Working Man

Detectives by the Decade

Season 2 Episode 10: What, in the end, is this seminal detective’s legacy?

Dbtd is researched, written, and produced by me, Kristy Baxter. Voice acting by Scott Mort.

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Music:

Dark Hallway (clean) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3607-dark-hallway-clean-License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Plans in Motion by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4225-plans-in-motion
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4384-sneaky-snitch
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Crusade Heavy Industry by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4678-crusade-heavy-industry
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

The Builder by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4484-the-builder
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Sources:

Allan Pinkerton. Strikers, Communists, Tramps, and Detectives. Allan Pinkerton Describes the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Strikers_Communists_Tramps_and_Detective/aHizEr_P3acC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22At+noon+of+Thursday,+July+19th,+the+unexpected+blow+was+struck%22&pg=PA219&printsec=frontcover

Sarah Jones. “Pinkertons Still Never Sleep.” https://newrepublic.com/article/147619/pinkertons-still-never-sleep

Boston Globe via newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/430668231/?terms=pinkerton%20strike%20dead&match=1

PBS. Allan Pinkerton’s Detective Agency | American Experience

Ari Shapiro, Lauren Kaori Gurley. All Things Considered. Amazon Reportedly Has Pinkerton Agents Surveil Workers Who Try To Form Unions

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