Episode 34: Kathy Griffin, and "Women who Investigate"

Liss’N Kristi

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"