I’m A Private Detective — Here’s How I Catch Cheaters & Liars | Dr. Brian Kelly Pt. 2

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Dr. Brian Kelly returns to Locked In with Ian Bick for Part 2 — and this time, he’s taking us deep inside the world of private investigation. After leaving his career in corrections, Dr. Kelly became a private detective, working everything from cheating spouse cases to fraud investigations and criminal surveillance. In this exclusive interview, he shares real stories from the job, exposes how social media has changed modern detective work, and reveals the shocking lengths people go to hide their secrets. #PrivateDetective #CheatingSpouses #LockedInWithIanBick #PrivateInvestigator #TrueCrimePodcast #InfidelityStories #SurveillanceSecrets #detectivestoriesinhindi Watch Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSHiYbjI6GI Thank you to PELIPOST & DAWS for sponsoring this episode: Pelipost: Go to https://www.pelipost.com/ and use code LOCKEDIN at checkout to get your first 4x6 photo for FREE. DAWS: Go to http://www.daws.org/ to donate, adopt or send items from their wishlist. Connect with Dr Brian Kelly: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drbriankellycfe/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ny_detective.professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/12KQCHt4tve/?mibextid=wwXIfr Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Shop Locked In Merch: http://www.ianbick.com/shop Timestamps: 00:00 Private Investigator Stories — Dark Cases & Hidden Truths 05:04 How to Become a Private Investigator (Qualifications, Licensing, Training) 14:00 Surveillance Secrets — Modern PI Tech, Tracking & Tools 19:40 Infidelity Investigations — Cheating Spouses, Phones & Digital Trails 27:00 Fraud Cases — His First Major PI Job & What Really Happens 37:00 How Police View Private Investigators + Dating App Scam Cases 43:30 Catfishing Investigations — Real PI Stories & Shocking Reveals 50:30 Digital Privacy, Intuition & Gathering Information Legally 57:00 Family & Child Custody Investigations — Real Case Breakdowns 01:06:30 PI Ethics — Boundaries, Illegal Requests & What PIs Can’t Do 01:16:00 Different Types of Private Investigators (Broker, Fixer, Hybrid) 01:23:30 Most Unforgettable PI Cases — Regrets, Lessons & Mistakes 01:33:30 Toughest Cases — Attempted Murder, Violence & Human Behavior 01:42:00 What PI Work Reveals About People (Behind the Scenes) 01:55:00 Final Thoughts, Advice & Closing Remarks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	He convinced my client into giving him $50,000 for 0.001 shares of, get this, and business entity that had no shares.
0:12.2	Why do you think private detectives have such a bad rep with cops?
0:15.8	A lot of it comes from overseas where people are pretending to be people. They are not.
0:20.9	What do you think it's the number one case people bring to you?
0:23.3	You have deviant, you have criminal, and then you have pure evil.
0:26.6	Sometimes these people, they are a combination of it all, and they have no bones about it.
0:31.6	Dr. Brian Kelly spent years working inside prisons, but what he saw as a private detective
0:36.7	after leaving corrections might shock
0:38.6	you, from catching cheaters to exposing fraud, he's seen the dark side of what people try to hide,
0:43.8	and today he's revealing all of it.
0:49.0	Dr. Brian Kelly, welcome to Locked in round two.
0:52.0	Round two.
0:52.5	Thank you so much for bringing me back.
0:53.9	Really appreciate it yeah
0:54.9	thanks for coming on again uh and introducing us uh to your friend out there who we're having on the show
0:59.5	tomorrow yeah he's a uh he's a tall glass of water and he's a trip he uh he's a legend in his field
1:05.7	he's you're gonna like him and you guys met on ticot we. We did. Two, uh, private investigators in a weird,
1:12.7	uh, weird, uh, weird kind of, uh, space. And we hit it off and, uh, we do some social media stuff
1:20.6	together. He's a good guy. That's so funny. We actually, we actually do a little work together.
1:25.3	We, we share cases, you know, when things go down his way
1:29.9	and things come up my way. But we help each other out a little bit too. And he brought us a
1:34.0	moonshine. Yeah, he did. He brought you moonshine from the literal Appalachian Mountains. So,
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