The Angry PI

In this episode of The Angry PI, veteran private investigator Alex Chilton takes aim at one of the biggest problems in the private investigation industry: people taking cases they have no business working. Alex breaks down why being licensed does not automatically make someone qualified, why private investigators need to stay in their lane, and how bad investigations can create legal, ethical, and...

In this episode of The Angry PI Podcast, Alex Chilton calls out a problem he sees far too often in the process service industry: process servers who operate outside their lane and start acting like private investigators. Alex explains how simple requests from attorneys, like asking questions during service, interviewing witnesses, conducting surveillance, running background checks, or looking arou...

In Episode 4, Alex Chilton takes aim at one of the most common and costly mistakes in the investigation industry: treating database reports like unquestionable truth. From paralegals running flawed background investigations to private investigators who don't understand the tools they're paying for, Alex explains why raw data is only the starting point. He breaks down how bad information gets into...

In Episode 3 of The Angry PI, private investigator Alex Chilton goes after one of the biggest problems destroying the investigations industry: lazy investigators, fake “skip tracing,” and people relying on database reports instead of actual investigative work. What starts as a breakdown of why “skip tracing” is mostly bullshit quickly turns into a full industry-wide callout about investigators cha...

In Episode 2 of The Angry PI , private investigator Alex Chilton unloads on one of the biggest problems in the private investigation industry: out-of-state firms taking cases they’re not licensed to handle and dumping the work onto local investigators for garbage rates. What starts with a real story involving an Arizona PI firm trying to manage a Georgia child custody investigation quickly turns i...

After more than two decades in private investigations, Alex Chilton launches the Angry PI Podcast with a direct, no-BS breakdown of the problems plaguing the private investigation and process serving industries. This isn’t a Dateline-style true crime show. It’s an unfiltered look at the business failures, fake “national firms,” lazy investigative work, pricing disasters, legal misunderstandings, a...