Top 10 Real-life Amazing Detective in the World
His reputation is well-known for his willingness to beat up gangsters and suspects, and many stories about "Broadway Johnny" depict him as a larger-than-life tough guy who could easily curry favor with detectives created by writers like Dashiell Hammett.
4. William J. Burns
William J. Burns took the lead in investigating some of the most-covered crimes of the early 20th century. In 1910, Burns was hired as one of the principal investigators responsible for solving the deadly Los Angeles Times building bombing.
An early example of domestic terrorism, the bombing killed 20 people in the name of the workers' revolution. A year later, Burns and his men captured the dynamite, John J. and James B. McNamara, after following a trail of dynamite from the Midwest to Los Angeles.
5. Willian J. Flynn
William J. Flynn and William J. Burns were contemporaries who shared not only the same first name and middle initial, but the same appearance. Unlike Burns, Flynn spent several years as a professional attorney working for New York City.
While working as deputy commissioner for the NYPD, Flynn helped rearrange the Detective Bureau along the lines of Scotland Yard and the Secret Service.
Flynn also fought the first incarnation of the American Mafia, which at that time was ruled by the fearsome Giuseppe Morello. In 1910, Flynn and other members of the Secret Service office in New York were responsible for drafting the case that led to Morello being convicted of forgery.
6. Ellis Parker
Ellis Parker is also known as the "American Sherlock Holmes." However, unlike Burns and Holmes, Parker is not devoted to protecting a country or a major city. For 44 years, Parker was the Chief Detective of Burlington County, New Jersey, a rural area in the Delaware Valley.
One would think that life as a small-town detective would be far from pleasant, but over the course of his career, Parker investigated and solved approximately 300 crimes, many of which the local press has characterized as near-unsolvable mysteries.
