Pinkerton (detective agency) Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia as well as the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 and the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921. The company now operates as "Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations, Inc. d.b.a. Pinkerton Corporate Risk Management", a division of the Swedish security company Securitas AB. The former Government Services division, PGS, now operates as Securitas Critical Infrastructure Services, Inc. In the 1850s, Allan Pinkerton, Scottish detective and spy, met Chicago attorney Edward Rucker in a local Masonic Hall and formed the North-Western Police Agency, later known as the Pinkerton Agency. Historian Frank Morn writes: "By the mid-1850s
Blackwood Detective Agency Blackwood Detective Agency The Blackwood Detective Agency is a fictional organization from the Call of Cthulhu Collectible Card Game. It was presumably founded by Norman Harvey Blackwood Sr. in the beginning of the 20th century as a reaction to the rise of activity around the Cthulhu Mythos in Arkham. Soon an entire, worldwide network of intrepid investigators was created around it, with people from all walks of life from politicians to criminals that work together to stop the threat of the Mythos. Most of the people that work in this network fall under 'The Agency' faction; However, The Agency has