The Introverted Detective

Most women wear bras, but when were they invented? Yes, men who didn't understand that underwire hurts invented some of them, but let's go deeper than that. Women invented bras, too. Basic Designs They began in the 14th Century with female Minoan athletes, otherwise, you didn't have one. The female athletes wore what now equals a tight tube top. Before that, well, let's hope your sheath dress covered everything and no one got handsy. French 1500 Corset From there we get corsets, harmful in my opinion, but considered high fashion for centuries. They became popular in 1500 France. Imagine an inverted cone that flattened your breasts and pushed them upward, maybe even spilling out of your dress. They were made of whalebone sometimes. They remained popular for four centuries because they shaped women into specific figures. After that girdles became a thing in the late 19th Century. A girdle forced a curvy figure. It made your chest go forward...

I don't know if anyone has noticed, but almost everyone has a social media or online account. It is considered abnormal when someone doesn't have an online presence. Most investigators, or curious others, know that you can find out more about a person using this nifty fact. Depending on how much you post about yourself, you can give someone a full profile of you or nothing at all (should someone not have one or completely ignore their social media). Generally, there are people who ignore their online accounts, except for online shopping, but it can still give you a glimpse of their past. Even shopping history can give you an idea of their needs and interests. Again, it just depends on how much you post and the content. I don't think we realize just how much we put on the world wide web and how much information we give our friends and strangers. This blog is a basic guide to logical deduction on social media. What We Post Online Let's start with posts tha...

I talked about objects used for self-defense and murders of passion two blog posts ago, and now I am going to talk about self-defense tactics. This is useful, not only for the writers reading this, but for those who are in dangerous areas and walk to their cars at night after work. Male or female, you can use this in real life. Prevention You may not have to use this if you are clearly aware of your surroundings. There was a study done in a prison where the attackers were asked how they chose their targets. The targets were all women, but some of it is more than just female features.  One thing that was taken into consideration was if they held an umbrella or a possible weapon. Carry an umbrella? You have one point in your favor. Carry a heavy purse? Another point in your favor. Open carry? I'd say you have nothing to worry about.  Another point in your favor is if you are paying attention. Sounds easy, right? But so many of us walk around on our phones ...

Sherlock Holmes is famous for many things, one of them being a mind palace memory technique that actually exists. I am going to do a brief snapshot of how you create one for yourself, though I'd watch the videos done by youtuber Observe for more information, should you want more details. The link to the first mind palace video will be at the end of this blog. What is this? This has been around for much longer than Sherlock. It is the idea that you visualize a memorized place, mark certain furniture with certain numbers, then use the furniture (or whatever you choose to number) as files. We place our coats and purses on chairs in real life, come back for them, and repeat. This is exactly what you are doing in your mind when you use this technique. Does it work? Before you could google, save numbers to your cellphone, write down on paper, and set reminders on your mobile and electronic devices this memory technique was used quite often. Paper was expensive...