"Detective Work Today Is Teamwork" – M19, the Long Interview on Leipzig’s Local Radio Mephisto

Magnifying glass, pipe and trench coat – these types of detectives exist only in novels. Or do they? Our guest, private investigator Patrick Kurtz, tells us how one actually becomes a detective and how much of Sherlock Holmes can be found in him.

Presenter Paula Drope in conversation with Private Detective Patrick Kurtz

What does Patrick Kurtz think of modern film adaptations? How much does he really have in common with Sherlock Holmes? Is the detective blog the new detective format? And just how devious is Leipzig, really?

The answers to these questions – and more – can be heard in this interview (German only):

A shabby back room in an office building, shown in black and white, a large leather armchair with a heavy desk in front of it. This image comes to many people’s minds when they think of a detective’s office. The corresponding detective has a cigarette at the corner of his mouth and a glass of whisky in his right hand. Or imagine the British counterpart Sherlock Holmes with a pipe, trench coat and magnifying glass. But how much of that is fiction and found only in novels?

We explored this question in the long interview M19. For that purpose we invited Patrick Kurtz, owner of Kurtz Detective Agency Leipzig, into the studio. After studying psychology, comparative literature, German studies and provincial Roman archaeology, he devoted himself entirely to the profession of private investigator.

What does a detective’s everyday life look like?

Many imagine a private investigator sitting in a dimly lit back office until a beautiful young woman walks in asking for help solving a murder – that’s how it goes in detective fiction, at least. Patrick Kurtz explains that the modern private investigator spends a great deal of time at the desk, especially as the owner of an internationally operating detective agency, and occasionally carries out surveillance work or undercover investigations. Today’s detectives make use of modern technology and scientific research methods. Some investigators employ lie detection and behavioural analysis to help solve crimes. But above all, Kurtz emphasises the importance of teamwork.

“I play the guitar, not the violin.” – Patrick Kurtz

While Sherlock Holmes might not be quite as successful today as a lone wolf, Patrick Kurtz remains an avid fan. He appreciates not only Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels but also the various film adaptations. Sherlock Holmes has enjoyed quite a resurgence in recent years – most notably in the Hollywood films starring Robert Downey Jr. and the BBC television series Sherlock, with Benedict Cumberbatch as the modern-day Holmes.

This article was written by Caroline Bernert and originally published at:

http://mephisto976.de/news/detektivarbeit-ist-heute-teamarbeit-50949.

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