“Do you really know who people are?” That’s the slogan for pay site PeopleFinders.com’s freshly launched (and totally free!) companion site, CriminalSearches.com. Do you want to know? Everybody has something to hide — so the cliché goes. That’s where CriminalSearches.com comes in. said msnbc on Was your ex a con?

I would like to know too, but considering the type of people I knew, I doubted it. What if people I knew had a dirty dark secret? Is it my right to know? My own innate voyeurism carefully grown by the growth of reality TV? I mean personally, I won’t do anything with the curious information I want to know…

But I started searching. People in my family. Close friends. Acquaintances. To my dismay, nothing. No dirt. Even people who I know have somewhat of a risqué lifestyle.

I searched for myself. Three matches, but they all had different birthdates and were not from the cities.

It was lacking in flavor. I do have a right to search to protect myself, but my voyeuristic side was not fulfilled.

Finally I searched for a girl I knew whose ex-boyfriend was arrested recently for domestic abuse. Nothing. So what does that mean? A database of intrigue comes up with nothing? Who will pay for this anyway?

Whenever speaking with clients, there will always be one person that says, Of course I will!