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Ben is an Emmy-Award winning documentary producer and reporter for washingtonpost.com. His video documentaries have appeared in numerous film festivals, on MSNBC, PBS and washingtonpost.com.
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The Life of a 'Crime Gun' (chapter 4)
Oct 25, 201000:02:15Tap to summarizeWhen police recover a gun at a crime scene and want to know the last known owner, they send a trace request to the ATF's National Tracing Center in Martinsburg, W. Va. The center is an ever-growing repository of guns sales data from out of business dealers from across the country.
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Oct 25, 201000:02:15Tap to summarizeBob's Guns is the biggest dealer in Norfolk, Va. The store also has among the highest number of guns recovered at crime scenes. Owner Robert Marcus says that he is a responsible seller despite the stats. The Post investigates this apparent paradox.
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Oct 24, 201000:08:30Tap to summarizeThe life of a .45 caliber Glock pistol started at a gun store police have long suspected as diverting guns to criminals. Not long afterward, the gun was used to kill a man during a baby shower.
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Oct 24, 201000:04:00Tap to summarizeWhen Erik Dixon gunned down Jerrod Falls during a baby shower, his sister and mother were among those who watched in horror.
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Oct 24, 201000:03:10Tap to summarizeThe Firearms Examination Unit of the PG County Police (Md.) is a real-life CSI, complete with a bullet and shell recovery tank, comparative microscopes and a gun library of 1,300 crime guns. The lab's examiners were instrumental in linking the shell casings from the murder of Jerrod Falls to the Glock possessed by convicted felon Erik Dixon.
Transcribe →Interview: Questions for Frank Cho
Aug 26, 201000:03:00Tap to summarizeVideo extras from Creating "Frank Cho's World:" The creator of Liberty Meadows, which stars the curvy heroine Brandy, talks about his brand of sexual humor, animals and his career.
Transcribe →Time-lapse: Building the set
Aug 26, 201000:03:00Tap to summarizeVideo extras from Creating "Frank Cho's World:" How does a line drawing become a life-sized 3-D set in two days? Watch a time-lapse of the entire two-day process from foam core and fishing wire to final flash.
Transcribe →Creating "Frank Cho's World"
Aug 26, 201000:03:00Tap to summarizeIn two days, Frank Cho--aided by a small army of people--created a 3D set from a line drawing for the cover shoot of The Washington Post Magazine.
Transcribe →Time-lapse: The photo shoot
Aug 26, 201000:03:00Tap to summarizeVideo extras from Creating "Frank Cho's World:" The full take of photographer Andrew Cutraro's images from the shoot. Images by Andrew Cutraro / Redux.
Transcribe →Stranded - with dad's car
Aug 12, 201000:03:00Tap to summarizeJason McGuire left his house this morning near Beach Drive in Northwest D.C. to get to his job at his family's funeral parlor. But a fast-moving thunderstorm left downed trees and power lines in its wake and blocked his usual route to work. He decided to try his luck crossing a stretch of standing water. That's when things went wrong.
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