Dream Jobs: Private Investigator

Dream Jobs: Private Investigator

By Chance Seales

By Chance Seales
January 8, 2019

January 8, 2019

Philip Becnel is a professional sleuth. He showed Newsy's Chance Seales around his dream job.

SHOW TRANSCRIPT

After coming back from Morocco with dreams of becoming a writer, Philip Becnel turned his attention to a job that would let him report on interesting cases and people: a private investigator.

Catch "Dream Jobs" during "The Why" on Mondays at 7 p.m. ET. Click here to check local listings.

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