7 Genius Hiding Places Around Your Home

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@anonimushbosh 3 года назад

Chances of those valuables ever being stolen from a the back of a wardrobe 1% Chances of those valuables eventually being thrown away with the other paint tins 99%

@HingerlAlois 3 года назад

Well once the stuff inside the paint can rattles around when you lift it up you probably are going to look inside ;-)

@WestCoastAce27 3 года назад

Whole family has to be in on it. “Hey dad! Give me $50 - I cleaned out the garage and gave a bunch of old books! to poor kids.”

@karennewberry4694 2 года назад

@Tom absolutely.

@gregmiller9437 2 года назад

LOL! Professional burglars will tell you, the first place they go is the master bedroom. The closet, wardrobe and dressers is where most people hide their valuables. Guns, coins, jewelry etc. They will rip clothes down to look for safes and other hidden items.

@howlerbike 2 года назад

Chances of you coming home and finding open paint cans and paint all over the floor because your local burglar watched this video is? ........ I have no idea.

@Lugnut64052 Год назад

My dad was a sheriff's deputy for many years. He told me one thing a lot of thieves do is toss all the bookshelves looking for stuff hidden behind the books.

@henrybourdon6712 Год назад

As a ex thief i agree. I also look in the freezer and ice cube trays for diamond rings and cash etc.

@jb6712 Год назад

@@henrybourdon6712 You'd sure be disappointed in my apartment; not only do I not have any up to date electronics, nor jewelry (hate wearing it), nor cash, but I don't even make ice cubes nor ice of any kind! 😁

@henrybourdon6712 Год назад

@@jb6712 Yes i would never think of breaking into an apartment because if a person can not afford a house nothing in an apartment would be worth the risk to valuable ratio. Just saying! Other than expensive hotel's that resemble small high end apartments , then one would risk climbing up the balcony for expensive objects to "borrow".

@Foolish188 Год назад

Yeah. When my Grandmother died one my cousins (pretty sure it was him), now deceased himself, searched through all her books for money. He didn't know that her money was iced into the back of her freezer wrapped in aluminum foil and plastic, labeled meatloaf, dated 5 years before she died. After my Aunt and I found the mess he left in Grammy's apartment, I told her where the money was and let her chisel it out.

@charcoalanderson8010 Год назад

@@Foolish188 That's wild. Sounds like Grandma was a pretty crafty lady!

@metricdeep8856 Год назад

I once woke up to a thief in my house searching for money...I quickly got up and started helping.

@OLDCHEMIST1 Год назад

This would be me too! I sometimes joke to my girlfriend that a thief would leave us something out of pity!

@AannshaJones Год назад

😆

@tanikawalker2892 Год назад

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Brettskei Год назад

You guys too?

@THEBIGGESTSCUMBAG Год назад

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

@MrZart Месяц назад

A friend of mine 'hid' some gold chains and bracelets in the lining of his living room curtains. He said the weight of the gold made the curtains 'hang better', much like the lead weights or big coins people use to weigh down drapery. Six months later he sold the house, including the curtains and carpets in the sale and totally forgot to retrieve his £3000 worth of hidden gold. He called the buyer of his house months later, explained his predicament and asked if he could get his gold back. The buyers had took all the curtains down and donated them to a charity shop. His living room curtains were really long, old-fashioned floral things which the charity shop said probably wouldn't sell, but they'd use them as dust sheets in their warehouse. Anyway, my friend, as a last hope, visited the charity shop and his long, ugly curtains were hanging over a rail with the other not-so-ugly curtains. He didn't have the nerve to go searching for his hidden gold in the linings, so he bought them and took them home. Guess what...the gold chains and bracelets were still in the linings after many months. £3000 worth of! He was delighted, and relieved in equal measure! The curtains were redonated and returned to the charity shop and are to this day probably still there, gathering dust but a few ounces lighter in the metallic content.😅

@bc_usa 8 дней назад

Nice fake story.

@DamianSzajnowski 6 дней назад

@@bc_usa What would the motivation for that be?

@Steve-uq7np 2 года назад

It’s super easy to hide things….but it’s impossible to remember where you hid them all…

@kevinrehberg8758 2 года назад

not at all... mail to yourself a registered letter telling yourself where you hid all of the stash... and keep it with your regular mails ...but DON'T open it until you need it.... If you find the envelope opened ..... you have problems then

@mikemasters4382 2 года назад

I write it in my notes on my phone

@hydrolito 2 года назад

Some times you don't hide them but socks will stick to blue jeans or other clothing on the inside so may not find them when they are in the laundry. They can also fall off dresser or table and get stuck between that and bed.

@lonniebeal6032 2 года назад

@@mikemasters4382 lost or stolen phone.... maybe a note in the safe deposit box, or in an email you save.

@mikejohn0088 2 года назад

My sister pasted a few years ago and she had hid her expensive jewelry "somewhere". She told no one where her special hiding place is and as a consequence it has not been found. It's always wise to leave a message in your important papers where you secured your belongings.

@kathystevetrooperblanck609 3 года назад

The best genius hiding spot anywhere is the one that is NOT talked about on social media!!!

@clarkkent52 3 года назад

loo i was thinking the same..all the would be intruders home invasionist and cops know exactly where to look

@MrKmail 2 года назад

That's the one I use. 😎

@firstlast-fr1le 2 года назад

there are none. not really. You hide it based on trying to lower chances - nothing more. To secure it, buy a safe, properly install (concrete and bolts) and have it in a tight fit area so someone would have difficulty working on it. Other than that, safe deposit box.

@brianmorgan1354 2 года назад

Hillary Clinton's nether regions? "To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before."

@wandadugan9847 2 года назад

Exactly!

@DonaldMerrit Год назад

The way you hit the keys under that Little Rock was pretty clever but most of the other methods don't really seem that good. The hollowed-out book and the safe behind a picture on a wall are the oldest tricks in the book, no pun intended.

@HildaRealtor Месяц назад

Spend less than 100, replace it to a keypad where you get alert whenever someone opens the door. It even locks itself after too many attempts.

@ImCarolB 8 месяцев назад

Your hiding place under a kitchen drawer reminded me of my great-grandmother, who married her sweetheart in secret and then went to her family home to wait for a good moment to tell everyone. She thumbtacked the marriage license up inside the cupboard under the kitchen sink, where it was eventually found by a plumber.

@tonyjedioftheforest1364 3 года назад

I hid some money in a jacket pocket in my wardrobe. Years later I found it when having a clear out. It made my day as I was broke at the time.

@jaybe2908 3 года назад

Im tied, I read this as you hid stuff in a jacket potato in the wardrobe.

@williammullen7504 3 года назад

I hid 100 bucks in my High School yearbook. I found it 15 years later after I found it in a box. Woo--Hoo!!!!

@sandbabe2245 2 года назад

I found $500 rolled up in a big floral wall hanging I got it at a thrift store months prior . It was New Years and I bought goodies yea !!!

@juliecarson7364 2 года назад

I was cleaning out from under my bed last year and in a cassette case I found $300. Made my day! I was broke!

@majorhavoc9693 2 года назад

I opened a large storage container I'd forgotten about and found $72 million dollars in cash. Made my day.

@christineknight8677 3 года назад

now i just need some valuables

@whirledpeas3477 2 года назад

Great reverse psychology, so nobody will come looking for your valuables 👍

@seanbrown9048 2 года назад

Right? Whenever I have any extra cash, I give it to Bezos for cases of canned beans and tuna.

@CrazzzzySky 2 года назад

i said that once, now i forgot where i put them ... dont bother hahahahahahhaha

@smartalek180 Год назад

I know of this one house with all kindsa great hiding places you can go to steal their swag....;

@josephschuster1494 Месяц назад

You’re spot-on! My thoughts, exactly! 🤣

@pf4773 5 месяцев назад

The importance of an actual safe: 1. water protection in case of a flood; 2. fire protection in case of a home fire. 3. large capacity to put in computers, cameras, not just small items. I loved your Do It Yourself wall safe with framed art in front of it! Beautiful job installing this. Again, my only concern, such a safe is not deep so I can't put in larger items. Thanks so much, very cute ending to video!

@childofcascadia 4 месяца назад

Just a warning though "fire safe" safes may not actually protect your items. The interior of them, although the fire itself may not get thru, may get up to 500-800° in a bad house fire. That probably wont bother jewelry. But its def enough to destroy electronics and important papers or cash. If you have important documents, keep them in an off site safe deposit box like you can get at a bank.

@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 4 месяца назад

Put it in the safe in the cage in the panic room safe!

@sdaniels7114 2 месяца назад

Its just the 2 by 4s holding the safe, you could cut through both of them in less than 2 minutes. I'd limit the contents of that safe. A concrete basement floor is a much more secure location

@jinusrafezadeh3335 2 года назад

Well , I completed all the projects , now all I need is a couple of gold bars , some cash and jewelry, and I am good to go 🤓🤓🤓

@ozsmiley07 3 года назад

When i used to keep snakes as pets I used to stash valuables inside a fake rock and keep it in their enclosure

@chrisp7530 3 года назад

That's fine, but for extra security you could get a decent sized rat, have it eat a key, have the snake eat the rat and there you go. Spare house key inside of your snake. Oh shit wait - you keep your snake in your backyard right?

@gachadaisy 3 года назад

Lmao

@CFRobW 3 года назад

I like that idea!

@Bonzman 3 года назад

I used to give my money to my ex wife, never saw it again 🤣🤣🤣

@t-squared6406 3 года назад

that's a good one unless they took the whole snake habitat!

@donaldcampbell5277 3 года назад

I kept my spare house key on my wolf/german shepherd. Never a problem as he hated strangers.

@adler.76251 2 года назад

That's actually genius, and i'll prolly do that because i have one of those "big scary" dogs

@nunyabenni3617 2 года назад

Brilliant!

@cynthiarothrock4255 2 года назад

We had a husky mix. Dad had one rule. When us girls were home alone overnight THE DOG COMES INTO THE HOUSE AND NO BOYFRIENDS!

@septemberquest6393 2 года назад

Genius!🐕🐕🐕

@juliecarson7364 2 года назад

Good one

@susanmay7807 Год назад

Never put all your valuables in one hiding place, have several different places in different rooms or outdoor places. Then if your house gets broken into you won’t lose everything.

@jb6712 Год назад

That's probably the smartest comment in this entire video.

@sheubahi Год назад

Very good idea!

@ragdolly22 Год назад

I’d have no money left after I’ve bought all the tools needed to make safe hiding place objects and wrecking my interior walls in the process. 🤣🤣🇬🇧

@H.M.SKingGeorgeV 24 дня назад

Literally, I would have to sell some of my valuables just to purchase the safe and the equipment to put it up, not worth it. The best hiding place is the one that only you have thought of and is hiding in plain sight.

@Haibing22 20 дней назад

That's ok. I can wreck your walls for free

@0ldDude 3 года назад

These are all great ideas, but you are probably forgetting the most important thing - people (mostly older people) often forget where they hid their valuables. So the second tip is to always email yourself (or a trusted family member) a photo or note that can remind you/them where the valuables are hidden. Maybe set up an email folder for Important House Stuff. You hear too many stories of people accidentally donating or throwing away "useless" stuff not realizing that just gave away the family jewels.

@kevinrehberg8758 2 года назад

I prefer "old school" "scramble coding" the information to a trusted family member or friend in a registered letter.. Any actual financial information I never leave in a computer. Already had one stolen from me, and with todays "hacking" who knows what hackers can read in your personal files.. A close relative of mine was the victim of a home invasion and ended up zip tied to a lightpost after the thieves took all that they could through the ATM..Some say it was an inside job because he had just received a settlement payment but who knows.. right?

@junebyrne4491 2 года назад

I hid some jewelers and i could not find it for a year. So now I email location to my son in a different town.

@jaynestag95 2 года назад

When my nan died my mother was going through all her stuff then off to thre charity shop. She checked all the pockets and in the lining she found £800 engagement ring. 18ct gold and 3 diamonds...that was back in the 70s......Oh one more thing if you find a big tin of chocolates and they were in the old nans wardrobe don't eat them. 😝 ( mothball flavour anyone)

@computerjantje 2 года назад

If an older person can't remember then I am quit sure he/she has no clue what e-mailing means

@JohnSmith-su3ze Год назад

@@kevinrehberg8758 Def an inside job lol

@ZhangWillow 2 года назад

So excited to see this and then realized I have nothing to hide 😞

@jaynestag95 2 года назад

Only the food the starving people want. Nov 2021.....😲😨

@williambaldwin9346 Год назад

Well find something to hide

@elizabethiloveelohim137 Год назад

That's the best way to hide things, tell everyone you have nothing 😏

@belle9438 Год назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I'm so sorry

@smujer1 Год назад

Me too!!

@THE-michaelmyers Год назад

I have two safes in my home. I keep a gun safe and a floor safe. I do live in an apartment but there are almost 2 feet of space between my floor and the ceiling below me. The beautiful aspect of keeping two safes is everybody thinks I keep my valuables in the gun safe and think that is my only safe. I do find these hiding places interesting, but the BEST way to hide something is to use deception and have people looking in spots where there is nothing at all. I will also HIGHLY disagree with that hidden key thing. I have seen people walk and kick rocks looking for them. I don't recommend ANYBODY keep a hidden key within 50 feet of their doors!

@TheRealScooterGuy Год назад

Grandpa used to keep a hidden key in one of those (obvious) fake rocks, and another hidden key above a door. Funny part was that neither key went to anything he still had. His idea was that anyone looking for a hidden key would find one of those and, upon realizing it didn't work, figure the locks had been changed and nobody had replaced the old key. His actual hidden key in case he got locked out or if we came over and needed to get in was in the old shed out back, in a spot that would take someone a bit of time to get to, since they would have to move everything from a lawn mower to some old bikes to boxes of old Christmas decorations, before they could even reach it. (And he's long-since passed, and the property sold, so I'm not giving away his secret now.)

@jb6712 Год назад

And you just told the Internet about it. Good going, giving your name along with your comment.

@wrongplanet1957 Год назад

Yep I got tipped off I had stalkers found the old keys from my rekeys all dumped out , they had been trying them on the house, it's welll over 150 ft from house

@elizabethiloveelohim137 Год назад

Now we all know where you hide things ,thanks

@iunderstanphotography2780 Год назад

Of course a crook (if they had the time) is going to lok for the fake rock keys, I'd hide them in an impossible to find/figure out place like inside hedges, nowhere near the door. Or better yet, in a neighbors' yard (if you're cool with them) if crooks found a key, it would be to the wrong house!

@eugenetswong 2 месяца назад

RU-vid recommended this. Thanks. Your book ideas gives me the idea to put our old college textbooks to good use. Also, there is space under the drawer, too.

@seektruth3307 2 года назад

If you want to hide your valuables, just fill your house with mostly junk until there is nothing but junk piles with tunnels like hoarders do. Thieves will have a very challenging time finding anything valuable enough to be worth stealing amongst all the useless junk and just leave disgusted. Works for my dad, lol.

@briannemorna4268 2 года назад

That's what I do.

@rzella8022 2 года назад

Hahaha clever!

@caolkyle Год назад

A water tight container in a fish tank works great also ;)

@wilberslater9967 Год назад

Works for my dad made me lol.

@lindahollander3588 Год назад

Yea hiding in a messy storage room,I've done that

@skiptrace1888 2 года назад

Thanks, I now know 7 hiding places never to use, because everybody knows about them! Appreciate your post! 👍👍👍👍

@Kaiya637 Год назад

thanks for taking drugs.

@jb6712 Год назад

Obviously, you've never read anything deeper than a comic book if you don't realize these ideas have ALL been around for many decades, and some of them for more than a hundred years! There's not one thing he showed that's new; he just gave the same advice and hiding places that Popular Science magazine gave way back in the 1950's, and many women's home magazines gave at least 100 years ago, probably more.

@chuySG1 Год назад

Thanks for these hiding places. I liked the spare house key in the empty med bottle with the rock glued to it.

@michaelearthling 2 года назад

i cut the inside of a whole bookstore out and hid a car in there.

@paulc652 Месяц назад

Bwa-haha ha! One of the funniest comments I've ever read:)

@snoozin99 3 года назад

Something you could do with the paint cans is add a heavy rock or weight in the bottom of the can and put your valuables or whatever you are hiding; then add foam padding inside to make sure if it's accidentally moved it will feel and sound like a regular can of paint with no tin sounds from stuff bouncing around inside of it.

@odomisan 2 года назад

Even better, put your valuables in waterproof bag and dunk it in the paint. No one would dare to fish around real paint.

@gblargg 2 года назад

"Honey, I threw out all those old paint cans. They were so heavy!"

@larsonfamilyhouse Год назад

@@odomisan not good, paint is basically water so most valuables you wouldn’t want wet. Even a sturdy plastic bag wouldn’t hold up over time. Plus, most ppl want their valuables at least somewhat accessible. That sounds more like a literal version of freezing your assets! Lol

@misskim2058 Год назад

Can even pour a thin layer of the same color paint over your sealed, padded items, so it really looks like it inside.

@christopherrogers303 Год назад

@@larsonfamilyhouse speaking of freezing your assets, there are people that go through estates after old people die and the freezer is one of the places you want to check for stuff because they have found cards frozen in blocks of ice and little baggies of bills at the bottom of ice trays.

@randyrogers8568 2 года назад

My first step would be to get some items that are actually worth stealing.

@leejennifercorlewayres9193 Год назад

😂 Right.

@patriciahale6575 Год назад

GREAT IDEALS.....THANK YOU FOR SHARING

@Geekiezoid Год назад

THANK YOU!!! I’m always trying to think of good hiding places for special things, but I’ve never been as clever as you! I needed this!

@queens6583 Год назад

These tips are as old as methuselah!

@augiegrad80 2 года назад

"Look honey, I cleaned out the garage for you. I even got rid of all those paint cans of yours".

@johnkirby6700 2 года назад

If you're not trying to hide stuff from your wife, it is best to let her know where you hid stuff from burglars. Otherwise this could easily happen.

@Hawkeye2001 Год назад

And let your trusted next of kin know to look inside that rusted old cooler box in the attic

@lampyrisnoctiluca9904 5 дней назад

Years ago I have read a newspaper story of this kind. 200 000$ if I remember correctly... Should have used a bank.

@Graham_Langley 3 года назад

#5: When I worked in a charity shop I always checked the back and underside of any drawers even though it was supposed to be done by others. Paid off a few times, the best being over £100 in £20s in a jewellery cabinet. No way of getting back to the donor as it hadn't been donated under a scheme we have in the UK called Gift Aid.

@elizabethiloveelohim137 Год назад

You could have helped the poor with it

@heartobefelt Год назад

a friend works in a factory that cuts open and recycles mattresses , they have found wads of cash a few times.

@shnuckdog7755 Год назад

@@elizabethiloveelohim137 so right, people with bad intentions have excuses for bad behavior

@randymillhouse791 Год назад

@@elizabethiloveelohim137 Maybe he did help the poor by keeping it. It appears he worked a low wage non-profit job.

@OLDCHEMIST1 Год назад

I worked as a driver for a charity and was stunned at the valuables some people gave me, saying that it was either for the charity or the bin!

@McMillanScottish Год назад

I loved the “moon landing studio footage“!

@MrAnim8orVideos 4 месяца назад

Ah thanks! I was trying to figure out what that label said. It looked like Studk footage

@isiso.speenie5994 Год назад

6:20 she flipped that gold bar like it was a little gold painted cardboard box ! LoL 😂

@user-hm5zb1qn6g Месяц назад

Good one!

@donmaclean5443 2 года назад

I wrapped cash around the glass bottle of a thermos and screwed the bottom back on--it works great!

@MaMa-qh4dy 3 года назад

My problem is that I would forget “what” I “hid” where. Hahaha

@Kara_Kay_Eschel 3 года назад

Then it is a good hiding spot.

@The_Cholo 3 года назад

What's with the quotations? Is whatever you hid not real? And is it not actually hidden? That's some pretty slick psychology there, partner.

@dough9512 3 года назад

If I put something in a "special" spot, it's usually lost FOREVER!! I know I just need to get organized, but I NEVER get around to doing it!!

@jaxcell Месяц назад

Love how Daughter just strolls in and helps herself...just like mine! Good video, thanks

@bill-2018 Год назад

Number one priority is don't let them get into your house. Fit good quality doors and windows with strong hinges and many locking points. They don't want to hang around to be seen forcing a door. I have no large opening windows downstairs. Fit an infra red motion detector outside with a light or alarm. Fit a burglar alarm indoors. Make things hard for them at the rear of the house by fitting tall gates and fencing. I have a lockable six foot steel vertical bar gate. Grease the top to deter them climbing over.

@CatsAreNiceMeow 11 месяцев назад

Exactly! I have only a couple of inexpensive valuables but I’m adding windows bars and door metal reinforcers so I don’t have to deal with a creep breaking in my house..

@bill-2018 11 месяцев назад

@@CatsAreNiceMeow Yes, make them look for an easier target elsewhere. I did these at the rear for home security but also to keep my motorbike secure, in a shed out of the weather and not instantly visible.

@CatsAreNiceMeow 11 месяцев назад

@@bill-2018 Sone people say some criminals can be enticed thinking you have things in your house if you put up window bars but I think most all would not bother finding a way to disassemble them. The ones I’m putting up will be made professionally so they will be even tougher to disassemble.

@bill-2018 11 месяцев назад

@@CatsAreNiceMeow Yes, keep them out.

@prefersoxygen9373 4 месяца назад

Big dogs work very well

@xyzct 3 года назад

Just leave the valuables by a pile of job applications. They'll never look there.

@jeffdude6088 2 года назад

Oh snap! Lol

@geraldhenderson8487 2 года назад

@@jeffdude6088 Like that one.

@mikeohagan2206 2 года назад

or inside a pair of work boots.

@juliecarson7364 2 года назад

Or inside a can of Comet cleanser

@cancel.lgbtq.6892 2 года назад

Hide your valuable in work boots and they will never find it too.

@romaintrevisiol9159 3 года назад

The people who broke in my parents' house pull all the books out to the floor so I guess the book tricks are well known. Same as the paint. If you keep a spare key outside, I would leave it far away from the door because they'll look around in close areas.

@LRN2DIY 3 года назад

Good points! I feel like I can't actually use the first 6 because my video is on RU-vid, but the wall safe is really nice to have :)

@Flav_M 3 года назад

If i ever get into the robbing thing...I'll remember to bring a portable reciprocating saw (or a big dude and hammer) to remove those two flimsy studs and just carry the safe out. Good knowledge to have just in case lol

@romaintrevisiol9159 3 года назад

@@Flav_M You would have to switch off the breaker because you could get zapped pretty bad if you hit a wire. Most burglars won't stay longer than a few minutes in the place, they'll go as fast as possible to the most obvious valuable things. If you give them a bit of trouble, they usually don't stay around trying to figure it out. Books are easy to pull out of the shelves and a quick look on the floor will show a hollow one. If the book stays closed though, they probably won't see it in a rapid glance.

@hillaryclinton2415 3 года назад

I planted 10 fake keys. They found and tried them all.

@ianhill4585 3 года назад

@@hillaryclinton2415 Were the keys to Bill's chastity belt? I know who my first suspect would be. 🙄

@BobMuir100 Год назад

Hi Nils enjoyed that piece very much, so good to see a use for IKEA flowers and you say “weapons “ so easily; over here one would never need a safe for a pistol as we aren’t allowed to have them 😒 I am going to try the wall safe idea. Bob England

@queens6583 Год назад

You do know that burglars know about safes behind pictures. Especially ones with velcro attached to keep it flush.

@BobMuir100 Год назад

@@queens6583 I don’t know many burglars! Bob England

@CP-bz3yd Год назад

I’m so glad I found this video! Many great ideas Thanks for sharing!

@moogie1954 2 года назад

I found a perfect hiding place for my valuables... I know because my nephew, who has been in and out of rehab MANY times and has a rap sheet longer than Webster's dictionary, came to visit. He knew I had some heirloom jewelry and went looking for it while I was out (it was quite obvious that he had looked). He never found it. It was in a baggie taped onto the top of the exposed duct-work in the basement (There were spiders down there!). I've moved since then and have it in an even better (IMO) place now.

@lummoxx8586 2 года назад

That is where I hid my Playboy mags years ago!

@doghouseriley4662 2 года назад

The big question is why a person would allow a career criminal with a drug habit to enter their home?

@dprcontracting6299 2 года назад

@@doghouseriley4662 My question exactly!

@jb6712 Год назад

@@doghouseriley4662 Exactly what I was thinking!

@jayshockley7963 3 года назад

You have to be careful with things under mattress, on shelve (including books) planters and drawers. The first things they do is take out drawers and empty them, clear shelves so loose items will fall out and generally ram sack the place to find hidden objects.

@andielliott7721 2 года назад

And you know this how?

@brianmorgan1354 2 года назад

It's "ransack", and with a name like "Shockley" you should KNOW that.

@johnkirby6700 2 года назад

I agree, these tricks are for keeping stuff from the average person. A professional thief knows about this. When the cops search your house, they tear it to pieces if they don't find something right away. Even rip out the drywall. Best not to keep anything they're looking for anywhere near your property.

@TheRealScooterGuy Год назад

@@johnkirby6700 -- The best hiding places are in plain sight.

@randymillhouse791 Год назад

Especially in Los Angeles! Their Quarterback gets Ram sacked in almost every game...

@georgemoomaw9437 Год назад

I had a lot of enjoyable, very useful information while you were having a lot of fun THANK YOU

@dougulrich6048 2 года назад

Well done! Left me with a laugh at that. Love the paint can idea!

@robinmyman 3 года назад

My Spicer and Pegler book on taxation would have been ideal for this application and provide such pleasure in pushing it thru my table saw.

@grizzlygrizzle 2 года назад

One thing to keep in mind is that virtually everyone who has books pushes them all the way to the back of the bookshelves, and books vary in the width of their pages and covers, which means that their depths on the shelf are varied. The bindings are not all the same distance from the back wall of the bookcase. So a multi-book safe would look more natural if it were made with staggered bindings.

@GartWilliamsColorado 2 года назад

The first thing I would steel would be that cool Star Wars picture!

@auriswinters311 Год назад

Omgosh...I'm totally addicted to your channel. Where have you been my whole life?! ♥️ this vlog. Very clever hacks. I've put my spare 🗝️ under a rock, it rusted alm didn't work and/or shifted and lost over time. But this is such a better hack. Hollowed out section of books, way more disguisable? Great video. Tfs... Blessings, L

@queens6583 Год назад

Except burglars just pull out the books and drawers first thing.

@standinginthegap7118 Год назад

I absolutely love these ideas.

@siriosstar4789 3 года назад

update - he later discovered that one of the books he cut up was a rare first edition that is worth over $175,000 .

@anthonyperez2289 3 года назад

actually or just jokes

@siriosstar4789 3 года назад

@@anthonyperez2289 just kidding .

@ethanmorales402 2 года назад

Great Video clip! Excuse me for the intrusion, I would love your initial thoughts. Have you researched - Mahorrla Defence Wisdom Method (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now)? It is a great one of a kind product for securing your home from danger minus the headache. Ive heard some decent things about it and my cooworker at very last got astronomical success with it.

@cooldesertknight9013 2 года назад

@Sirios Star LOL good one. Salaam to you and to all.

@mac11380 2 года назад

Note: Make a map of all these hiding spaces and seal it in an envelope and give to someone you trust to open upon your death. If something happens to you, these things may get thrown out.

@joewoodchuck3824 2 года назад

The map could be made into gps or self assigned numerical coordinates. No drawing, just numbers. The area code or any set of numbers can be the room number in a mental that makes sense to you. Put the whole thing as fake phone numbers and names, or email addresses, or any combination into your phone.

@Wguy56 2 года назад

A friend died unexpectedly; we knew he had a safe deposit box at the bank. We FINALLY found the key hidden in the hem of his bedroom curtains!

@dbrunsrtrom 2 года назад

Reminds me of trying to coax the hiding spots from my father after he developed dementia. I'm sure I missed items that will never be found until the house is demolished.

@barbwall3678 2 года назад

@Bobby Baucom ...often old keys were used as weights in curtain hems if they were too sheer and to help them hang properly

@tc2882 2 года назад

@@Wguy56 That's why everyone should make a "If I die..." pack, given to someone you trust, with info that would be needed in the event.

@severnsea3924 Год назад

If you have lots of rocks, use one of those plant tags that identify your plants and put it next to the hidden bottle with the rock on so you know which one it is. Best place for long term is to pull up a bit of carpet at the corner, cut out a piece of the floorboard between the joists and you can then simply hide your stuff under the floor in a box, container or whatever. even if burglars gutted the place they're extremely unlikely they'll ever pull the carpets up. For short term, while you're away for example, hide stuff in the washing machine with a few clothes over the top. It's the last place they would look and one of the last things that's likely to be stolen.

@pf4773 5 месяцев назад

great idea-plant name tag!!!

@ladyketurahinwaiting 4 месяца назад

Well it was the last place but now they know so it’ll be the first place 😂

@SiiriRebane 4 месяца назад

nice washing machine might get stolen... but def it would be the first place that you forget that you hid things in, you put some more clothes on top and start program.

@ScrewballMcAdams 2 года назад

Very entertaining. Good ideas too. Thanks!

@flubby18 3 года назад

I love how he says "no one can tell." (All except for the 350K people who include home thieves.

@jerrymiller276 3 года назад

'xzactly!

@gwarlow 3 года назад

Thieves are not going to take time to search through every book and fake plant. Speed is of the essence and they will check the usual places that they find things of value, where MOST people leave them.

@AKHWJ3ST 2 года назад

They won't check every rock. Unless the special one stands out, they probably won't find it.

@charleslytle7529 2 года назад

you just told all crooks where to hide in the house-now they can come rob my house-thanks for being dumb

@lotuselansteve 2 года назад

@@charleslytle7529 We have over a thousand books and one holds my back up drive. Even after watching this video they are not going to search every book just in case I also saw the same video. NO crook will look for a rock in a rockery. However, the safe behind a large painting is in almost every crime film so that is a little obvious. Most crooks are the dumb ones and want to be out ASAP so just look, as mentioned above, in the obvious places.

@garyK.45ACP 3 года назад

Whenever I want to hide something from my wife, I put it in the oven. 😜

@paulv7217 3 года назад

Lol

@don.richard8823 3 года назад

@@paulv7217 My wife hates to cook hahahahaha

@aldunlop4622 3 года назад

I bet she hides it in the washing machine.

@paulv7217 3 года назад

@@aldunlop4622 That wouldn't work in my house I want my laundry done right so I do it myself

@turtleinashirt 3 года назад

Did you literally mic drop after you typed that? Lol

@chaosactually311 Год назад

Where would one hide 15 boxes of classified papers? Asking for a friend.

@ObliterateTyranny Год назад

If you live in a location that experiences low outside temperatures, don't remove the insulation in an outside wall and replace it with an un-insulated wall safe unless you want to open it and find water inside (or even ice) ruining everything inside the safe due to condensation during the cold days/months of the year. It's better to install the safe in an interior wall. And, unless it is fire resistant/proof, don't put anything in it that you don't want destroyed if your house burns down -- use a safe-deposit box instead.

@wyominghome4857 2 года назад

Rent a safe deposit box and keep a list of your stash places there along with your will and important papers.

@TheRealScooterGuy Год назад

^^^ This (Although you could just keep that stuff in the box.)

@wyominghome4857 Год назад

@@TheRealScooterGuy Well, that would be the best place, but with some things you have to have them available frequently and the bank isn't always open for the SDB.

@user-hm5zb1qn6g Месяц назад

Don't keep your will in your safe deposit box. The bank freezes the box when you die. It will take a court order to drill open that box. Keep your will at home. And a copy with the lawyer or the executor.

@wyominghome4857 Месяц назад

@@user-hm5zb1qn6g Exactly. We left copies with the executor and two of our grown children as there are no surprises in the Will, but your comment makes me want to verify with the bank what the drill is. The point is to keep a copy of your stash places. I used to keep my few valuable pieces of jewelry in a hollowed out book on the shelf with an extensive book collection, but then realized (a) I might become so addled I forget which book and (b) the kids will probably cart all the books off to the thrift store without looking in any of them. :(

@user-hm5zb1qn6g Месяц назад

@@wyominghome4857 That's what would surely happen at my house, too. I'd probably go into maniac cleanup mode and things would get tossed, including all these goofy hiding places. I have a safe deposit box for my valuables. Nobody's breaking into that climate-controlled bank vault and nobody's accidentally throwing out my stuff.

@HeatherSpoonheim 3 года назад

Pro-tip; make sure you are sober when you hide your stuff, otherwise you wind up doing an Easter Egg hunt to find your stuff.

@rmd8873 3 года назад

I hope I remember this comment when I sober up! 🍺

@lisalee2885 3 года назад

I hope you don't die and books get tossed, furniture gets sold etc....hint..write it down or tell one person

@jthepickle7 2 года назад

You too!?

@CONEHEADDK 2 года назад

@@rmd8873 I'm just commenting to help - hope you're sober now.

@rmd8873 2 года назад

@@CONEHEADDK Kind person, I spoke in jest. Peace

@jaredevildog6343 Год назад

Pretty good ideas ! Thank you !

@Antient.Briton 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the tips. I'll know what to look for next time I'm out for the night!

@tixximmi 2 года назад

Where my kitchen cabinets meet in the corner is an open/hidden place. With a screw attached up inside I can hang a small bag for silver/gold/whatever.

@nhojrem1 3 года назад

I hide things so well, even I can’t find them a day later!

@amanofmanyparts9120 2 года назад

A day? I just leave things in one room, walk into another, walk back again 5 minutes later and can't find them already!

@keithstewart7514 2 года назад

Yep, still haven't found my pre 98og kush..... But when I do, yahoo, yahoO

@hydrolito 2 года назад

If you have wife, children or housekeeper they may have moved it.

@hydrolito 2 года назад

It may have fallen from where put it if socks might have stuck inside pants or other clothing.

@Kaiya637 Год назад

because you take drugs.

@maintoc 2 года назад

Good ideas, and bravo to you for arranging the tools to make the numbers for each hiding-spot item. :)

@Kaiya637 Год назад

yah because you don't want anyone to find your drugs that you take.

@talljohn5350 Год назад

I actually hide all my valuables in a really good hiding spot outside my house. It’s such a good spot I doubt anyone could find it.

@MrPhife333 2 года назад

Thanks for the tips Nils. I'll be referring back to this list the next time I burglarize a house. Cheers mate!

@Flav_M 3 года назад

Hiding candy just went to another level...I bet one could find the perfect size book for their preferred bar. An ammo magazine of chocolate :D

@MooKau_ 2 года назад

As someone that grew up with stoner parents, this works well.

@keeperofthebonessean2872 Год назад

Thanks bro. Thats helpful for my next break in.

@djmiller232 Месяц назад

After my grandpa died, my grandma gave me all his old clothes because I was about his size. I dutifully accepted them, though I had no intention of ever wearing anything. Before I took them all to a resale shop, I went through the pockets and found $300.00 in the pocket of a one-piece, powder blue Leisuresuit from the 70s. Look it up. It was fabulous! P.S. I gave the $300 to my grandma. 🙂

@dawnsoap698 3 года назад

I don’t recommend the envelope on the back of the drawer. My house was robbed, and the burglars took out every drawer and dumped them out.

@gjaeigjiajeg 3 года назад

Yeah. It sucks getting robbed as is. Imagine the additional humiliation of them knowing my confessed love for whitney.

@benholroyd5221 3 года назад

So rape alarms and pepper spray booby traps then?

@asktheetruscans9857 3 года назад

Happened to me too. Stole everything but my work boots.

@sandbabe2245 2 года назад

@@asktheetruscans9857 that’s just opposite for me ! All my 50 shoes, clothes and kitchen GONE !!

@LizzyTexBorden 2 года назад

Yeah, and every book off of every shelf.

@rogerhargreaves2272 2 года назад

I enjoyed the spare key in the medicine bottle with the rock on top. 👍

@uncareid5557 2 года назад

That was the best one, just put it in a sheltered bed so it does not get buried in snow.

@vicv.2720 Год назад

Any type of "dry" product container which is usually stored in the fridge (ex. cylinder shaped panko or corn meal container) works well to conceal valuables too. Just be sure what you place inside is not affected by cold or moisture. Even if the perp goes to the fridge to grab a bite or drink, they ain't going for the corn meal. ; )

@roberttriptow5635 4 месяца назад

If you really want to learn about great hiding places, ask anyone who was a pot-smoking teenager in the '60s or '70s. For instance, our mother found my brother's stash hidden under his mattress. I coached him on being more imaginative, telling him that, when I was a teenager, I unscrewed the built-in intercom from the wall in my room and thumbtacked an envelope full of joints inside the drywall. "Just don't drop it in there like I once did," I warned him. My brother went home. The next day I got a call from our mother asking me if I knew why he immediately went to my old room and smashed a big hole in the drywall under the intercom.

@lee-royhaarhaus886 3 года назад

Another great little hiding spot is behind wall outlets/ light switches! Unscrew the cover and behind is a little plastic box surrounding the switch just big enough for a flash drive or some cash!

@Graham_Langley 3 года назад

Fitted a dummy one here only last week using a skeleton mounting frame that gives access to the void in the stud wall.

@johnkirby6700 2 года назад

@@Graham_Langley Old trick, cops know all about that. Saw it on an episode of Dragnet 50 years ago.

@Graham_Langley 2 года назад

@@johnkirby6700 Not long afterwards I realised there was an easy way to get a cable to it so it's no longer a dummy socket.

@Blimpie1000 3 года назад

Interesting but: first, putting stuff in "empty" containers. A family member is looking for paint, finds the "empty" container, and helpfully throws it out (happened to us with some valuable stuff). Second, this is why burglars tear a place up; they figure that you have hidden stuff somewhere and just tear the place up. Worth reading: Edgar Alan Poe, "The Purloined Letter" a great short story on hiding (and finding) valuable stuff.

@Ninety5percentAngel 2 года назад

Thank you. Very interesting and informative story.

@bs7157 2 года назад

well done! you've just told the world places to look now.

@jb6712 Год назад

If you think these ideas are new, you clearly aren't a reader of anything, nor are you very smart. These ideas, every one of them, have been in print (first) and on the Internet (whenever it started) for AT LEAST 60 years, and some of them for far, far longer. I'm 70, and my parents used some of these ideas when I was just a baby and toddler, back in the 1950's. They'd both learned them from THEIR parents!

@seanclint2711 Год назад

wow lol, what huge bars u got there. Thanks for sharing great clip.

@Sharon-pb7so 2 года назад

Best place to hide stuff is in a safety deposit box at a bank.

@leejennifercorlewayres9193 Год назад

What if the Illuminati shuts down the banks?

@nell3753 Год назад

Thank u. Agree & I have a larger one I rent,. 🙂. & At approx. $150 year for rentals. Smart safe idea!

@Wguy56 Месяц назад

Hard to find where I live- Mpls. The old banks downtown have become boutique hotels, or whatever, and the suburban banks don't have them.

@niveknospmoht8743 19 дней назад

That is until the bank cleans it out for you declaring you haven't paid for the service, only to be an 'accounting error'

@garyK.45ACP 3 года назад

Electrical box. Install a plastic electrical junction box in the wall, at about the height of other electrical outlets. Cover it with a blank cover plate. AC vent. Remove an AC vent cover. Put whatever you want in there. Replace the vent cover.

@Graham_Langley 3 года назад

Used the dummy electrical outlet here only last week.

@johnkirby6700 2 года назад

@@Graham_Langley The AC vent has been used in way too many movies.

@justwaiting5744 4 месяца назад

Great video. I love how intricate you were with the numbers.

@b.walker5955 Год назад

ALWAYS put a stash of valuables in a place commonly used (MASTER BED ROOM CLOSET). SACRIFICE a $1000 in cash, get a large CZ solitaire in a substantial ring box, put a valuable watch inside, String of pearls, sliver spoons, baby shoes, photos, altered birth certificates, make altered copies of bonds, etc. Silver coins. Go to a flea market and purchase coin collection or a stamp album. Family photos (they don't have to be yours). Put as much in it as you have elsewhere, just faux. The best $1200 you will ever loose. In the case of a home invasion that is the space you reluctantly reveal.

@davidswanson640 3 года назад

The rock glue in the bottle method works real well when the ground is frozen and there is snow on top of it.

@jazzcatt 2 года назад

They also float out above ground with it rains. You have to find a good way of counteracting the buoyancy of the air in the bottle.

@tc2882 2 года назад

The key (pun intended) is to find a hiding place/method that is easily memorable, but inconvenient. Like behind something that you might have to break to retrieve it. Or have to reach awkwardly, or even kneel or lay on the ground to get it. After all, if a thief is determined to get your stuff, he will. But most would just as soon choose an easier target. So the first step to not getting your stuff stolen is to NOT make it obvious you have stuff worth stealing.

@kevinn2216 Год назад

I once used to use a similar method in my previous home. I got an empty Godiva metal chocolate box about 1"x1.5"x3", put my spare house key into it, wrapped the box in a sealed polythene bag, and then buried it half a foot deep in the soil right next to a certain fence post. And then I kept a small shovel hidden in a nearby flowerpot so I wouldn't have to mess up my hands digging.

@Wguy56 Месяц назад

Yep...key in a fake hollow rock. Needed it in January in MN.

@jamessmejkal8803 2 года назад

Oh yea we just publish every good hiding place for the crooks, great idea.

@marymintey5946 Год назад

Brilliant, this also gives this information to potential thieves.

@davidhunternyc1 2 года назад

The wall safe is the most obvious! 😆 I liked your hidden rock key safe the best.

@Kaiya637 Год назад

dont forget where your drugs are because you take drugs.

@Wguy56 Месяц назад

See- needed key in MN winter reply above.

@KeesKouwenberg 3 года назад

The #1 'genius' hiding place is a safe behind a painting (poster)??? Well, absolutely GENIUS, that has NEVER been done.... This made my day :)

@scotth6814 3 года назад

The first place a thief will look for a safe.

@garypedigogaeu5787 2 года назад

Man, these are the most unimaginative ideas you could have possibly come up with. Really, a hollowed out book, brand new idea. So good let’s do it over and over. Oh, and I know, let’s make the next one even bigger. And behind a picture! Wow.

@jakerittlinger440 2 года назад

So what are your ingenius ideas?

@rosemarielee7775 2 года назад

This man hates books. Doesn't he ever want some to read?

@matthewmillet3807 2 года назад

The double book safe idea is clever! Well done!

@queens6583 Год назад

Until it gets throw to the floor and the jig is up.

@kmjezik Год назад

Thank you ❤️ Good tutorial Gold bars/ toilet paper- lol funny 🤣

@randomgrinn 2 года назад

Little known fact: Most burglars are only there because they hope to find love letters to Whitney Houston.

@kathyelliott6051 2 года назад

What ??? Your kidding right???

@furryface1057 Год назад

made me Laugh

@marykennedysherin3330 2 года назад

This is why a safety deposit box is the best place for valuables. If you do get robbed they won't get much

@terrybreeze6070 2 месяца назад

thank you for aiding and abetting thieves

@robertdesmarais3821 2 года назад

Brilliant multi book camouflage space, to hide valuables!!!

@warped2875 3 года назад

...and when you suddenly die, most (if not all) of your treasure ends up at a Goodwill donation collection site (or the dump), where the dedicated employees will secretly thank your relatives who all pulled together to clean out your house and garage. The stuff under the floorboards, well, the new homeowner might find some of that when they do the inevitable remodel.

@Graham_Langley 3 года назад

All I've found here were a pair of glasses in the loft and some clothing hidden behind the hot water tank.

@48webber 2 года назад

thieves smashed my home windows and my door was open then stole my broken computer which looked new and left the dirty one which worked.

@McMillanScottish Год назад

Love how she twirls that gold bar up in the air with one hand and then catches it with one hand.

@Remember_when Год назад

I put my wedding ring on a wreath hanging on my wall when I left for vacation. It took me 6 months to remember where I put it.

@mpeterll 3 года назад

If burglary is your main concern, you're probably better off leaving your valuables out in plain view in the hopes that the thieves will just take them and leave. That's what insurance is for (be sure to keep proof of what you had just in case they try to get out of paying). While insurance can pay for items stolen or destroyed, it cannot adequately compensate you for things with a more personal value (your grandmother's antique teapot collection for example), nor will you ever truly recover from the psychological damage suffered as a result of the violation or your personal space. If a thief wants your stuff, they will get it no matter what you do to hide it. To prevent them, you may have to never leave your home, always keep a large caliber hand gun with you, and not be afraid to use it. The family of the deceased felon may want you charged with 2nd-degree murder and the jury may be dumb enough to convict you (while secretly being very happy that their neighborhood is now a safer place because of your actions). I forgot where I was going with this, but if that's the state of society who wants to go on living anyway. Hell that got dark in a hurry.

@lemonstealinghorsdoeuvre 2 года назад

Nah. You started dark. You wanted to sound clever by taking into account things that others shy away from. Textbook.

@johnchestnut5340 2 года назад

Or leave some valuables in plain sight. They'll take what they easily find and ignore hiding places. Yes...you lose some. But you don't lose all. If they can't find valuables easily they will tear the place up looking.

@lemonstealinghorsdoeuvre 2 года назад

@@johnchestnut5340 "if they just leave this jewelry and cash out, they must have some really good stuff hiding. Let's torture them and find it" congrats. You just killed your family.

@johnkirby6700 2 года назад

Agree with documenting what you have for insurance purposes. Walk around with a camera and get clear video of model#'s and serial#'s. Make sure you are in the video too. Otherwise the insurance company WILL claim you lived in an empty house. And it is your job to prove them wrong. This applies to any type of claim for property loss.

@TheRealScooterGuy Год назад

Many of these ideas are useless for the pro burglar. But most are not pros. Often we see drug addicts trying to be burglars, or someone you let into your house trying to be a sneak-thief -- e.g. the electrician or phone company repair person -- and putting things out of sight is the best way to discourage impulse-thefts.

@iamthatiam363 3 года назад

To be honest I'd probably forget most the hiding places and toss em out during spring cleaning!!😜

@Geekiezoid Год назад

No problem there….I don’t do Spring cleaning 🤣

@iamthatiam363 Год назад

@@Geekiezoid 🤭😄

@lindavolp2534 Год назад

excellent advice, and I am sure that all the burglers that have watched it will look for lonely stones outside for keys and check the bookcase for hidden treasures.

@jb6712 Год назад

The original idea, when presented around 50 years or so ago, was that people would have the intelligence enough to put it where stones of an equivalent size would be naturally found. Many people back then were using chunks of marble chipped off larger chunks in their flower beds, so the whole idea of hiding a key in such a manner was perfectly logical. Maybe if you would have THOUGHT for a moment, you'd have realized that he was doing the same thing---hiding the stone-topped bottle in a place where other stones clearly were.

@lindavolp2534 Год назад

@@jb6712 I am aware of that, and while growing up in the 50s through 70s, I believe my family explored many places to hide spare keys and valuables. The one lesson all the kids learned was to never brag about what we had. Never mention new items or cash, downplay everything. Even today, when a friend complimented me on my computer, I immediately told them I had had it for a number of years and that it was so old that if it broke, it would cost more to fix than it was worth.

@Ifeguy Год назад

appreciate the video.. That said.. you have to distinguish between the quick and quiet burglar and the burglar that tosses your place. Many of the things mentioned here are probably fine if you are expecting a "cat burglar" that sneaks in with a flashlight and looks through your home... In reality most burglars wait until you are just leaving your house (ensuring them some time) and they literally toss your house. They pull out and flip every drawer, pull down any books on bookshelves and knock pictures off of the wall. All of that can be done in about 5 minutes in a normal sized house. And that for the most part would negate all of the hiding places except the rock outside. So I'd kind of stay away from hollowed out books, things taped to drawer backs and safes behind paintings. The rock one was very good though and I did like the paint can idea.. I'd probably put some bubble wrap or foam in it so that it doesn't rattle.