10 Hiding Spots Burglars Always Look First (A Locksmith's List)

He was in the house for eleven minutes. He walked past the television, past the laptop, past a guitar worth more than my first car — and went straight to the top drawer of the bedroom dresser. He did not find that drawer. He went to it. That difference is the whole video. I was a locksmith for thirty-five years and I never caught a burglar. That was never my job. I am the man who shows up the morning after. In this one I count down the ten places a stranger checks first when he is looking for what you own — from the freezer at number ten to the one that is in about three out of four houses in this country at number one — and for each one I tell you the trade reason he goes there. Then the part that actually helps: the three rules I would give a friend, and the ten minutes with a phone and an open drawer that matter more than any hiding place. THE GUIDES — raykessler.vercel.app Three guides, ninety-nine pages, twenty-seven dollars. They are not free, and I would rather tell you that here than surprise you: 1. The One Afternoon Door (43 pages) — the ten-minute test before you spend anything, the shopping list with lengths and gauges, and the afternoon in order. 2. The $1,500 Phone Call (29 pages) — what to say to a locksmith at eleven at night, rekey versus replace, and the letter for the insurance credit. 3. Nothing To Buy (27 pages) — thirty-seven fixes that cost zero, plus the letter a renter can hand a landlord. THE LIST, IN ORDER 10. The freezer (and the fake soup can) 9. The bathroom — the toilet tank and the medicine cabinet 8. The hollow book on the shelf 7. The home office desk and the filing cabinet 6. The child's bedroom 5. Under the mattress 4. The bedroom closet — shoeboxes and the top shelf 3. The nightstand 2. The safe that is not bolted down 1. The dresser. The top drawer. RELATED — the spare key is a different list, and it is its own video on this channel. Ray Kessler. Thirty-five years, about four thousand doors, and not one burglar caught. #homesecurity #locksmith #burglary