5 Safer Places Former CIA Officers Hide Jewelry at Home — And Where You Should NEVER

🔗 Get the complete Safe at Home Library by Kate Sullivan: 3 books + printable checklists: https://katesullivansaferliving.com ✅ 7-day money-back guarantee · Instant download · Print at home This channel shares general home-safety education only, not legal or professional advice. Always check your local laws. In 2009, a couple in Paducah, Kentucky did what you’re supposed to do. Dan bought an 80-dollar fire safe and set it on the bedroom closet floor for Linda’s good jewelry. But Linda tucked her grandmother’s sapphire ring and two pairs of earrings somewhere else, in a tin of old sewing supplies in the laundry room, buried under buttons and thread. One Tuesday afternoon a burglar came through the back door, walked straight to the bedroom, swept the jewelry box into a pillowcase, and carried the safe out under one arm. He walked past that laundry room twice and never opened the tin. The expensive safe lost. The cheap hiding spot won. I’m Kate Sullivan, and I’ve spent 20 years in home security. In this video I walk through your house the way a burglar does, covering the eight places he checks first, and then count down five safer places to hide jewelry at home, ending with the spot I’d trust with my own grandmother’s ring. What I cover: How a burglar actually searches a house, and why the whole job takes under ten minutes What the UNC Charlotte study of 422 convicted burglars found about what they steal The worst places to hide jewelry: the jewelry box, nightstand, sock drawer, closet safe, under the mattress, bathroom, freezer, and kitchen cookie jar Why a fire safe is not the same as a burglary-rated safe The World War Two Monopoly escape-map story and the two rules behind every good hiding spot 5 safer hiding places, including a sewing box, the pantry, a hollow curtain rod, garage clutter, and a bolted-down safe The one mistake that gives away each hiding spot Why your homeowners insurance may only pay around 1,500 dollars for stolen jewelry, and how to photograph and document your pieces The decoy jewelry box trick Why you must tell one trusted person where your valuables are hidden Get the Complete Safe at Home Series: https://katesullivansaferliving.com/ This video is general information, not professional security, legal, or insurance advice. Check your own policy for coverage limits. Subscribe for a new home safety video every week. Tell me in the comments about a piece of jewelry passed down in your family and where Grandma kept it. Please don’t share where yours is hidden now. Watch next: 20 Old-School Home Defense Tricks Retired CIA Officers Use Instead of a $5,000 Security System #HomeSecurity #Homedefense #HomeSafety #BurglaryPrevention #HomeSafeTips #ProtectYourHome