No such thing as a smart criminal. You will eventually get caught.
They must have forgotten about that part of the TV show. The part where the two guys involved were "ex-thieves" that also got caught.

I keep $50,000 in cash in the house... in rolls of pennies. I originally kept them in the 1st floor closet, and now they're in the basement, but that's another story.

"Fake alarm company signs seem to work almost as well as real ones, for example."
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And that's based on.....?

They probably should have quit when they got the $50,000!

It's really almost your own fault if you're keeping $50,000 in your house (instead of the bank, where it's FDIC insured, even in this economy). Basically, almost any house is ridiculously easy to break into in one way or another, and very few people take the measures needed to protect themselves against a determined burglar. The sensible minimum is to make your place LOOK more risky or less lucrative than your neighbor (like the joke about two guys being chased by a bear -- you don't need to be faster than the bear, just faster than the other guy). Fake alarm company signs seem to work almost as well as real ones, for example.
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The show didn't cause this and probably educated hundreds of thousands of viewers in contrast to the number of would-be burglars. Computer professionals know that "security through obscurity" (like putting the key under the doormat, or hiding your cash under the mattress) never works in the long run.

villalamesville:
You hide your stuff under your mattress... Amazing... I do too! Yet I keep some of my stuff in a portable safe labeled "important stuff" Want the combo number? Its the same from Spaceballs 1.2.3.4.5. LOL

So what if they learned it from a TV show. The important thing is that the corporate American goons who own the network came out on top! Robberies and murders aren't their concern. Money is. I mean, c'mon here, it's not about our culture or the generations of people being brainwashed and negatively influenced and becoming the future leaders of this country, it's all about who can have the most and leave the rest with the least, right? Welcome to America. It's stinks, but, nonetheless, Welcome to America!

Well, it's a good thing that television doesn't affect the way we think or act.

reminds me of the Barney Miller episode with the copycat burglars, now that was funny...

I agree with miyata - shift the blame - that's what's really happening

well, they got the idea from tv, but got cught anyway. Maybe we will see them on Smoking Guns World's Dumbest Criminals next LOL

maybe the 50k was a setup? That is how the show works, right? The victim knows it is going to happen before it happens.

I maintain my vast Financial Empire from beneath my mattress.

So they wanted to emulate a television show. Mabey next time they get nabbed (because history repeats itself) it will be based upon a tip phoned into "Americas Most Wanted"
And so true.... Why keep fifty thousand dollars laying around in a briefcase or backpack to begin with?

I wonder what someone was doing with $50K in a carrying case?

They should'a quit after they found the fifty grand. It's when ya get greedy that ya get caught....

Miyata312, OMG! That comment was funny! You made my evening. I'm cracking up over how you called those two "tards". Hee hee hee! Thanks for the laugh. :)

OK they blame a tv show instead of blaming the two tards that got them in trouble, themselves. What a couple of morons.

I wonder what they are studying at Madison Area Technical College, locksmithing maybe? *s*

Its too bad I really like that show. Now they will probably remove it from the air

Well, it's a good thing that television doesn't effect the way we think or act.

I've often wondered about this type of dilemma. Although those shows are meant educate the public, it seems they're forgetting that burglars help to make up that public.