I’ve been a fan of the Discovery Channel show It Takes a Thief for a while now, but I just saw an episode that truly was amazing.

For those of you who do know of the show, the main premise is that a professional thief breaks into a home, steals as many valuables as possible, and then escapes undetected. The owners of the robbed house then are shown video tape detailing how the thief was able to get in and get their stuff with such great ease and then given security devices and updates to make sure it never happens again.

Usually the occupants of the house are gone when the thief robs them blind… but not in this episode. In this episode there were people in and around the house at the time it was being robbed, and they never saw the thief. He hid behind doors while people walked into rooms, he left bags of loot in near plain site as people came and left, he left put jewelry in the maid’s handbag to frame her, and he got out with over $250,000 in jewelry and other goodies (the family was loaded).

Of course, they family got everything back in the end and got a strong lesson in security. I’ve been trying to find clips of this episode on YouTube and elsewhere but haven’t found anything yet. If I find some I will definitely post them. It really is a must see for anyone.

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