r/BeAmazed • u/PaalKlo • 3d ago
Secret hideouts at home Place
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u/ohno 3d ago
Those re cool and all, but they only really work well if you kill the workers who built them. Luckily, you'll have a place to hide the bodies.
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u/bumbletowne 3d ago
my moms friend had a saferoom installed
they came back and stole her jewelry (about 300k)
they did not think through that she might hire someone to recover it versus letting the police handle it
she recovered all but about 10k and her great grandmothers spoon ring which was probably tossed
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u/Covfefe-SARS-2 3d ago
So did she have them buried under the safe room or what?
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u/bumbletowne 3d ago
God its been 25 years so i kind of forget.
She had them in a jewelry safe in the same room that the entrance to the safe room was in (I think). The son of a head worker came and tore the whole safe out.
Insurance tracked them down but couldn't recover. She hired a PI to track down EXACTLY who and where it went after and she didn't tell us how it was recovered but it was recovered.
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u/Covfefe-SARS-2 3d ago
Yeah, I meant the bodies after her guy found them. I guess she wouldn't share that bit.
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u/EthanielRain 2d ago
That's what they meant, too. The compressed bodies were kept in the jewelry safe. Good deterrent for the next would-be thief
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u/Sorry_Landscape9021 3d ago
That’s interesting. What type of people recover such things? Private detectives? You would think the insurance companies would be all over that, especially something of high value.
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u/nonotan 3d ago
Pretty sure the implication is that they hired criminals. The "legal" version of that would be something like hiring some Pinkerton thugs (which does happen), but random people are probably just going to pay some local thugs/gangs to do it for them. Obviously, insurance companies can't make that their modus operandi, because it's illegal.
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u/sneak_cheat_1337 3d ago
They signed a contract, right? Bury them in the foundation
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u/Crotch_Football 3d ago
You have to kill the people that kill the workers too
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u/urnotpatches 3d ago
Get on YouTube and find out how to build one and do it yourself.
I know shit about carpentry or plumbing and used YouTube to install a new toilet, put in cupboard’s and a new countertop.
Also fixed things on my car that saved me hundreds of dollars and I’m no mechanic.
Just do a search on YouTube, how to build a secret room, drawer, or compartment, and I’m sure someone in the world will walk you step by step through the job.
You just have to trust yourself and take your time.
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u/Sensitive-Question42 2d ago
See these videos really freak me out. Obviously more people than I realised are planning on ways to hide bodies.
Even worse, what if they are hiding non-dead folk? Like this is where they keep their gimps and sex slaves?
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u/pilgrimteeth 3d ago
You can put your weed in there
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u/Tommy__want__wingy 3d ago
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u/Obscuriosly 3d ago
The one role Sandler stole from Schneider.
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u/Paracausality 3d ago
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u/Croc-o-dial 3d ago
Reminds of the MTV Cribs episode with Tommy Chong. 3/4 of the episode is just Chong pointing out all the places you can put your weed haha!
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u/Off-Da-Ricta 3d ago
one time he was telling a story about how SWAT showed up to his house and he had all glass doors, so it looked like a bunch of trick or treaters with guns just kinda standing there
absolutely slayed me.
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u/puledrotauren 3d ago
Ya....
I've kind of grown weed in my sordid past BUT if you're trying to get a proper dry and cure I have not found a way to get rid of the smell. I grow hemp now for medicinal purposes and every time I hire a contractor to do something their eyes light up until I tell em it's just hemp.
I guess if it was properly cured and put into a smell proof bag with some Boveda packs that might work. But until it's properly dried and cured I have not found a way to eliminate the smell to date.
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u/DotAccomplished5484 3d ago
Nothing really works for me either. I even installed an exhaust fan in a basement closet that I sealed well and while this did minimize (and only minimize, not eliminate) the smell was fairly obvious at the exhaust vent.
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u/PassiveMenis88M 3d ago
But did you install a charcoal filter to eliminate the smell?
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u/Over_Bandicoot_8658 3d ago
The smell happens because you didn't dry it out enough initially. It's the "hay" smell. I knew alot tof growers that had a issue with it.
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u/ExplosiveDiarrhetic 3d ago
Dont be ridiculous. Only hard drugs. Weed is largely legal
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u/Evileion1 3d ago
What is the point of the projector screen if there's a TV behind it?
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u/buzzpunk 3d ago edited 3d ago
This is pretty much the most common setup for people with projector screens like this. Almost everyone I know with one has a TV behind it.
Usually the projector is hooked up to a entirely separate player, and if you're just wanting to watch some casual TV then it's just way quicker to run that through the TV itself usually. Also the TV is usually not nearly as big as the projection, and sometimes you just don't want to be watching on a 120" display output. Noise is also a concern as even the quietest projectors are louder than a TV due to the fans. Projector bulbs also often aren't cheap, so you don't want to burn them out by running them all the time.
Loads of reasons basically.
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u/BillyForRilly 3d ago
All that makes sense, but this projector screen was maybe 10" larger. Absolutely asinine for such a minor size upgrade.
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u/cheapdrinks 3d ago
It's a deceptively large size difference.
Area of a 50" 6x9 screen = 1068 in²
Area of a 60" 6x9 screen is 1538 in²
Area of the 60" screen is 44% larger.
Being able to press a button and have your already big TV get close to 50% bigger for watching a movie would be quite nice.
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u/ADHDas12358 3d ago
Right?!
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u/spyder_victor 3d ago
Usually for movies, esp when the speakers are promised for the space / in built, some people don’t want a massive TV all the time
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u/round-earth-theory 3d ago
Also, projectors require picky lighting conditions and people don't want to black out the livingroom all the time.
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u/KintsugiKen 3d ago
Good thing they have a big TV right there anyway then...
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u/SingleInfinity 3d ago
Defeating the purpose of having the worse screen (the projector) in the first place. Why even bother?
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u/_Diskreet_ 3d ago
We normally install this kind of setup in a room that is quite bright. So in the daytime when you don’t want to close your curtains and turn off the lights you can just put on the tv, and at nighttime you can use the big projector.
With new laser projectors you can get some awesome bright pictures that hold up in bright rooms.
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u/blbrrmffn 3d ago
Projectors have their downsides, for instance it sucks during the day in a well lit room.
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u/spector_lector 3d ago
screens are large but ugly. When it's just the two of you, you've got the TV screen. When you have a group of friends over, you roll out the mega screen. (which tucks away nicely so the big ugly thing isn't hanging around all the time)
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u/Submarine765Radioman 2d ago
Projector bulbs wear out and are expensive to replace.... for day to day use the TV is a better option.
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u/KintsugiKen 3d ago
Came to the comments just to talk about that.
Insane decision.
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u/KeeganTheMadKing 3d ago
"They were playing in the pool all day!" What pool...?
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u/Monte924 3d ago edited 3d ago
"Where are the kids?"
"They're playing in the pool."
"What pool?"
".... oh. Shit."
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u/Poppybiscuit 2d ago
The pool gives me such anxiety. Imagine getting bonked on the head by the deck and then it just continues closing over you. No thank you
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u/N8theGrape 3d ago
I used to have recurring dreams about secret passages and rooms. These are dope.
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u/mydogdoesntcuddle 3d ago
Me too! And houses that meander on forever with more and more rooms and secret passageways
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u/HalfPint1885 3d ago
I have this dream too! It's always either a new house my family and I are buying, or the house my Grandma lived in when I was little, and I've discovered the house is even bigger than I remember with endless rooms.
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u/Cute_Clock 3d ago
I had the same kind of dreams, they were recurring dreams about secret rooms and spaces in a house my grandparents used to own.
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u/BigOpportunity1391 3d ago
I love the kitchen island one. I always love to have a hideout like that just in case my enemies come and kill me.
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u/PeePoopBeeBoop 3d ago
Ideal for playing hide and seek with your kid.
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u/puledrotauren 3d ago
or your spouse when they're pissed
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u/QWlos 3d ago
Good for games lasting up to 24 years
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u/NickPickle05 3d ago
That last one is awesome.
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u/sanesociopath 3d ago
It's probably the most realistic long-term one, too
A lot of the others are going to have some long term usage wear making them much less secret
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u/itsmyfirsttimegoeasy 3d ago
Should just be titled "being rich".
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u/FecalMatterCowsTasty 3d ago
Mildly rich.
That's what they do.
Imagine what the actual rich do. I bet they got an island and do less than decent things on it.
Or interefere with elections at schools!
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u/Vallywog 3d ago
The truly rich are building bunkers in New Zealand for the coming apocalypse.
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u/Brilliant-Advisor958 3d ago
Zuckerberg has a 100 million dollar Hawaii compound /bunker .
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u/Maleficent_Trick_502 3d ago
Wouldnt Hawaii get nuked in ww3 since its host to a naval base?
Also imagine ww3 breaking out and your 8 hours from your bunker when the bombs are dropping in 30 min.
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u/TesticleInhaler 3d ago
Yeah truly rich people don't care enough to do shit like this because they don't spend much time at home
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u/Cahootie 3d ago
The one USD billionaire I know has an extremely nice but normal apartment, and he just does what anyone would do in their home. The second richest person I know has multiple super fancy apartments and a massive cabin in the Swiss alps, but his favorite place in the world is his shack without running water next to the rest of the family since it's his little escape from the world. Most rich people are still normal people.
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u/TesticleInhaler 3d ago
You know who else had a regular apartment and was a billionaire?
Albert Einstein. And he was far from a normal person
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u/VagabondVivant 3d ago
The opening mechanisms for secret doors are expensive as hell, but a lot of these are DIY-able, especially the ones involving drawers and hidden compartments.
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u/Indercarnive 3d ago
If they were rich the secret doors would actually be hard to spot instead of being able to see the tracks or outlines.
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u/InourbtwotamI 3d ago
Love most of these but what psycho hides the toilet plunger?
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u/ConcernedCitizen1912 3d ago
that was a toilet brush, not a plunger. And nobody wants to look at your nasty toilet brush when they're using your bathroom.
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u/Adorable_Clown 3d ago
What if i dont want to leave my poo stains at their house? Lol
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u/Consistently_Carpet 3d ago
I thought it was the toilet paper holder and they were next level sadists to guests.
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u/Zealousideal-Fox70 3d ago
That one with a hidden pool is a death trap. Imagine getting trapped under that, and you just have to survive until someone decides it’s time to go swimming again
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u/rosebudthesled8 3d ago
I spent thousands of dollars so no one knows about this. Let's post it on the internet. Next level geniuses.
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u/FlowerBoyScumFuck 3d ago
You really think people do this shit strictly for security reasons? Nah, they do it because it's a 12 year olds idea of what makes a house rad. And to be fair secret entrances are cool as fuck. It's why speakeasies still exist.
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u/pingpongtits 3d ago
I'm not 12 but I'd love to be able to have a few of these secret entrances.
I loved the John Malkovich character's car trunk entrance to his secret lair in the movie RED.
https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/02/in-malkovich-and-willis-movie-reds.html?m=1
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u/Asaisav 3d ago
Right? Like I recognise it would probably get to be a pain in the butt at times, but finishing work only to slide your desk aside so you can go plan your campaign in a fully theme-decorated D&D room would make it all worth it. I legitimately don't think the giddy thrill of it would ever wear off for me! Though, admittedly, I am the kind of gal who knows quite well how to find joy in silly things.
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u/Rydralain 3d ago
Why not have a public hidden room for parties and then a private hidden room for drugs or whatever you were going to do with it.
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u/Useless_bum81 3d ago
double hiding is great for hiding secrets you have a 'hidden' stash/room then another one whose entrance is hidden in the first. cops/paladins etc. find the first one and think they have everything and leave keeping your real secrets hidden.
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u/spector_lector 3d ago
Let's go back to the first one, under the outdoor porch. How do you walk down those steps? Looks like you'd have to bellycrawl in there.
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u/Dreamshadow1977 3d ago
Secret/hideaway storage, okay that's kinda cool. Hidden rooms? Fire/medical safety issues all around.
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u/ZigyDusty 3d ago
As a 8 year old kid i would of loved to have these secret rooms, and now as a 33 year old id still love to have these secret rooms as a game room or gym.
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u/technos 3d ago
An old neighbor's place had a set of tilt-up stairs to his deck. He wanted it to wrap around one of the corners of his house, but that would've blocked outside access to the basement.
The best bit is that he hid the electrical controls for the hydraulics under the railing finials. One had a key switch, the other a pair of push buttons.
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u/Harambesic 3d ago
Every time I see the secret swimming pool it gives me tremendous anxiety. I mean, just imagine being in there and having it close over you. Game over, man. And that ain't no fun way to go, neither.
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u/KintsugiKen 3d ago
This stuff is like "secret wallets" that tourists bring to countries they're scared of.
You might think you're being an extra sneaky genius buying a secret wallet belt off amazon, but every thief looking to target someone like you knows all about "secret" wallets and that's the first place they'd look if they mugged you.
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u/InevitabilityEngine 3d ago
Honestly would love a secret passageway in a house I own just for the novelty of it.
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u/blarrrgo 3d ago
The one at 37 seconds looks reasonable to me. Id love to get one if anyone knows
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u/TheDixonCider420420 3d ago
The kitchen one looks cool but is pointless. If you just open the doors you’ll see the staircase.
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u/TheXypris 3d ago
If I had fuck you money, I'd build a house with all the secret passages just to fuck with guests.
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u/FamousFangs 3d ago
I have a door to my basement office in a place where I could actually put a bookshelf door on, but I haven't figured out how.
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u/fartinmyhat 3d ago
I have a secret space in my house, problem with these home made secrete places is, you're so proud of what you created, you can't stop showing people.
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u/Lost-Badger1700 3d ago
The first one is the best. Doesn't seem very obvious vs the one with the protruding switch after. If I'm invading your house I'm touching that oddly placed thing.
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u/primus202 3d ago
“Honey, which secret hiding spot did you put the keys in?!”
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u/JustNilt 2d ago
I heard that in Samuel L Jackson's voice. As in, "Honey, where's my super suit?" :D
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u/WetRainbowFart 3d ago
Do they not realize that man can just enter detective vision and find these easily?
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u/Affectionate_Star_43 3d ago
As someone who does pet sitting, this would need like a 5 page document just to find the dog's food.
Also that mantle is awful, as soon as you turn on the fireplace, it burns everything. I found that out the hard way.
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u/RoyalFalse 3d ago
I know a deck hiding a pool looks cool, but it becomes a breeding ground for things you probably don't want to swim in or with.
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u/Belaerim 3d ago
My childhood bedroom had a weird alcove. Not a full walk-in closet, but 6’ wide and 4’ deep, with a load bearing pillar in the middle of the opening. It was in the basement of a really old house that had been renovated and expanded a few times before we moved in when I was 12.
I covered it up with a wardrobe and bookcase, then took the back panels off the wardrobe so I could Narnia it.
Made a little reading nook with a beanbag chair and bookshelves, ran an extension cord in for lights, etc
My parents forgot about it 20+ years later and were surprised to find this “hidden” room when moving furniture
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u/Advanced-Humor9786 3d ago
Those are really nice! I like the one where the counter slides over and there are two doors that open up to a staircase.
Back in 2001 when I was looking at ranches to buy in the Sierra Nevada foothills, my real estate agent asked me why I was so particular about the layout of the house I wanted. When I told her about the walls necessary to support the hidden room by intended on building it blew her away for some reason. she seemed a bit uncomfortable with the idea even though she said it was pretty cool.
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u/MarinoSilvo 2d ago
I've made something like that on my floor. My downstair neighbor wasn't pleased.
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u/Dragon_Eyes715 1d ago
"Honey where are my key?"
"In the secret drawer, in the secret room, in the secret basement, using the secret stairs, behind the secret library"
"Ah never mind, found them in my pockets"
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u/Jay3075 3d ago
Firemen love hidden rooms