# Any mystery safe stories?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mystery-safe-stories/470690>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 2, 2008, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mystery-safe-stories/470690 "2008-11-02T06:52:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mystery-safe-stories/470690/1 "2008-11-02T06:52:11Z")

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I was cleaning out an older in-law’s garage a few years back and came across an old locked safe. No one knew what the combination was or the last time it was opened. I was very interested in getting it open - even if it took a cutting torch (the safe was junk and set to be thrown out). Well, I had to take off, but I later heard that it was cut open and nothing was inside.

So I was wondering, any great mystery safe stories out there - personal or otherwise? I’m hoping they’re not all Al Capone’s vault.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mystery-safe-stories/470690/2 "2008-11-02T18:25:16Z")

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Yes, I was a security guard when I was in college. They were tearing down an old hotel and found a small room of safety deposit boxes in the basement. They found a number had not had their contents removed. One had around $10,000 in jewelry.