40 years ago I was in college and thieves had broken into just about everyones place but ours so we figured we would get broken into soon. We put about 1/4 lb of gun power in a pipe with an electric ignitor and attached it to the electrical cord inside a junk TV. We put the TV back together and wrapped a large about of tape over the plug so we didn't forget and accidently plug in the TV ourself. We set the TV in plain sight with a note on top that says, Good working TV as if we had bought it at a yard sale or something. 2 days later we were all gone I returned home about 2 am to find several police cars had the road blocked from all directions. I had to show my ID to prove I lived down that street to get in. I asked what is going so and was told some guy plugged in a stolen TV and it exploded. The police office went on to say, these are the guys we have been looking for their whole house is full of stolen stuff 100s of stereos, TVs, tape players, etc, someone did us a favor. I asked if anyone was hurt he said, no TV was on a strong table the guy was lucky he was bent over below the table when he plugged it in. It blew all the windows out of the house and the neighbors called the police. Smoke was coming out of every window like the place was on fire it was easy to find the correct house. The guys were arrested and they went to jail.