Bernd Falk – Der Ex-Einbrecher

Home burglary prevention for seniors, told by a self-described ex-burglar

German-speaking seniors and people living alone who want cheap home and everyday safety habits (inferred from the about text and titles addressing older Germans).

• Talking head · Talking head
• A grey-haired man with a full white beard, in a dark coat or quilted vest, centred and facing the camera in front of a night-time petrol station or house front; thumbnails show him pointing at a scene.

About 19 minutes: a story hook from the burglar years over rendered scenes, then the presenter's numbered list (3 to 15 items) with a cheap fix for each, then a comment prompt and a call to subscribe and share.

• Where burglars look for valuables
• Reading a house or door for signs of who lives there
• Everyday mistakes: car, shopping, cemetery, petrol station
• Cheap home protection habits for seniors
• Doorstep tricks and questions strangers use

• Ex-Einbrecher: [N] Fehler [place], nach denen ich [outcome]
• Ex-Einbrecher: Die [N] Verstecke, die ich [verb] habe
• Ex-Einbrecher warnt Senioren: [N] Dinge an Ihrem Haus, bei denen ich [outcome]
• Ex-Einbrecher: An diesen [N] [Zeichen] habe ich erkannt, ob [X]

The bearded presenter fills the right third; in 8 of 10 he points at a scene on the left (a house, a shopper, a drawer). Two-line caption, white text on a red and a black block; red arrows on 4; mostly evening tones.

• 20 of 21 titles contain 'Ex-Einbrecher', so the ex-burglar hook is on nearly every video
• 2 of the 3 most viewed videos reveal hiding places for valuables: 41,036 and 26,963 views
• 4 titles name seniors or older Germans, among them the most viewed video (74,110 views); the about text targets them too
• 21 uploads between Sep 11 and Oct 8, most of them about 19 minutes with one numbered-list structure
• A handbook link appears in the first line of most descriptions, at 29.90 EUR in the offer found