The Three Tumblers
Episodes
Hardware History Files: The Vault That Protected America’s Constitution | Mosler and the Charters of Freedom
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When America’s founding documents — the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights — were under threat, one company w...
Hardware History Files: What Happened to Lockwood?
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you were in the door hardware industry in 1952, you knew the name Lockwood. It stood for prestige, quality, and American industrial might. The Lock...
Santa Claus: Master Burglar
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Across the world, hundreds of millions of houses are broken into on a regular basis during the month of December, with most occurring just on one part...
Haunted or Tumbled?
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Three Tumblers lock-shop of horror! Tonight, we will tell you three stories of intrigue, mystery, supernatural activity, and tales from...
Season Three - Coming Soon
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Season Three is on the way!-----Listen to The Three Tumblers anywhere you get your podcasts and, please, follow and give us a review! The Three Tumbl...
Locked Up: The History of Handcuffs
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From ancient mythology, to modern public safety tools. Symbols of horrific history, to objects of pleasure. These restraints have been used for centur...
Security Starts at Home
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Break-ins. Burglaries. Home invasions. Squatters. Long gone are the days of not locking the door when you leave your house for the day. Criminals br...
Serial Killer Security Goes D.I.Y.
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 60s, Americans were introduced to a new kind of crime threat. With cases beginning in Boston and California, police were investigating mu...
The D. B. Cooper Vane
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wednesday, November 24th, 1971. The man wearing a dark suit, sunglasses, and a parachute stood at the back of the Northwest Orient Airlines plane. Ste...
Keys to the Caribbean: Pirates and Locks
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
1718, Nassau, Bahamas. Famed pirate Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, uses his fleet of ships to blockade the settlement. Quickly, those in ch...
The Baker Street Heist
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Monday, September 13th, 1971. At the corner of Baker and Marylebone Streets in Westminster, London, the branch manager of Lloyd's Bank opened the vaul...
Deadliest Keys: Nukes at Sea
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
August, 1945. The United States drops atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in a last ditch effort to stop the imperialist military dictator...
Keys to Murder: The Tamika Huston Story
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Weeks after family members report a young woman as missing, investigators find a ring of keys in her car. One key has seemingly random numbers and let...
Keys to the Stars: The Bling Ring
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Los Angeles California, Hollywood Hills. The year was 2008 and celebrities were living it up just as they had been for decades. Between nightlife, awa...
Grand Theft Corvette
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Chevrolet Corvette. One of America's defining sports cars experienced a boom in sales in the early 1980s. It also became one of the most popular c...
2024 Mid-Season Promo
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the past five months, The Three Tumblers have told you the tragic history that shaped how we interact doors today. Now, they bring you stories fro...
The Station Nightclub Fire, Part 3: Years After
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Only three men involved in the Station nightclub fire are held legally responsible. But were there more to blame? Good comes out of darkness. Families...
The Station Nightclub Fire, Part 2: Seconds of Fire
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a matter of minutes, those still trapped inside the Station nightclub are on the verge of death. Can they still escape, or will they die trying? -...
The Station Nightclub Fire, Part 1: Years Before
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A small nightclub built in the late 1940s transforms over the years into a popular, local venue for live music and good evenings with friends until on...
The Cocoanut Grove Fire, Part 3: Phoenix of Paradise
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With over four hundred people dead and dying at the Cocoanut Grove club, someone had to be to blamed. While investigators look for a cause, others wor...
The Cocoanut Grove Fire, Part 2: Inferno in Paradise
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tony is a kid who works at The Grove. Stanley works there too. Jimmy and Clifford are both in the armed forces and in the paradise at 17 Piedmont Stre...
The Cocoanut Grove Fire, Part 1: Wartime Paradise
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
November, 1942. America is at war. Mobsters still have control and influence on city inspectors, allowing them to skate past regulations and requireme...
The Von Duprin Game Changer, Part 2: Flight to Safety
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every minute of every day in America there are emergencies. Multiple times a day people have to get to safety in a hurry and locked doors could mean a...
2023 Holiday Special
25 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fires, exits, origins, and bloopers. Lots of bloopers.In this special holiday episode, Jeff, Tyler, and Tim discuss what brought them this far, what l...
The Von Duprin Game Changer, Part 1: The Power of Three
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On December 30th 1903, thirty-three year old Carl Prinzler was in Chicago for business. With his business concluded, Carl found himself delayed in get...
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Part 3: Out Of Fashion, Into Compliance
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As firefighters, police officers, and citizens who volunteered their efforts recovered bodies and lowered them to the ground below from the eighth, ni...
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Part 2: Escape or Die
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
William Shepherd walked down the cobblestone streets in Greenwich village on the afternoon of Saturday, March 25th, 1911. It was a trendy place that a...
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Part 1: The Cost of Fashion
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today it’s difficult for us to imagine how a simple women’s garment, the Industrial Revolution, and labor practices could all be related. Right ...
Lake View School, Collinwood Ohio, Part 4: A Village in Mourning
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The acrid smell of smoke still hung in the air. It was late in to the night of March 4th but survivors of the Lake View School fire were being questio...
Lake View School, Collinwood Ohio, Part 3: A Village on Fire
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As people from the village of Collinwood started to rush to the school in a desperate attempt to save the children, a bottleneck that was formed by an...
Lake View School, Collinwood Ohio, Part 2: School on Fire
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thirteen-year-old Emma Neibert left her home a little after eight A.M. to go to school, like she did most any other day. The chilly morning air and li...
Lake View School, Collinwood Ohio, Part 1: Growing Village
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1908, the village of Collinwood Ohio was experiencing an enormous growth of population and industry. As railroad tycoons acquired and built on land...
The Iroquois Theatre Fire, Part 3: The Aftermath
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
M.S. Schalk; will die. William Patten; will die. Susan Beahl, aged 16; will die. Richard Emelang, stage hand; will die.In the days after the fire, Chi...
The Iroquois Theatre Fire, Part 2: The Fire
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On a castle terrace, in front of a backdrop painted with gardens, Fatima, believing her love Selim was dead, agrees to marry Blue Beard. He gives her ...
The Iroquois Theatre Fire, Part 1: The Theatre
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1903, the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was set to host a matinée performance of the musical “Mister Blue Beard”. The children’s pla...
Season 2 Teaser
23 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for the start of season 2 on October 2nd.
S1 E30 - Lockpicking
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everyone, I'm Jeff Moss and along with Tim Coleman and Tyler J. Thomas, we are going to discuss lockpicking.Listen to The Three Tumblers anywher...
S1 E29 - Pin Kits
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everyone I'm Tim Coleman and along with Tyler J. Thomas and Jeff Moss, we'll be the best pin ups in the trade and in podcast. It's three o'clock...
S1E28 - Standalone Keypad Locks
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk about standalone keypad locks! Listen to The Three Tumblers anywhere you get your podcasts and, please, follow and give us a review! The T...
S1E27 - Road Life
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Well, last time we talked about life in the shop. Seems fitting enough that this time we talk about life on the road.Questions, comments, concerns? Em...
S1 E26 - Shop Life
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For some of us, getting on the road is a rare adventure. For others, being in the shop is just as rare. What do you actually do in the shop? Just coun...
S1 E25 - Starting A Locksmith Business
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm Tyler J. Thomas along with Jeff Moss, Tim Coleman, and Chris Huffstetler and we will discuss the "ins and outs" of starting a locksmith business.Q...
S1 E24 - Callbacks
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You've done the job, gotten your money, and left the site a few days ago. But then that customer calls back and says what you did doesn't work anymore...
S1 E23 - Dispatching
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Every job starts somewhere, most of the time it starts with a simple phone call. How do you determine what the person needs and how can you use the ca...
S1 E22 - NSPs
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
National retail chains don't have a lot of time to do local research when it comes to locksmithing or any other maintenance needs. That's why they hav...
S1 E21 - Locksmith Terminology
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Where do we get the terminology we use as locksmiths when communicating with others in the industry? How do we speak customer, and then translate it t...
S1 E20 - Safes (feat. Jeff Gaylor)
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you wanting to become a box tech? Maybe you already are and have a great overview of locking containers, including safes. Perhaps all you do is mo...
S1 E19 - Customer Etiquette
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are certain courtesies that locksmiths should have with their customers, like cleaning up after themselves. But there are also a number of court...
S1E18 - Making Keys
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hey! Do y'all make keys? While we honestly just want to blurt out, "No, you dumbass!", making keys is pretty much essential to our jobs, whether it's ...
S1 E17 - Lubricants
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you tired of running into the same old dry and crusty? Maybe one lube is just as good as another. And why should you charge for lube if you're jus...
S1 E16 - Supply Chains (feat. PJ Slauson of CLK Supplies)
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Where do the people we get our parts from, get our parts from? Is there anywhere we can go when our regular places don't have the stuff we need? What'...
S1E15 - Access Control
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Access control is all around us, every day, all day. How do you learn about different products and choose to use them? What licensing do you have to h...
S1E14 - Sourcing Parts
19 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Okay, so you've sized up the job, given your customer a price and, son of a bitch, they approved it! Well, now you have to follow through and get the ...
S1E13 - Quoting
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Let's make a deal! You pay me one-thousand dollars and I will make your doors unlock at the touch of a button! If you quote like this, you're gonna lo...
S1E12 - Surveys
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest favors you can do yourself as a locksmith is to look at a job before you even name a price. Knowing what you're getting into before...
S1E11 - Locksmith Tools
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Does everybody know what time it is?!? That's right, it's (locksmith) tool time!Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] ...
S1E10 - IT and Locksmiths
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do locksmiths figure into the information technology world? Do we just put a storeroom lever on a server room door? Is considering physical securi...
S1E9 - THINGS WE DON’T WANT TO TOUCH
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've all learned throughout life that that are things you don't want to touch. Hot stoves, mean animals, and turds, just to name a few. In our trade,...
S1E8 - Locksmith Pricing
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is you policy on pricing to 'just charge more'? Or are you subject to someone else's price schedule? Who do you turn to when you don't know what to ch...
S1E7 - Installation & Hardware
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you approach a job that requires installation of new hardware? Do you measure, diagram, and write a plan? Or do you just wing it? What resource...
S1E6 - Locksmith Ethics
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When a customer walks into your shop with a "Do Not Duplicate" key, do you automatically copy it? What about when they bring in a safe? When you're on...
S1E5 - Lockouts
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.
S1E4 - Customer Relations
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do your customers want you to do things you know should not be done? Do some locksmiths really know how to act with customers? How do you handle the 4...
S1E3 - High Security Locks
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's theme is high security locks. We will discuss locksmith experiences with high security cylinders, consider all details of high security instal...
S1E2 - Locksport
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we will discuss locksport and it's effects on the lock industry, how locksport inspires locksmith recruit, and how locksporters turne...
S1E1 - Learning
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Questions, comments, concerns? Email us [email protected] or find us on Twitter @3tumblerspod.