How does Johnny Hamcheck hide his camera during pranks?

Johnny Hamcheck told Theo Von that, for the most part, he does not hide the camera. He says he creates so much confusion that people do not believe he could be filming, even with the phone held in their face. In his early videos he kept it in a backpack and acted like a college student. He calls the setup the ham cam.

• Hamcheck says he picks people who look as if they don't watch social media, and avoids pranking in Columbus because he gets recognised.
• His construction-site prank grew from six-and-a-half-inch cables to six-and-a-half-foot chains.

▸In their words

“It's not about the camera. I put them in some sort of weird hypnosis with the confusion and the stupidity” Johnny Hamcheck · at 37:17 — open in the transcript →

Source: our own transcription of the episode. The full conversation is on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von (2026-10-21). Read the whole episode summary →

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