Viewing trash contents before securely deleting

I just put about 500 photos in trash and selected Secure Empty Trash to "really" get rid of them.  However, when I got screen that showed me trash contents, there was only one entry--and it wasn't one of the 500 photos.  I went ahead and started Secure Empty anyway, thinking that perhaps I was just looking in wrong place for complete trash contents.  The item in trash was an out of date Skype app download that I put there last the night before.  But when Secure Trash began, it showed it was deleting over 3000 items!  I Secure Emptied trash just a few weeks ago, and haven't been on this computer much since then, so I can't imagine what's being erased.  I paid more attention to screens and began searching for a list of what is lined up for this 3000+ Secure Empty.  Couldn't find anything.  So now I'm afraid to continue, thinking I might have accidently told system to erase important files.

You're welcome & thank you! 
Skype is a video app.  I would expect it to have thousands of files plus hidden files. 

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