Compulsive hoarding is a mental illness that causes people to accumulate an excessive amount of clutter within their homes. Delve into the lives of two women whose houses and families are being overrun by their things. Can they dig out of the mess?
Extreme hoarders' lives spiral out of control as their possessions jeopardize their chances for a happy family life.
A man, 55, plans to abandon his hoard and move in with his mother, who is also a hoarder; a woman risks having her house condemned due to her hoarding.
An extreme hoarder is in denial; a woman who has trouble discarding belongings fears that she's passing down her compulsion to her son.
Extreme hoarders face losing their homes and living in isolation.
Two women seek help for their compulsive hoarding problems.
Hoarding is both a comfort and a curse for two lonely women trying to find the strength to change.
Two women must get their compulsive hoarding under control or face eviction from their homes and alienation from their families.
Two women's compulsive hoarding is crowding out their loved ones.
Hoarding by parents threatens to rip a family apart unless they can stop their excessive collecting. A man must learn to control his addiction to buying items at auctions and garage sales.
Season 2 opens as two hoarders get help after decades of compulsive behavior that has driven their loved ones away.
Two moms who are hoarders get help after realizing their obsessions are tearing their families apart.
Two women who started hoarding in the wake of personal tragedies try to put an end to their compulsive behavior.
A woman who started hoarding after surviving Sept. 11 seeks help.
Extreme Hoarder Jahn struggles to clear her belongings from not one, but two houses before both are condemned.
Compulsive hoarder Sharon gets caught stealing from her neighbor's home while Len must choose between his hoard and his daughter.
Conditions inside Tammy's home have become so bad, that she's forced to eat her meals in the car and her sick father is unable to return home from the hospital.
A woman's out of control obsession with bikinis, sweaters and dresses threatens to destroy her relationship with her only daughter.
After decades of hoarding, Debbie has not only lost the comforts of home but the company of her four children as well. Chip's compulsive hoarding has forced his family of six to squeeze into 1600 square feet of living space.
While Patti's extreme hoarding has made it virtually impossible for her daughter to live with her, Jonathan's obsession has kept his three-year-old son from even coming in the door.
Decades of extreme hoarding have put Kay's marriage in serious jeopardy while Toni's compulsive shopping has made her own home a danger zone for her two-year-old granddaughter.
A mother desperately tries to protect her children from their father's hoard, while an artist chooses frogs, penguins and banana peels over her live-in boyfriend.
The tumbling piles of Maggie's collections are putting her own son's life at risk while Bob's all consuming passion for swimming pool parts is pushing his family to the brink.
Pregnant with her first child, Traci is desperate to move back into her childhood home. But it's filled floor to ceiling with her mother's stuff. Now the two must work together to clear a decades worth of clutter before it's too late.
Compulsive hoarder Kathleen discovers a hoard of mice living in her kitchen numbering in the thousands. And for extreme hoarder Jaime's future son-in-law, spending the night in a hoard might very well end a marriage before it even begins.
A woman with OCD is unable to throw away anything. A mother and daughter's house is so trashed they must eat dinner in their car every night.
Hoarders whose homes have been condemned must clean up or risk losing them.
A hoarder faces losing his children if he does not clean his home.
Parents of a teenage hoarder hope a visit by an extreme hoarder will change their daughter's ways.
A former ventriloquist has let her past career become an obsession. A man is having problems being a good father for his daughter as she isn't allowed in his home due to his excessive hoarding.
A woman is in danger of losing custody of her ten year old daughter unless she can change her hoarding ways.
Sherry's hoard has broken up her marriage. Now, authorities are threatening to take away her children and condemn her home. With only weeks to clean it up, Sherry could lose everything she loves.
Miranda's hoarding has escalated to the point that her toddlers have no place to play safely. Hsi-Ming's daughter is concerned that her mother's hoarding is threatening her safety and health.
A psychologist who is accustomed to diagnosing other people's problems can not solve her own hoarding problems and it has escalated to the point where millions of roaches infest her home.
A marriage is in trouble after years of hoarding and secrets kept by a woman from her husband.
Secret hoarding by a couple is complicated by revelations about their relationship and sex lives, which could threaten their marriage and cost them their home.
A municipality is ready to tear down a home unless a hoarding issue is addressed; a woman's attachment to her things could break up her family.
A woman with a lung disease fears her hoarding is making her condition worse; a woman's clutter limits her mobility in her house, while her neighbors complain about her garbage bags piling up outside.
Brad's hoarding has taken over his mobile home; Mary has been evicted and has just weeks to clean out her stuff.
A woman's hoarding may have done irreparable damage to her relationship with her daughter; a woman realizes she needs help after years of collecting have rendered her home uninhabitable.
Cary's paralyzing obsession with Elvis memorabilia has left his New York City apartment virtually uninhabitable.
After over twenty years in the same apartment, compulsive hoarder Randy is being forced to leave by order of his landlord. With only days to accomplish the task, Randy must somehow clear out the eight-foot-high mountains of stuff.
Laura’s collecting has spiraled into a compulsion that has left the relationships with her two sons on the brink of collapse. When a potentially devastating house fire ignites during her clean-up effort, it puts everyone’s safety in jeopardy.
Milton has always loved to shop. After losing his mother, it became a compulsion that soon took over his life. Louise has been diagnosed with cancer and the unhealthy living conditions of her home are only making the reality of the prognosis worse.
A couple's home is packed due to their hoarding and they face the real threat of eviction unless they can clean up and fix all the damage caused by their out of control collecting.
After 30 years of hoarding, Gary’s house is so full that he is forced to sleep outside on a makeshift bed. With the city now threatening eviction, Gary must face the harsh reality: clean up or watch his home be condemned.
Kathy’s extreme hoarding forced her 12-year-old son to move out of their home. Five years later, their relationship is at a crossroad. Now Kathy must make a drastic change or risk losing her son forever.
When Dennis quit drinking, a new compulsion took over: hoarding. Now, severe debt and clutter have him moments away from losing it all. Monte has accumulated a massive, couture-clothing hoard, and destroyed a relationship with her son in the process.
When Eileen admits a dark secret to her family, the situation quickly escalates beyond hoarding to a matter of life and death. Compulsive hoarder Dale has packed not one, but five houses full of clutter.
A woman's custody of her children is at stake unless she can clean up her home in two days.
An ill-tempered man fills his 93-year-old mother's house with clutter after moving back in with her.
Three siblings sift through the clutter in their deceased mother's house with spiritual guidance from a medium.
A woman must live in a camper in her backyard because her house is so cluttered with things she's found in dumpsters, but her neighbors are threatening to sue unless she cleans it up in a hurry.
Compulsive hoarder Valerie risks eviction when her next-door neighbor reports her to the health department. Meanwhile, Ann's house is so filled with clutter that she has been reduced to a 3 sq. ft space in her living room.
A woman's past hoarding has resulted in her going to jail and she faces the same possibility again unless she changes her ways. Home owners come to the startling revelation that the home they have purchased is full of junk left by the previous occupant.
A Canadian rock singer faces the possibility of losing his family unless he can declutter the large amount of memorabilia and other items he has accumulated over the years.
Phyllis and Patty aren't just identical twins, they are identical hoarders as well.
A landlord's secret hoard is a threat to a woman and her children, who lives downstairs. The hoarding is to blame for mold, mice and flea infestations.
Beverly's clutter has filled up her entire home and her three beloved dogs have helped make the space completely unlivable.
A woman began hoarding after the murder of her daughter, but her habit could jeopardize her marriage; a couple's relationship is in danger because of hoarding.
A little person is in danger when her mother's home has piles of furniture, clothes and food that rise to the ceiling.
A house's rat infestation has compromised the building's foundation and is due to the current occupant's hoarding.
A former principal who suffered from PTSD after a school shooting became a compulsive hoarder, but now refuses to leave his home and abandons his family.
A couple's relationship sours over the years due to a woman's hoarding, which now has them on the verge of losing their home unless they can clean up the mess.
A man's girlfriend's clutter fills up his house after she moves in with him, leaving behind her home that's already been condemned due to 48 years of hoarding.
A man who's lost his home has 30 days to remove the clutter from it or he'll lose everything inside—including his two children.
John and Joe are a father and son duo who both hoard. John faces jail time for his compulsions, while Joe could lose his newborn son to child protective services if they don’t clean up their mess.
An apartment complex with three extreme hoarders; the building is now under strict management.
A man about to have surgery may find his recovery at risk due to the filthy condition of his home.
A mother may lose her kids if she can't get rid of her clutter; a man's girlfriend threatens to leave him when she's had it with his years of hoarding.
A man could lose his house and his girlfriend, who broke her leg because of his hoarding, if he doesn't clean up his act.
A 16-year-old struggles with hoarding and bipolar disorder.
A hoarder and Elvis impersonator struggles with bipolar disorder.
A woman struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder and hoarding.
Updates on three previously profiled hoarders to see if their lives have changed for the better.
