Hoarding: Buried Alive

The giant, toppling piles of clutter are more dangerous to Jessica, a little person, who in tandem with her mother Dale, has filled her entire Villa Park, Illinois home with stuff.

In Trenton, New Jersey, Terry and Bill seem to be the perfect couple, but their hoarding has put their relationship in jeopardy. The tragic murder of her daughter drove Nancy to hoarding. Now, if she can't clear her sprawling Brighton, Michigan home, she may just lose her husband as well.

Beverly's clutter has filled every last square inch of her home in Edmonton, Alberta. Upstairs, her three beloved dogs have made the space absolutely unlivable. With the threat of the city condemning her home, Beverly must clear the hoard or risk losing everything.

One of ten “update” episodes (mostly recycled footage) aired in 2015 after the series ended. Decades of hoarding isolates Benny from his family.

In Percy, Illinois, Phyllis and Patty aren't just identical twins, they're identical twin hoarders. They've transformed every home in which they've ever lived into a complete disaster area. Now, after losing one house can they save their current home from being condemned?

Compulsive hoarder Valerie risks eviction from her Winchester, Massachusetts home when her next-door neighbor reports her to the health department. Meanwhile, Maryanne owns a duplex in Keweenaw County, Michigan. Both units so filled with clutter that she has been reduced to a 3 sq. ft space in her living room.

Rhonda's Franklin, Tennessee home is filled with items she's found in the dumpster, it is so full in fact, that she has been forced to live in a camper parked in the backyard. Now, with neighbors threatening lawsuits and worse, Rhonda must clean up or risk losing everything.

After their mother's death, siblings Aimee, Cheryl and Jimmy are left to deal with a Bradenton, Florida home filled with clutter. In a desperate search for answers and vital documents, they bring in the aid of a medium to help solve the mystery.

When hot-tempered David moved back in with his 93-year-old mother, he quickly filled her Cohasset, Massachusetts home with clutter. Now, the dangerous living conditions, and David's short fuse, have his elderly mom cornered.

Karen, a single mom, has already had her children taken away for hoarding. Now, authorities say that if she doesn't clean up the mess, she'll never see her kids again. Plus she risks losing her 5 acres of wooded land in Cape May County, New Jersey, as well as the mobile home in which she grew up.

Also listed as 4x14. Compulsive hoarder Valerie risks eviction when her next-door neighbor reports her to the health department; Ann's house is so filled with clutter she has been reduced to a small space in her living room.

Also listed as 4x13. Rhonda's home is filled with items she's found in the dumpster; neighbors are threatening lawsuits.

Also listed as 4x12. After their mother's death, siblings Aimee, Cheryl and Jimmy are left to deal with a house filled with clutter; they bring the aid of a medium to help locate important documents.

Also listed as 4x11. An ill-tempered man fills his 93-year-old mother's house with clutter after moving back in with her.

Episodes 5x101-109 are duplicates and should be deleted from tmdb, see multiple issues raised in discussion 8 months ago (discussion still marked as open). Episodes 5x128 and 5x129 [now renumbered 5x19 and 5x20] are recycled-footage episodes that aired after the series ended in 2014. They could be relocated to Specials. I am using the body of this old note to provide information to viewers who may be confused by these entries. Original title and content of this note: Name field-Current Season (as of 2013-03-13) is Season 4 Overview field-TLC sometimes has split seasons, so numbering can get messed up. According to TVRage, Amazon, Wikipedia, and the TV Guide the current season is 4.

Special episode (recycled footage) aired after the series ended. Wayne is paralyzed by PTSD and compulsive hoarding.

Special episode (recycled footage) aired after the series ended. 16-year-old Haley struggles with hoarding and bipolar disorder.

Doug stands to lose two houses filled with clutter if he doesn't control his compulsion to collect.

Tim's inheritance is dwindling and he risks losing his home; twin brothers Lorrin and Orin face a similar predicament.

If Seymour cannot clear his roach-infested home, he will be left homeless when the city condemns it.

A mother's battling with hoarding discovers her own daughters compulsion; a family's unity at risk.

Ken's girlfriend is giving him one last chance to clear out; Lea could lose her children if she cannot clean her clutter.

Mike is about to undergo surgery to save his life; the biohazards in his home threaten his recovery.

An apartment complex with three extreme hoarders; the building is now under strict management.

A father and son who both hoard; one faces jail time while the other could lose his newborn son.

Geoffrey lost his home and has 30 days to clear the clutter or he will lose everything left inside.

Frank didn't expect Susan to fill his house with clutter when she moved in; though her home of forty-eight years sits condemned just two blocks away.

A wife has transformed one couple's home into a heap of trash; on the verge of foreclosure.

After being the target of a school shooting a former principal's life has changed; paralyzed by PTSD and hoarding Wayne has abandoned his family.

Property investors purchase a house that is occupied by a hoarder; rat infestation compromises the building's foundation.

Jessica is a little person with dangerous toppling piles of clutter; along with her mother she has filled her entire home.

Terry and Bill seem to be the perfect couple; the murder of her daughter has led Nancy to hoard.

Beverly's clutter has filled up her entire home and her three beloved dogs have helped make the space completely unlivable.

Lalie and her children suffer from mold, mice and flea infestations due to their upstairs neighbor and landlord, Denise, who is a massive hoarder.

Phyllis and Patty aren't just identical twins, they are identical hoarders as well.

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.

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 former top model is hiding a dark secret -- she is a compulsive hoarder.

A woman has a problem admitting she has a hoarding problem.

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 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.

Three siblings sift through the clutter in their deceased mother's house with spiritual guidance from a medium.

An ill-tempered man fills his 93-year-old mother's house with clutter after moving back in with her.

A woman's custody of her children is at stake unless she can clean up her home in two days.

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 man quit drinking in the past and switched to collecting that escalated to hoarding and now faces the possibility of losing everything unless he changes his ways.

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.

Thirty years of hoarding have filled a man's home to the point that he sleeps outside in a bed he put together.

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.

A man's love for shopping became a compulsion after his mother's death and his home is starting to show the effects.

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.

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.

Cary's paralyzing obsession with Elvis memorabilia has left his New York City apartment virtually uninhabitable.

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 marriage is in trouble after years of hoarding and secrets kept by a woman from her husband.

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.

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.

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.

A woman is in danger of losing custody of her ten year old daughter unless she can change her hoarding 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.

Parents of a teenage hoarder hope a visit by an extreme hoarder will change their daughter's ways.

A hoarder faces losing his children if he does not clean his home.

Hoarders whose homes have been condemned must clean up or risk losing them.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A woman's out of control obsession with bikinis, sweaters and dresses threatens to destroy her relationship with her only 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.

Compulsive hoarder Sharon gets caught stealing from her neighbor's home while Len must choose between his hoard and his daughter.

Extreme Hoarder Jahn struggles to clear her belongings from not one, but two houses before both are condemned.

A woman turned to hoarding after a shocking confession ended her marriage.

A woman's compulsive hoarding almost cost her husband his life.

If a compulsive hoarder can't clean his house, he will go to jail.

A woman's excessive hoarding has caused her family to fall apart.

If two hoarders don't change soon, they could lose everything they love.

A woman who started hoarding after surviving Sept. 11 seeks help.

Two women who started hoarding in the wake of personal tragedies try to put an end to their compulsive behavior.

Two moms who are hoarders get help after realizing their obsessions are tearing their families apart.

Season 2 opens as two hoarders get help after decades of compulsive behavior that has driven their loved ones away.

Hoarding is both a comfort and a curse for two lonely women trying to find the strength to change.

Two women seek help for their compulsive hoarding problems.

Extreme hoarders face losing their homes and living in isolation.

An extreme hoarder is in denial; a woman who has trouble discarding belongings fears that she's passing down her compulsion to her son.

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.

Extreme hoarders' lives spiral out of control as their possessions jeopardize their chances for a happy family life.