Hoarding: Buried Alive

Updates on three previously profiled hoarders to see if their lives have changed for the better.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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.

Geoffrey has already lost his home. Now, he has just 30 days to clear the clutter from the home or he will lose everything that remains inside it - 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 he doesn't clean up his mess.

An unprecedented edition of "Hoarding: Buried Alive" features an apartment complex with not one, not two, but three extreme hoarders. For years, their hoarding has gone unchecked, but with the building now under strict management, everything is about to change.