Montie and Sherry find themselves in a dire situation as their daughter, Audora, contemplates involving adult protection services due to their living conditions; Montie and Sherry attempt to clean up the property with the help of the "Hoarders" team.
Regular visits to local estate sales, yard sales and thrift stores distract Terri from her problems, as she cannot resist a good deal on glass decor or anything she considers antique; these objects completely fill Terri's 1,300-square-foot home.
Bruce is very thoughtful and always keeps things with the idea that he'll give it to someone he knows because they could use that item; good intentions lead Bruce to collect a massive amount of tools and clutter over the years.
Mary has been hoarding for over 30 years; as she faces two impending knee surgeries, her home is no longer safe; with the help of the "Hoarders" team, Mary must clean up her property or face a dangerous recovery in an unsafe environment.
Angel's life spirals out of control with unchecked shopping habits taking over her finances and her home.
Linda is a woman who grew up in luxury, her parents' Miami mansion meticulously maintained by staff; now, at 70, her once-elegant lifestyle has evolved into an existence surrounded by trash and decay.
Christine can't let go of anything; she is drowning in items from her past and constantly collecting things; with the help of the Hoarders team, Christine wants to get her hoarding disorder under control and live a healthier life with her daughters.
Susan is a single mother with six children; she's been a mom since she was 16, and it's what she likes to do best; but it's taking a toll on her house--and her mental health; she spends her days in bed, avoiding the mountains of dirty laundry.
Revisiting Jim in Kannapolis, North Carolina, and Dale in Fairbanks, Alaska; featuring the invaluable support and guidance of experts Dr. David Tolin and Cory Chalmers as they reconnect with these individuals.
Both Ruth and Sybil have fallen back into some hoarding behaviors, and their families are once again stepping in to help them declutter their lives.
Revisiting Peggy in Whidbey Island and Randy in Wildwood, New Jersey; featuring experts Suzanne Chabaud and Dorothy Breininger, who offer their guidance and support to these individuals.
Revisiting Tim from Texas and Montie from California; featuring Dr. David Tolin and Dr. Dinorah Nieves, as they provide guidance and support to these individuals on their continued recovery journey.
Revisiting Forrest in Virginia and Claire in Chicago, with the support of Hoarders' experts Dr. Robin Zasio and Dorothy Breininger, who offer guidance and support in their ongoing journeys toward recovery.
Revisiting Nathan in Florida and Kathy in Montana; featuring Standolyn Robertson and Dorothy Breininger, who offer their guidance and support to these individuals on their journey towards recovery.
Being on call 24 hours a day enables practiced midwife Terri to hide her personal life and the depths of her hoarded home; as she constantly blames the hoarding on her busy schedule, past trauma surfaces to reveal the real reason for her disorder.
After discovering that his partner was stealing from him, undergoing a necessary heart surgery and facing many other adversities, successful artist Bob becomes a recluse, buying antiques to fill up his 7,000-square-foot Victorian mansion.
Between dumpster diving, weekly swap meet purchases and occasional yard sale finds, John collects a massive amount of clutter over the years and openly admits that he feels trapped by his hoard.
Destiny refuses to leave her home after a 2004 family tragedy causes her to "basically check out of life"; the extremely hoarded house comes to the attention of the landlords, and they want the place cleaned up or Destiny evicted.
Co-dependent co-hoarders David and Elizabeth remortgage their home because of their addiction to buying items sold on TV, such as Tiffany-style lamps; the house is overrun with mice, and Elizabeth's doctor threatens to report them to the city.
David crams their house to the brim with stuff, but Odette continues to add to the hoard with purchases from online auctions; on the brink of disaster, the couple try to declutter their lives.
Coral wants to turn her home into a community resource center where her knowledge can be passed on, but she needs help cleaning up her property; with help from the team, she intends to declutter her life and get her situation under control.
Revisiting Meryl in Massachusetts and Janet in California; features Hoarders' experts Corey Chalmers and Dorothy Breininger, who offer invaluable guidance and support on their journey toward recovery.
Revisiting John and Andy, both in San Diego; features "Hoarders'" experts Carolina Harvey and Dr. Robin Zasio, who offer invaluable guidance and support to these individuals on their journey toward recovery.
Revisiting Destiny in North Carolina and Terri in Missouri, featuring "Hoarders'" experts Dr. Robin Zasio and Dorothy Breininger, who offer their invaluable guidance and support to these individuals on their journey toward recovery.
In this special, renowned experts, psychologists Dr. David Tolin and Dr. Robin Zasio, offer their expertise in assisting Carl and Eric on their journey toward recovery.
When Lia was 10, she became intrigued by her mother's many collectibles and started going to antique stores and estate sales with her; Lia's hoarding goes into overdrive when her three sons move out and Lia's husband, Ken, works full time.
Andy has worked odd jobs his entire adult life, and he considers himself an entrepreneur, specializing in the reselling of scrap and junk.
Jim has been a collector from a very young age but some of the tragedies in his life have compounded Jim's hoarding behavior; either Jim will clean up the property or code enforcement will enact another forced cleanup, and Jim could lose everything.
Roz grew up on the east coast of Canada with 13 siblings; nothing went to waste; when her first marriage fell apart and she took up with another hoarder, her house became unmanageable; with the help of the team, she intends to unclutter her life.
Marjorie has collected items from thrift stores and estate sales over the years for various projects, which has led to a massive amount of clutter in her home.
Terri and her boyfriend, Kraig, want to get married but hoarding stands in the way; Terri spends all her time as a live-in caregiver for an elderly man and has hoarded clutter in his house.
Collecting thousands of discounted books over the years has damaged the family property to the point that it may collapse at any moment; now Tiffany wants to build a new home and live a better life.
To deal with the loss of his partner, Paul turns to collecting items to use in his interior design business; Paul's massive hoard has now stressed his relationship with his immediate family and threatens the only family support he has left.
Carmen suffers the loss of her husband and her job; being alone at home and having no job creates anxiety that triggers Carmen's hoarding disorder and online shopping; Carmen's daughter worries that her mother's life is spiraling out of control.
Kate collected items from her clients when she worked as a realtor that she would often use to stage homes; Kate grew up with an overbearing father and a submissive mother and the recent loss of Kate's husband leaves her with overwhelming grief.
Peggy's divorce in 1981 leaves her alone when her daughter decides to live with her father; thrift store shopping allows Peggy to socialize again, but it also triggers her hoarding disorder.
Martha deals with deception from a married man, frail health, and caring for her parent's last moments in life; not wanting to ask friends and family for help strains relations and allows the clutter in her place to spiral out of control.
A retrospective special featuring some of the series' most intense collections of vehicles. Hosted by resident clinical psychologist Dr. Robin Zasio, and extreme cleanup specialist, Corey Chalmers, viewers follow individuals on their journeys to relieve themselves of their massive vehicle hoards.
Eric is forced to deal with his emotional grief as the cleanup process uncovers the beautiful interior design left by his late wife.
Forrest grew up in the projects and would tell his son stories about a pair of shoes he couldn't afford when he was younger; Forrest is facing extreme financial pressure from daily fines from the Homeowners Association.
With the help of the experts, hoarder Dolores must clean up or risk the end of her marriage.
To be part of his unborn granddaughter's life, Cobra must clean up his hoarded house and turn his 37-acre property into a safer environment.
The city found out about Meryl's cluttered living condition and is threatening eviction and cleanup; with the help of the team of experts, Meryl must clean up the property or code enforcement will take action and Meryl will lose everything.
Tim sees the value in repurposing and using materials for all types of projects, which has led Tim to collect a massive amount of clutter over the years; Code Enforcement is concerned about the safety of Tim's properties.
Filled with an estimated 500 tons of clutter, Margie and Bethel's house is an extreme fire hazard. Her family refuses to allow their grandchildren to visit due to unsanitary conditions and the extremely hazardous environment, yet Margie sees no danger. Suffering from back pain that will require surgery, her family knows the home is unfit for Margie's recovery. With the help of the team, Margie will have a chance to clean up and create a safe environment.
With the help of the Hoarders team, Debbie wants to clean up her life and get her hoarding disorder under control.
A retrospective special featuring some of the series' most extreme food hoards. Hosted by resident clinical psychologist Dr. Robin Zasio, and extreme cleanup specialist, Corey Chalmers, viewers revisit individuals that struggled to get relief from the mounting hoards of food they've accumulated.
Over the past two decades, Carol has hoarded her husband's home; with the mansion threatened to be condemned, the family unites to try to save the house and confront Carol about her behavior.
Sherry's justification for her massive hoard is that it protects her from the outside world; now, she must now clean up her hoard to start getting her life on track.
Althia faces heavy fines for multiple vehicles, building materials and a 60-foot semi-trailer on her residential property; her 5,000 square foot unfinished dream home is filled with unsold inventory from a business that ended when her husband died.
A retired architect has collected a massive amount of clutter over the years; code enforcement officials are concerned about the safety of his property; featured experts are psychologist Dr. Michael Tompkins and extreme cleanup expert Matt Paxton.
Code enforcement has been dealing with Cindy in court for years now; Cindy must deal with her hoarding tendencies to save her son's property and her storefront or lose everything.
For 18 years, John refuses to let anyone into his house; he finally asks his daughters for help when his extreme hoard, a rat infestation and mounting citations from the city become too much to handle.
Andy and Becky feel it is their constitutional right to live however they choose, even if that's among 250 tons of hoard; they soon find themselves in a battle with the city government that could end with them going to jail and losing their home.
Over the past three decades, Dale fills his Alaskan property with everything from decking from the Yukon River Bridge to more than 100 vehicles; hoarded out of his home and with a harsh winter approaching, Dale must clean up or face perishing.
Linda does not allow her family into her home for years until a medical emergency exposes the secret she has been hiding; Linda's daughter questions her mother's sanity after she makes a shocking discovery.
A retired nurse makes extra money selling things that other people have discarded, but is fined thousands of dollars a week because her three Florida homes are overflowing with her inventory.
A couple who have hoarded themselves out of their home face the loss of their property if they cannot get it up to code; a woman's collection of Christmas decor poses a threat to her diabetic husband.
A woman prepares for the end of times by packing her 180-acre historic farm to the brim, but city officials threaten her plan to survive the impending apocalypse; a man hoards plants after he loses his job as a military medic.
A woman blames her hoarding on demons possessing her home; a man faces charges when the hoard in his historic San Francisco Victorian house catches fire and almost burns down the block.
The fire department and health department order that a woman who fears germs clean up her filthy, mice-infested home.
A 32-year-old mother and former model fears Child Protective Services will intervene if she doesn't clean up her messy home; a woman must get her house in order before the city steps in and condemns her home.
A San Francisco woman lives in a hillside home with $1 million worth of teddy bears; a man's family pleads with him to clean up his home.
A woman's daughters want her to move out of her car and clean up her stuffed house; a Napa Valley woman stands to lose her two young children if she doesn't clear out the clutter.
Doctors warn a woman that a fall in her clutter-filled home could lead to paralysis; a woman fills her house with wigs, shoes and other treasures.
A hoarding habit could lead to financial ruin for a man and his girlfriend; a woman's neighbors call child protective services when they believe the state of her property poses a threat to her grandson.
A woman stands to lose her beloved home if she doesn't remove the filth and animal carcasses inside; a teenager demands that his parents clean up their stash of Halloween items and other assorted junk.
A woman who lost her husband in the line of duty becomes a compulsive kleptomaniac; a hoarder's family threatens to call law enforcement and the SPCA.
A woman who filled up her triplex and dance studio gets a talking to from her 12 children; family members step in after authorities prepare to condemn a woman's home.
Catching up with subjects featured in past seasons, including food hoarder Jill who ignores expiration dates and obsessive book collectors Claire and Vance.
A woman confronts the sister whose unkempt habits pose a threat to the family home; a man keeps his belongings in garbage bags.
A shoplifter may lose her home that is filled with ill-gotten gains and an illegal stash of dogs; a gay man becomes a hoarder after he feels rejected by his community.
A woman addicted to shopping forces her granddaughter to sleep on piles of purchases and shower outside with a garden hose; a hoarder's fed-up partner issues an ultimatum following a decade of empty promises.
A gift-hoarding woman known as her town's "Mrs. Claus" over the holidays teeters on the brink of bankruptcy; a woman may lose her grandchildren to Child Protective Services because of her hoard.
Doris has nearly hoarded herself out of her own home.
Updates on memorable hoarders including Constance, Shannon, Kevin, Augustine and Ruth.
A woman racks up $50,000 in credit-card debt as she fills her home with mounds of clothing; a woman's collection of cardboard boxes forces her out of her own house.
A man who suffered brain trauma in an accident collects items that he thinks may trigger his memories; a woman hoards items that belonged to three late family members.
Family members worry about the well-being of a painter whose home is filled with thousands of nude portraits; an out-of-control hoarder moves his food and television into the bathroom.
A woman loses her two sons to drugs and a granddaughter to Child Protective Services; a former hoarder relapses, prompting her daughter to issue an ultimatum.
A hoarder loses his four young grandchildren to Child Protective Services and can't get them back until he cleans up his act; a thrice-divorced woman fills up three homes with clutter.
An armed thief breaks into the home of a woman who collects cars and electronics, threatening her mother and stealing some of her stash; the son of a Nazi SS member lives with his dog in a clutter-stuffed home.
A woman has 50 cats in her home, not counting the dead ones she keeps in her refrigerator; a hoarder uses a bucket for a bathroom and washes clothes in a kiddie pool.
Residents of a Victorian home fill their expensive abode with mountains of stuff; a man fills his house and eight storage units with worthless junk.
The suggestion of discarding useless items raises a mother's rancor; a woman of privilege descends into hoarding following the murder of her husband.
A hoarder must clean up her home after a neighbor reports her to the authorities; a former antiques dealer's home becomes a fire hazard.
Two former punk rockers stuff their home with records, comic books, mannequins and other eclectic items; a concerned niece is the only family member willing to help out a hoarding relative.
The slovenly state of a man's home may have contributed to his girlfriend's death; a woman's hoard spirals out of control in the decade following her husband's death.
A woman's hoarding increases following the deaths of her two sons; a former maitre d' has a compulsion for clearance-sale items.
A woman is obsessed with collecting cats; a house cleaner's home is a clutter-filled disaster area.
A woman shops to "protect" herself from abusive family members; an ex-Marine faces a city order.
A woman develops post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of her mother's hoarding; a woman's excessive shopping leads to the loss of two children.
A woman who lives in a million-dollar neighborhood sifts through trash bins; authorities warn a couple that they must clean their cobweb-infested, filthy home.
A woman turns to hoarding, following her husband's accidental death; a compulsive purchaser sometimes buys back his own auction items.
Hospital officials refuse to allow a woman with diabetes to return to her messy home; a woman's filthy home poses a threat to her 6-year-old grandson.
A woman learns of her mother's secret life as a hoarder; a couple's home contains 500,000 books.
A food hoarder's property is overrun by chickens and rotten eggs; the wife of an incarcerated murderer claims that loneliness caused her to become a hoarder.
A woman's house is stuffed with dolls; another woman must crawl over garbage to get to her chair.
Catching up on the progress of people featured in previous episodes.
Roy hoards vehicles on his property and faces a county fine; a traumatic incident triggers Loretta's compulsion to hoard.
A massive boardwalk memorabilia hoard; a woman's collection may cost her everything.
Rooms in a man's home are inaccessible; a woman lives in a truck in front of her condemned home.
A house is filled with home recordings; a home is dangerous to a woman and her children.
A hoarder's storage fees have driven her into debt; hoarder is banned from her own home.
A house has 47 cats and dogs; a man's hoard has gotten him jailed twice.
A food hoarder is also a chef; a hoarder faces jail unless she cleans up her home.
Follow-up stories from season 3.
Kevin faces eviction if he does not clean up his apartment; Mary cleans her home to salvage her families relationship.
A home has more than 30 cats in the walls and ceilings; a husband visits his hoarder wife rarely.
A woman hoards in a friend's home; a man's home was destroyed by arson and remains an eyesore.
Eileen's son threatens to turn her in to the health department; Judy loses the majority of her inheritance on hoarding.
The city deems Wilma's home uninhabitable; Nora's hoarding maxes out her equity line of credit.
A hoarder is forced to move in with her sister after she contracts a virus from her toxic home; a 46-year-old single mother argues with her two teenage daughters about the mess in their house.
A widow hoarder needs help from her daughters; an unhealthy environment for a couple and their kids.
A 7-year-old is affected by mother's hoarding; a marriage of 48 years is in danger from hoarding.
The stench of a house's trash heap migrates to the street; a hoarder faces jail time.
A woman with terminal cancer tries to give her family back a home free of mess and clutter; a single mother worries her hoarding will cause her to lose her children.
A woman has more than 30 sickly cats; a teacher's hoard has already cost her a job.
A hoarding woman may lose her daughter; a groom never moved in to his wife's cluttered house.
After losing a cousin on 9/11, a woman's hoard grows; a hoarder puts her husband at risk.
A cancer patient must make her home habitable; a man has hundreds of unfinished projects.
A hoarder's son wants to leave home; a home-shopping addict has a mysterious illness in her home.
A hoarder eats expired food; a former attorney tries to get her hoarding under control.
A hoarder's child is removed from his home; woman's hoarding is so bad a homeless woman lives there.
A man sleeps in his car rather than his hoard-filled home; a hoard contains stolen items.
A hoarder may lose his grandchildren if he doesn't clean up; a hoard forces an elderly couple out.
An eyesore among expensive homes; hoarding parents create their own teen hoarder.
A young man struggles with hoarding; making room for an injured son.
A woman buys items for her store that never leave her home; a hoarder's husband threatens divorce.
A woman hoards chickens and other farm animals; 30 rabbits destroy a dream home.
2500 rats drive a man out of his home; a daughter has turned her dad's home into a mess.
Jason tries one last time to rescue his mother from the filth he escaped 14 years earlier when he was removed from her home by Child Protective Services.
The parents of four children must clean out their entire house or risk losing everything; a retired veterinarian's dozens of costly collections have come at the expense of his marriage and lifestyle.
A series of tragedies triggers hoarding that causes a woman to lose custody of her son to her ex-husband; Child Protective Services arrives with police at a couple's squalid home to remove their four children.
A 49-year-old woman fears her hoarding will lead to authorities taking away her two children again; a well-educated man manages a successful honey business, but the inside of his home is a nightmare.
A woman's family has been ripped apart due to her hoarding; a man's girlfriend threatens to leave him if he does not clean up the hobby items he has been collecting since childhood.
A woman's life crumbles after her husband of 32 years dies while awaiting a heart transplant; a former psychologist is literally suffocating under her things.
A woman's house is falling down around her, but she can't make repairs because the house is packed full of her stuff.
A firefighter's co-workers worry his hoarding is affecting his job performance; a woman's two sons suffer due to her unkempt home.
A woman faces the loss of her mobile home and her daughter if she doesn't get help for her hoarding; a single father must clean up his home if he hopes to keep his two special-needs children.
Adult Protective Services must get involved at the home of two hoarders; two sisters must face their mother's compulsive shopping and hoarding.
A woman's hoarding is so severe that she can no longer sleep in her home, and her husband threatens divorce.
A woman's clutter and over 50 pet birds have forced her husband out of the house; a pharmaceutical sales rep's job is threatened by her disorganization and clutter.
Checking up on past hoarders from the show's first season.
A young stay at home mom and her husband fear that child protective services may take their three children away because of their hoarding; a woman has two freezers and four refrigerators full of food in various stages of decay.
A woman's compulsive shopping depletes her family's finances, fills every room in her home and leads to her divorce; a man faces eviction from subsidized housing because his apartment is filled with garbage and excrement.
Jake compulsively hoards garbage and fears that if things don't change soon he may take his own life; Shirley could never turn away a stray cat, now she must cooperate with authorities or face criminal prosecution for animal cruelty.
A woman and her husband are facing imminent foreclosure on two houses as a result of her hoarding; a woman is forced to clean up her life or risk losing her boyfriend.
A woman's hoarding has taken over her house and resulted in her children being removed by the authorities; a woman issues an ultimatum to her partner after tripping over a pile of his stuff and breaking her arm.
A man is charged with criminal littering because his two-acre property is strewn with junk cars, scrap metal and old appliances; a mother tries to change her ways after her 7-year-old son starts to exhibit hoarding.