Hoarding: Buried Alive

Mar 14, 2010

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

Mar 21, 2010

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.

Mar 28, 2010

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

Apr 4, 2010

Extreme hoarders face losing their homes and living in isolation.

Apr 11, 2010

Two women seek help for their compulsive hoarding problems.

Apr 18, 2010

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

Apr 25, 2010

Two women must get their compulsive hoarding under control or face eviction from their homes and alienation from their families.

May 2, 2010

Two women's compulsive hoarding is crowding out their loved ones.

May 9, 2010

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.

Oct 4, 2009

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? -- Pilot episode (aired in 2009, prior to beginning of the main series in March 2010). S01E05 "Family Secrets" is a re-edited version of the two narratives featured in the pilot episode.

Aug 8, 2010

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

Aug 15, 2010

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

Aug 22, 2010

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

Aug 29, 2010

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

Sep 5, 2010

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

Sep 12, 2010

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

Sep 19, 2010

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

Sep 26, 2010

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

Oct 3, 2010

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

Mar 2, 2011

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

Mar 9, 2011

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

Mar 13, 2011

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.

Mar 16, 2011

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

Mar 23, 2011

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.

Mar 30, 2011

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.

Apr 6, 2011

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.

Apr 13, 2011

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.

Apr 20, 2011

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.

Jul 10, 2011

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.

Jul 17, 2011

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.

Jul 24, 2011

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.

Jul 31, 2011

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

Aug 14, 2011

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

Aug 21, 2011

Aug 28, 2011

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

Sep 11, 2011

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.

Sep 18, 2011

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

Jan 1, 2012

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.

Jan 8, 2012

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.

Jan 15, 2012

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.

Jan 22, 2012

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

Jan 29, 2012

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.

Feb 12, 2012

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.

Feb 19, 2012

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.

Mar 4, 2012

Brad's hoarding has taken over his mobile home; Mary has been evicted and has just weeks to clean out her stuff.

Mar 11, 2012

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.

Jul 8, 2012

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

Jul 15, 2012

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.

Jul 22, 2012

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.

Jul 29, 2012

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

Aug 5, 2012

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.

Aug 12, 2012

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

Aug 19, 2012

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.

Aug 26, 2012

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.

Sep 2, 2012

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.

Feb 13, 2013

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

Feb 20, 2013

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

Feb 27, 2013

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

Mar 6, 2013

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.

Mar 13, 2013

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.

Mar 20, 2013

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

Mar 27, 2013

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

Apr 3, 2013

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.

Apr 10, 2013

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.

Apr 17, 2013

Also listed as 5x01. Two identical twins are hoarders of the same type of items and face the reality of changing their ways or facing the consequences.

Apr 24, 2013

Also listed as 5x02. The lives of a woman and her children are being affected detrimentally by the hoarding of their landlord, who lives above them.

May 1, 2013

Also listed as 5x03. A woman's hoarding tendencies has filled her house with clutter and her three dogs may be a barrier to her cleaning up the home.

May 15, 2013

Also listed as 5x04. The murder of a daughter has led a mother to hoard since that trauma to the point it is a danger to herself. A couple leads a seemingly idyllic life but hold a secret of mass hoarding behind the doors of their home.

Apr 17, 2013

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

Apr 24, 2013

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

May 1, 2013

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

May 15, 2013

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

Oct 30, 2013

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

Nov 6, 2013

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

Nov 13, 2013

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.

Nov 27, 2013

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

Dec 4, 2013

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.

Feb 5, 2014

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

Feb 12, 2014

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

Feb 19, 2014

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

Feb 26, 2014

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

Mar 5, 2014

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

Mar 12, 2014

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

Mar 19, 2014

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

Mar 26, 2014

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

Apr 2, 2014

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

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.

Feb 20, 2013

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

Feb 27, 2013

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.

Mar 6, 2013

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

Mar 13, 2013

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.

Mar 20, 2013

Also listed as 4x15. Kay denies she is a hoarder but her cluttered home with deadly vermin tells another story.

Mar 27, 2013

Also listed as 4x16. Louise and her lavish hoarding could end up on the street.

Apr 3, 2013

Also listed as 4x17. A woman has been sent to jail four times for her hoarding; people purchase a house only to discover it comes with a hoard.

Apr 10, 2013

Also listed as 4x18. Kelly Jay's massive hoarding issues.

May 29, 2014

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

May 29, 2014

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

Jan 25, 2015

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