Hoarders - Episode Guide

A couple who both suffer from hoarding risk losing their children if they don't comply with numerous citations given to them by the city. A woman's food hoarding is so bad that she places herself at risk for food poisoning.

A woman's compulsive shopping has depleted her family's finances to the point where her marriage has become strained. She must clean out and sell the family home as part of the divorce settlement. A man is at risk of eviction from his government subsidized housing as his apartment is filled with garbage and human feces.

Adult Protective Services removed an elderly woman's sick alcoholic husband from their home because of the hazardous conditions. The family's financial problems are complicated by their schizophrenic daughter, who is also a hoarder. A woman who is an obsessive collector faces eviction if she fails to clean up her home.

A 21-year old man who hoards garbage in a two bedroom town house he shares with his father; and a woman who has over 75 living and dead cats in her home, which is full of cat feces and urine-soaked furniture and carpets.

A woman who purchased two homes to continue storing items risks losing them both; and a young woman whose relationship with her boyfriend is threatened because of her hoarding.

While the outside of Patty and David's home seems perfect, inside it is completely filled with unnecessary belongings. The hoarding is so severe that Patty's children have already been removed by child services. Bill's hoarding has haunted his wife for 25 years. His wife has even hurt herself tripping over Bill's piles of belongings. She threatens to leave if he doesn't clean up.

A man has failed to meet three court-ordered deadlines to clean his yard which is filled with junk cars, scrap metal, and old appliances. A single mother is concerned about her hoarding behavior when her seven year old son begun to exhibit hoarding tendencies.

The second-season opener follows the efforts of an adult son to help his mother, a hoarder whose compulsive behavior led to the son's removal from the home 14 years earlier.

Time is running out for Judi, whose cluttered home has been condemned. Gail was once a disciplined ballerina but now her house is full of possessions and critters

A woman who risks losing custody of her children; and a man who risks eviction from subsidized housing because of his hoarding.

Life in a home infested with fleas and bed bugs forces a family to live in the backyard; a retired veterinarian has filled his home, garages and storage units with collections.

A woman who lost custody of her son because of her hoarding also risks losing her two daughters; and a couple with four children live in a home filled with trash and infested with mice.

A mother risks losing her children because of her hoarding; and a beekeeper manages his business, but his home is unkempt.

A woman whose adult children refuse to visit her because of her hoarding; and a man who has been collecting models and various hobby items since childhood.

a woman whose home is filled with decorating supplies and more than 20 sets of patio furniture; a former psychologist whose home is filled with clothes for her and her daughter.

A woman whose home is structurally unsound and dirty and who has to have major surgery needs a clean place to recuperate; and a heating-and-refrigeration specialist hoards refrigerator units and supplies.

A firefighter whose home overflows with his possessions; and a woman whose home is a hazard to her asthmatic son.

A 28-year-old woman's mobile home, which she shares with her 13-year-old daughter, is filled with keepsakes; and a single father raising two adopted children who have special needs could lose the children if his house isn't cleaned.

Husband-and-wife hoarders blame one another for their habits; and two sisters follow in the footsteps of their parents, who were also hoarders.

A mother of 12 who sleeps in a homeless shelter because conditions at home are bad is profiled.

A collection of more than 60 birds and huge piles in a home force a woman's husband to move out; and a pharmaceutical sales rep risks being fired because of her hoarding.

An update show examines the progress of people profiled in the first season.

Daughters help their mom in an effort to clean her home to keep it from being condemned; and a mother of two is threatened with divorce if she doesn't stop hoarding

A hoarding couple is given 72 hours to vacate their house if it isn't cleaned; and a man collects goblets, dolls, fountains and artwork

A woman's home is caving in from the weight of garbage piled up to the ceiling; and a man's home and yard are filled with garbage and infested with vermin.

A mother faces social services and an ultimatum because of her hoarding; and a woman is obsessed with collecting objects, including plates, crosses and clocks.

A woman with cancer finds it difficult to sleep in her garbage-cluttered home; and a single mother's home is filled with so many objects that her toddler has to sleep with her on the couch.

A woman with 30 sick cats is faced with eviction if she doesn't clean her residence; a teacher takes her hoarding lifestyle into the classroom.

A woman with a teen daughter faces legal action that could have the girl removed from the home unless she cleans; and a woman whose hoarding is so bad that her newlywed husband can't move into the house.

A woman's hoarding increases after she loses a cousin on Sept. 11; and a woman's hoarding has impeded her diabetic husband's ability to get around the house by himself.

A woman battling cancer has a difficult time with treatments because of the condition of her home, which is covered with rat feces and hair; and a man's farm is covered with items from hundreds of unfinished projects.

A hoarder's son wants to leave home; a home-shopping addict has a mysterious illness in her home

Theresa eats food that has gone past its expiration date. Karen is a former lawyer who is struggling to get her hoarding in order.

A man faces fines for excessive hoarding; a woman's home is so cluttered that she didn't realize a homeless person was living in her basement.

A man lives in a trailer near his home because the home is crowded with things; and a man threatens his wife with divorce if she doesn't clean.

A husband sleeps in his car because his wife's hoarding is so bad that he has no room in the house; and a woman's family is prepared to press charges against her, claiming their mother's hoard includes stolen property.

A man could lose his home and custody of his grandchildren if he does not clean his house; and a couple's collection of things, which includes hundreds of dolls, has forced them to sleep on the basement floor.

A home in an upscale area is filled with items inside and out, and the owner has a homeless person living in the front yard; and a couple's hoarding has influenced their teenage daughter's lifestyle.

A teenage hoarder who learned the habit from his mother wants to have a normal life; and a woman needs to clean for her injured son who is being discharged from the hospital.

A woman uses a large inheritance to buy things that overwhelm her home and consignment shop; and a woman's husband threatens her with divorce unless she cleans.

A woman with 200 chickens is forced out of her home and into an unheated trailer; and a couple fill their rented home with 30 rabbits, which run loose.

The presence of over 2000 rats in a house that are the owner's pets forces a man outside and into a shed; and a woman's hoard is both inside and outside of the house, which also contains 30 cats.

a woman collects dolls; and a woman has no water or heat in her home because of her hoarding.

A man with health issues lives in home packed with toys, games, dolls and stuffed animals; and a woman and her husband live with their granddaughter in a Beverly Hills home filled with hoarded items.

A follow-up show examines the progress of people who were profiled during the second season.

A man who hoards vehicles and has hundreds on his property; and a hoarding couple expecting their second child.

A man's boardwalk-memorabilia collection fills a building and tractor trailers; and woman's hoarding threatens her marriage.

A man collects paper in many forms, and the paper surrounds his gas-burning stove; and a woman's home is so packed with items that she lives in a truck parked in front of the home.

A women with an enormous collection of videos, audio recordings, televisions and recorders; and a woman living in a mouse-infested home with two children and a one-week-old infant.

A woman who has filled 16 storage units with items; and a woman who could be homeless is she doesn't clean her home.

A woman with 47 dogs and cats is profiled; and the fire department evicts a man from his home, which has become a hazard.

A chef hoards food, including spoiled food, which is used for personal meals; and a woman could face jail time because of her compulsive behavior.

A follow-up show examines the progress of five people profiled in the third season. Included: a woman with a home full of cats; a man whose property was condemned; and a woman whose hoarding was so bad that her husband had to sleep in a car.

the son of famous parents has been forced out of his Manhattan apartment because of his hoarding, and he's sleeping on a bench outside; and a woman collects things from the Victorian age.

A retired corrections officer lives in a home with 30 cats; and a woman's hoarding has forced her husband out of their house.

A woman hoards in the home of a friend with whom she's been living for 10 months and who is ready to ask her to leave; and a man's hoarding has forced his children to live with their grandparents.

A firefighter's wife hoards despite her husband's obligation to report hoarded homes; and a woman's compulsive behavior could force her and her husband into bankruptcy.

A woman's home is condemned, and she lives there illegally; and a woman's home has narrow paths through piles of containers filled with various items.

A woman is forced to move out of her home because of the living conditions and now hoards at her sister's home; and a single mother's teenage daughters are frustrated by their mother's hoarding.

a man whose home is condemned, and he's given 30 days to clean it; and a woman who lives in a hoarded home with her two grown sons who make no attempts to clean the house.

A lifetime hoarder whose hoarding worsened after the deaths of her sons; and a man who compulsively buys clearance-sale items.

A woman who hoards cats; a cleaning woman whose own home is cluttered, resulting in problems for her husband, who has Parkinson's disease.

An abuse victim shops compulsively; a former marine lives in a home filled with bowling balls and damaged workout equipment, and faces city code violations because of it.

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's hoarding carries over into her daughter's home; a hoarder buys back some items he sells.

A hoarder who spent money from a large legal settlement faces an ultimatum from her daughter; a woman living in filth deals with the threat of eviction.

A woman claims her hoarding is an artistic choice, but an illness is forcing her to clean; a grandmother who hoards is told her home may be unsafe for her young grandson.

A woman attempts to keep her hoarding a secret, but her daughter catches her; a couple's book-collecting gets out of hand.

A food hoarder runs a fresh-egg business, and unrefrigerated eggs and loose chickens cause problems; a woman married to a man serving a life sentence in prison hoards because she's lonely without her husband.

A husband threatens to leave with his children since his wife has piled an avalanche of clothes in their house; floor-to-ceiling cardboard boxes force a woman to relocate to her son's apartment, but her hoarding tendencies move with her.

A man who suffered brain trauma and amnesia in an accident keeps items that might trigger his memories; a woman refuses to part with things that had belonged to three dead relatives.

An artist is surrounded by thousands of his paintings of naked women; a man's hoarding is so out of control that he's had to put his TV and food cooler in the bathroom.

A woman collects human waste in bottles; a woman awaiting the Rapture stockpiles plenty of material items for the unlucky souls who will be left behind.

A woman loses custody of her granddaughter as result of her hoarding; another hoarder faces an ultimatum from her daughter.

A man's children are taken from him because of his hoarding; a woman fills three houses with hoarded items.

Hoarded items are stolen from a woman's house; a hoarder lives with his dog in a cluttered home.

A woman keeps dead cats in her fridge; another woman uses a bucket as a toilet and washes her clothes in a pool.

Two hoarders compete to see who can collect the most stuff; a man fills his house and eight storage units with 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 former model develops a hoarding problem after getting divorced; a man begins hoarding construction supplies after losing his business.

A woman risks losing her home because of her hoarding; a former antiques dealer fills her house with junk.

Two porn-shop employees fill their house with records, toys, comic books and mannequins; a woman's home is filled with empty dog-food cans and piles of dirty clothes.

This one-hour special focuses on a Massachusetts family and features live segments culminating in an all-live intervention. Also featured is the story of a second hoarder who faces jail time if he doesn't pass a final city inspection.

A woman's husband decides to end their 38-year marriage unless she cleans up their home.

22-year-old Yama keeps shopping and hoarding to preserve the memory of her deceased mother. Michelle's obsession with shopping is putting her home in such a catastrophic condition that she faces losing her little boys to child protective services.

Ruthann promised her cousin that she would turn their historic house into a bed and breakfast when it was sold to her but instead she has destroyed the crown jewel with her cat and antiques hoarding. Ruthann blames the situation on "the other woman" who happens to be her daughter that ran off with her boyfriend and had kids with him.

Two hoarders are living in life threatening conditions. Cynthia has a debilitating auto immune disease and lives in a hoard that could make her illness deadly. Meanwhile, Ricky sleeps in a house packed with paper and other flammables that are one spark away from an inferno.

A man needs to clean up his three-acre hoard whilst a woman hoards to try and get over the death of her son.

A man serves as president of his condo HOA, but he lives in a hoard that would cause any other tenant to be evicted; a woman has been hoarding to deal with the death of her son.

A woman's huge doll hoard has put her husband's sobriety at risk. A hoard attracts rats.

A woman sleeps on the patio because her hoard occupies every room in her house; a heavy smoker lives in danger of setting her hoard on fire.

A woman's hoarding has forced her partner to sleep in the garage, and her teenage daughter to share her bed.

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.

Ailing couple, Ben and Robins's hoarding is so severe that EMT's can no longer access their home for emergencies. Kevin is hiding a hoard of sexual paraphernalia in his home from his family by living in a hotel.

Dorothy and David fell in love with each other over their mutual love of hoarding. Their home is so packed now it has become physically unsafe for Dorothy and doctors have said one more fall in the hoard could paralyze her.

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.

The tragic loss of Ellen's husband in the line of duty triggered hoarding through kleptomania. Her house has become so unsafe with her lifted items, her home owners insurance is threatening to revoke coverage. Gloria's family is on the verge of calling the sheriff and the SPCA due to her out-of-control dog, cat, and stuff hoarding.

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.

A woman lives in a backyard cat aviary while rodents infest her jam-packed home; the owner of a camera shop drives away customers with his hoarding.

A woman confronts the sister whose unkempt habits pose a threat to the family home; a man keeps his belongings in garbage bags.

Celia is in danger of losing her hoarded home of shoplifted items and her illegal hoard of dogs if she doesn't get her compulsion under control. Nathan came out as gay when he was 15. The lack of acceptance he felt from his community led him to hoard items as a way to deal with is pain. Now in his early 30's his hoarding has escalated to the point where he is facing eviction. Nathan must face all his past trauma in order to overcome his hoarding and crisis.

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.

A neurosurgeon and former political bigwig faces potential bankruptcy if he can't auction off some of his $10 million hoard to pay off debts; a woman who loves ``Storage Wars'' has accrued so many storage units, she can barely live in her house.

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 must clean up her packed property before a city-imposed deadline or lose her house; doctors refuse to let the recipient of a heart transplant return home due to unsanitary conditions.

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.

A former interior designer hoards out every square inch of a historic mansion, then loses the house to foreclosure; the new owners of the property must determine how to compassionately evict the woman and dispose of her hoard.

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 has hoarded his Alaskan property with everything from decking from the Yukon River Bridge to over 100 vehicles. Now he's hoarded himself out of his home. With a harsh Alaskan winter quickly approaching, he must clean up or face perishing this winter.

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.

Donald and brothers, Peter and Raymond, are close friends who do everything together, including hoarding. Each of them now face their own personal crisis ranging from loss of property, to destroyed relationships, to potential loss of life due to their hoarding.

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.

Over the past two decades, Becky has hoarded her home and motel property, including furniture, clothes and appliances; featured experts are psychologist Dr. Robin Zasio and extreme cleanup expert Cory Chalmers.

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.

Flora's daughter and grandchildren recently moved in with her, but due to the massive hoard, the entire family must eat, sleep and live in a single bedroom; Dr. David Tolin and professional organizer Dorothy Breininger.

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.

John's extreme hoard, rat infestation and mounting citations from the city is too much to handle. John must now cleanup or face losing not only his home, but his relationship with the woman he loves.

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.

Dolores is a cancer survivor and was a caregiver for her late mother; as an escape, Dolores turned to excessive shopping, which triggered her hoarding disorder.

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 Hoarders team of experts really have their hands full with a completely unsanitary and unstable house, a trailer home, multiple ruined cars, and ultimately Cobra's stubborn attitude about getting rid of junk.

The City found out about Meryl's cluttered living condition and are threatening eviction and cleanup; with the help of the team of experts, either Meryl will clean up the property or Code Enforcement will take action and Meryl will lose everything.

Tim's belief in the value of repurposing materials for projects has led to an immense amount of clutter. Realizing that he doesn't have enough time to complete every project he's started, he and the experts get cleaning.

Margie and Bethel's house is an extreme fire hazard, filled with 500 tons of clutter and contaminated with rodent waste. The experts give Margie a chance to clean up and create a safe environment.

When lonely single parent Debbie faces the sudden loss of her mother and begins caring for her depressed father, thrift store shopping is a comfort, but it also triggers her hoarding disorder.

Terri has never really been able to live in the home she bought as the house was filled with clutter from her hoarding. Terri and her boyfriend Kraig have always wanted to get married but the hoarding has stood in the way. Terri spends all her time as a live-in caregiver for an elderly gentleman and has hoarded clutter in his house as well. Her entire life hangs in the balance as her relationship and her career are in jeopardy. Terri is finding the process extremely difficult and is clashing with the cleanup process. She needs to organize her house, her client's house and get her hoarding disorder under control. Will the Hoarders team of experts be able to complete the job or will Terri's temper stop the process?

Tiffany never lived an independent life growing up as a person with special needs. She now lives with her sister Becky because the family home is dangerous and unlivable. 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. With the help of the Hoarders team of experts Tiffany wants to clean up her life and build her dream house.

Paul faced the tragic loss of his partner, Skip, a few years ago. In place of dealing with the grief of his loss, Paul turned to collecting items to use in his interior design business. His massive hoard has now stressed his relationship with his immediate family. Paul has never met his niece and nephew due to the unsafe conditions of his home and the stress his family has endured. If Paul doesn't clean up his hoard, he risks losing the only family support he has left. With the help of the team, Paul wants to clean up his once beautiful home and restore relationships with his family.

Carl and his mom used to have fun looking in trash cans to see what useful things they could find when he was a little kid. Now that Carl lives alone, he treasures his family home and old items as family heirloom. Carl spends a lot of his time still looking for useful and historical things in trash cans. He has literally made his house and yard a trash landfill. Carl faces millions of dollars in city code enforcement fines and possibly more jail time. With the help of the Hoarders team, Carl wants to clean up his life and get code enforcement off his back.

Carmen suffered the loss of her husband, Mike. After a neck injury, Carmen lost her job as a data management specialist. Being alone at home and having no job created anxiety that triggered Carmen's hoarding disorder and online shopping. Carmen's daughter Melissa is worried that Carmen's life is spiraling out of control as she has shut out communications with much of the family. With the help of the Hoarders team, Carmen wants to clean up her home and get her hoarding disorder under control.

Kate collected items from her clients when she worked as a realtor that she would often use to stage homes that she was selling. Kate grew up with an overbearing father and a submissive mother and the recent loss of Kate's husband left her with overwhelming grief to deal with. Kate's home is now in complete chaos, and the city is issuing her daily fines under code enforcement laws. With the help of the Hoarders' crew, Kate wants to clean up her life and save her home.

Peggie's divorce in 1981 left her alone when her daughter decided to live with her father. Finding a job as a live-in caregiver required Peggie to move across the country and start over. Thrift store shopping allowed Peggie to socialize after becoming alone again when her client passed away, but it also triggered her hoarding disorder. For years Peggie desired to clean up her hoard. Now with the help of the Hoarders team, she intends to unclutter her life and get her hoarding disorder under control.

Martha has had a tough life dealing with deception from a married man, frail health, and caring for her parent's last moments in life. Losing the use of water in her house made personal hygiene a challenge to maintain and not wanting to ask friends and family for help has strained family relations and allowed the clutter in the place to spiral out of control. Now Martha intends to reclaim her house and clean up her life. With the help of the Hoarders team, Martha wants to get her hoarding disorder under control and live a healthy life with her family.

When Lia was ten, she became intrigued by her mother's many collectibles and started going to antique stores and estate sales with her and is where Lia suspects her hoarding compulsion originates. Unfortunately, Lia's hoarding went into overdrive when her three sons moved out, and Lia's husband, Ken, worked full time. After a severe blood infection and struggling with the emergency ambulance response, Lia realizes the extreme danger her home presents to her. Now with the help of the Hoarders team of experts, either Lia will clean up her home and have a safe place to live or risk everything.

Andy has worked odd jobs his entire adult life, and he considers himself an entrepreneur specializing in the reselling of scrap and junk. After Andy's father passed away in 2001, Andy's mother, Louise, asked Andy to come live with her. Reselling scrap junk became very hard as the market for scrap metal pays much less and so Andy had talked his mother into getting a reverse mortgage on the property which has led to debt due to interest and fees. If the mortgage company came for an inspection, they could determine an unresolvable fault in payment and then take the house from Andy and his mother, leaving them homeless. Now with the help of the Hoarders team of experts, Andy will clean up the property or lose everything.

Darlene is a dynamic, outspoken, eclectic woman from Vancouver, BC. She believes in New Age energy healing, the fifth dimension, and describes her packed home as a "mystical mess." Darlene has so much stuff that she's hoarded herself outside, leaving her to sleep under a tarp on her porch. With winter coming, Darlene's exposed porch bedroom is about to get a lot colder--so something's got to change. Along with the team of experts, Darlene is going to try to regain control of her life and create positive energy in her home.

Jim has been a collector from a very young age but some of the tragedies in his life have compounded Jim's hoarding behavior. In 2019, Jim's daughter, Elesha, lost her job and needed a place to stay so she moved. Moving in with Jim however, dealing with the hoard has been the most difficult part of her life. Code enforcement has already performed a severe forced cleanup on Jim's house in 2016 which only made matters worse. Now with the help of the Hoarders team of experts, either Jim will clean up the property or code enforcement will take another forced cleanup, and Jim could lose everything.

"Roz" grew up on the east coast of Canada with 13 siblings. The first time she ever had a toy of her own was after a life-threatening hospital stay when she was 9. Nothing went to waste. She grew up to be a public health nurse with a private hoarding disorder. But when her first marriage fell apart and she took up with another hoarder, her house became unmanageable. Now with the help of the Hoarders team, she intends to unclutter her life and get her hoarding disorder under control.

Marjorie has collected items from thrift stores and estate sales over the years for various project which has led to a massive amount of clutter in her home making living in the space very difficult. Marjorie's husband Irv has recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease and has already taken two dangerous falls in the house where the EMTs could not get to him. Irv had to crawl with broken bones to the porch for help and if this happens again, the State could put Irv in a home for the elderly. Now with the help of the Hoarders team of experts, either Marjorie will clean up the property, or she will potentially lose her husband.

As a practiced midwife, Terri enjoys being part of what makes a community strong and healthy. Being on call 24 hours a day has enabled Terri to hide her personal life to the depths of her hoarded home. As Terri constantly blames the hoarding on her busy schedule, past trauma surfaces to reveal the real reason for her decision-making that has led to her hoarding disorder. Code Enforcement is concerned about the safety of Terri's home after they've successfully stopped a fire from consuming the house. Now with the help of the Hoarders team of experts, either Terri will clean up the remaining fire hazard or Code Enforcement will take action, and Terri will lose her home and fail to be able to help her community.

Bob spent a fabulous career as a successful artist painting and drawing for department stores advertising where his work caught the attention of many celebrities. After discovering that his partner was stealing from him, undergoing a necessary heart surgery and facing many other adversities, Bob began to recluse in his house, buying antiques to fill up his 7,000 square foot Victorian Mansion. Bob's dream of restoring his home is now the priority of getting his life back on track but the house needs structural restoration, or the entire building might collapse. With the help of the Hoarders team of experts, Bob can hopefully make his mansion one of St. Louis' top five homes again.

Between John's dumpster diving, weekly swap meet purchases, and occasional yard sale finds, John has collected a massive amount of clutter over the years and has openly admitted that he feels trapped by his hoard. The local code enforcement has already warned John multiple times about the property violations so now with the help of the Hoarders team of experts, John will either clean up the property or code enforcement will be forced to take action and John could lose everything.

Since early childhood, living in a cluttered home is all that Destiny has ever known. In 2004 tragedy struck the family when a car accident took the lives of Destiny's sister and nephew. After this tragic event, Destiny refused to leave the house and says she "basically checked out of life." The extremely hoarded house has come to the attention of the homeowners, and they want the house cleaned up. Now with the help of the Hoarders team of experts, Destiny will need to clean up the property or the landlords will evict her.

In this special, renowned experts, psychologists Dr. David Tolin and Dr. Robin Zasio, offer their expertise in assisting Carl and Eric on their journey towards recovery.

In this special episode we revisit 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 towards recovery.

In this special episode, we revisit John and Andy, both in San Diego, California. Features Hoarders' experts Carolina Harvey and Dr. Robin Zasio, who offer invaluable guidance and support to these individuals on their journey toward recovery.

In this special episode, we revisit 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.

David and Elizabeth have been co-dependent co-hoarders for as long as their adult children can remember. The couple had to remortgage their home because of their addiction to buying items sold on television, such as Tiffany-style lamps. David has more than 40 of these lamps, most of which have never been unboxed. The house is overrun with mice, and Elizabeth's doctor has threatened to report them to the city and have it condemned. David treats it all like a joke – but no one is laughing. With help from the Hoarders team, will this couple be able to let go of their things and hold onto each other?

As a child, Lori felt the high of buying 100 sticks of gum at a time or the same sweater in every color – but when she grew up and moved to the Canadian Far North, her home quickly became packed and unlivable. After her hoarding ended her relationship with the father of her son Tajko, she comforted herself with online shopping but now Tajko's future is at risk. With the help of the Hoarders crew, Lori is going to try and clean up her life – for the sake of both her and her son.

The only way David and Odette can enter or exit their 3,000 square foot home is by climbing a six-foot ladder into the kitchen. The couple live in what should be a dream home – an architecturally designed masterpiece with sweeping views of the Blue Mountains but instead, the house has become a nightmare. David has crammed it to the brim with stuff and Odette continues to add to the hoard with purchases from online auctions. The couple is on the brink of disaster and Odette is threatening to leave him if he can't clean up their home. With the help of the Hoarders team, can David and Odette unclutter their lives and get her hoarding disorder under control?

Coral is an educator above all, but she is also a fiber artist, musician, and a very talented herbalist. Her farmhouse is crammed full of art, crafts, musical instruments, board games, baskets and hundreds of containers filled with herbs and spices. 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 the assistance of the Hoarders team, she intends to unclutter her life and get her hoarding disorder under control.

Catching up with subjects featured in past seasons, including food hoarder Jill who ignores expiration dates and obsessive book collectors Claire and Vance.

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.

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.

A special lookback featuring some of the series' most compulsive shoppers. Hosted by resident clinical psychologist Dr. Robin Zasio, and extreme cleanup specialist, Corey Chalmers, viewers revisit women that have struggled with tightening their purse strings and the distressing ramifications that ensued.

A retrospective special featuring some of the series' most unique collectibles. Hosted by resident clinical psychologist Dr. Robin Zasio, and extreme cleanup specialist, Corey Chalmers, viewers follow individuals on their journeys to alleviate themselves of their unconventional collections.