A collection of 2500 free-roaming rats have hoarded Glen out of his home and into a shed on his property. Originally bred as pets, the rat collection spun out of control upon the death of his wife. Now Glen needs help removing the animals so he can return home, but he has insisted that they be saved and adopted out. Lisa has hoarded her father's house both inside and out. More than 30 cats roam freely through the clutter and he is threatening to evict her and her pets. Lisa will not be allowed back in until she cleans the house, and gets rid of her dozens of animals.

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.

Eric is forced to deal with his emotional grief as the cleanup process uncovers the beautiful interior design left by his late wife.

This one-hour special updates viewers on what has happened to five of our hoarders one year after they received crisis assistance from the HOARDERS Team. The stories include: Vula who was about to lose her cat hoard and her hoarded home to the city and animal protective services; Dumpster diving, Al, whose three-year-old son had been removed from the hoarded home by child protective services; Jim whose exterior and interior hoard was so extreme, the city had condemned the property and his family was no longer allowed to return home without a clean up; Arline whose hoard was so bad her ailing husband was forced to sleep in a car: and Glen, the man with a 2500 rat hoard running through his house.

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.

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.

Former famed interior designer, Sandra, has hoarded out every square inch of the historic mansion she lost to foreclosure. However, she refuses to leave the manor in spite of the fact the bank has sold it to a new couple. The new owners are now facing a crisis of conscience trying to figure out how to compassionately evict Sandra from the property and dispose of her hoard.

A woman who collects bottles of human waste; another woman who hoards items in preparation for the end of the world.

A woman's farm is at risk due to a substantial hoard sparked by preparation for an economic crash. Also: a hoard of plants have overrun a man's house and he risks losing his family is can't clean things up.

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.

Gail's house is literally falling apart. She is living without heat, the walls in her house are cracking, the ceiling is leaking and the floor boards are bowing. She has to make repairs but she needs to clean out her house in order to do so. Complicating the issue is that Gail is scheduled to have major surgery in two weeks and unless she cleans up she will have no where to go to recover from her surgery. Warren is a self-employed heating and refridgeration specialist who ends up taking his work home with him. Old refridgerators, tools and supplies clutter his house creating an unsafe environment for his three year old son Josh and his wife Leanne worries about her son's development. She has now given Warren an ultimatum to either clean up or move out.

Over the past two decades, Carol has hoarded her husband's home. Now, she's left her husband Dave to deal with the hoard and his failing health. With the mansion threatened to be condemned, the family unites to try to save the house and confront Carol about her behavior.

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.

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.

A daughter develops post-traumatic stress disorder because of her mom’s hoarding; a shopping addict loses custody of her son.

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.

As a child, Carl and his mother looked in trash cans to see what useful things they could find; now that he lives alone, Carl still spends time looking for useful things in trash cans and has literally turned his house and yard into a trash landfill.

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

The Stanks have hoarded themselves out of their home and are facing the loss of their property if they cannot get it up to code. Anne is in love with Christmas! Her diabetic husband is at risk for life threatening injuries trying to survive in her enormous collection of seasonal d cor. If Anne doesn't take Christmas down once and for all, her husband will leave her for his own physical safety.

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.

Billy Bob's house is so filled with toys and games, puzzles, cars, dolls and stuffed animals that he can no longer maneuver through the paths. From the outside Jean's house blends perfectly with her upscale Beverly Hills neighbors. But inside, she and her husband are raising their 8-year-old granddaughter in a hoarded mess.

A woman's home is red tagged as uninhabitable and she has to clean it up before an imposed deadline or risk losing her property. Also: unsanitary conditions prevent a woman from taking her husband home following a heart transplant

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.

Kevin is the youngest son of renowned political strategist and a silver screen star--both of whom have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He grew up in a huge mansion living a charmed life. But now Kevin has hoarded himself out of this Upper East Side Manhattan apartment and sleeps on a bench in front of the building. His apartment is so filled that the only way in is through a window on the fire escape. Kevin's neighbors are fed up, and his brother (the executor of the family trust), is tired of coming to his rescue. He now faces eviction if he does not clean up his home. Mary has hoarded her home to capacity with things she thinks are from the Victorian age. She is so obsessed with her collections of furniture and decorations from that time period that she has let the house crumble around her. Her children no longer want to help her or let her stay in their homes. Mary must now clean her home in an effort to salvage her relationship with her family.

Joni's hoarding drove her two sons to turn to drugs to cope, and it forced Child Protective Services to take her granddaughter away from her. She has one last chance to stop the vicious cycle of loss she has inflicted on her family. Millie has agreed to more than one clean-up, only to relapse and start hoarding again. Now her daughter, Chelsea, has given Millie one last ultimatum - "Clean up or lose me forever.

A woman learns of her mother's secret life as a hoarder; a couple's home contains 500,000 books.

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 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.

Lisa is an active chef, a member of various cooking groups, an expert on historical cooking gadgets and a compulsive food hoarder. Even though she lives in an affluent DC neighborhood in a million-dollar home, her kitchen mirrors a slum. Lisa's daughter has memories of her mother cooking with expired food, reassuring her that "bugs are an extra source of protein". Bertha delivers newspapers for a living, stopping along the way to pick through her client's trash looking for "treasures" to bring home. Her yard looks like a city dump, leaving her home virtually inaccessible. Now the court has issued her an ultimatum: clean up the mess in 40 days or go to jail.

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.

Meryl chased a shopping high, and ended up with a massive debt and a falling out with her brother's family. With the City of Worchester threatening eviction, the experts help clean up her property.

Mary has blown through over $200,000 of an inheritance buying items for the consignment shop she owns. But many of the items never make it from her hoarded home into her cluttered store. Her family says she will go broke by January unless she immediately gets help with her shop and her house. Mary Ann's hoard is so out of control that her husband of 42 years will divorce her unless she cleans up. Their constant fighting over the hoard has taken this once loving couple and turned their lives into a battleground.

A victim of abuse as a child, Diana's hoarding became so extreme that her daughter was forced to sleep in a recliner because the trash had overtaken her room. But now a neighbor has blown the whistle on the heap, and the house could be condemned if Diana doesn't clean up fast. Meanwhile, Dolores was once an antiques dealer with such a great eye for value that she even sold to Sotheby's.

Hanna has hoarded herself and her 200 chickens out of her house and is now living with the chickens in a windowless, unheated trailer. As winter sets in, she and her chickens face freezing to death if their original home is not cleaned out so they can all move back in. In addition to the chickens, Hanna has an assortment of farm animals, some of which are in horrible shape and need immediate attention. When Levana and Todd rented out their newly purchased dream home to make ends meet, they had no idea that their tenants, Kathy and Gary, would hoard the home and destroy it by letting 30 rabbits run loose inside the house. Unbelievably, the homeowners are willing to give the hoarders a second chance if they clean up their act.

Celia is in danger of losing her hoarded California 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 from his community led him to hoard items as a way to deal with his pain. Now in his early 30s, his hoarding has escalated to the point where he is facing eviction from his Dawsonville, Georgia home. Nathan must face all his past trauma in order to overcome his hoarding crisis.

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.

After her newborn son dies, Chris tries to fill the void with possessions that jeopardize custody of her daughters; Dale is at risk of eviction from his city-subsidized apartment filled with found objects for art projects.

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.

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.

Robin's home is so full of garbage that people in the street can smell the stench. With the city condemning the property and threatening to tear it down at their expense, Robin and her father must clean up their house to save it.

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.

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 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.

Linda's family has been torn apart by her hoarding. She wants a relationship with her grown children but they refuse to visit her because Linda's house is piled up with belongings. Despite Linda's threat to commit suicide her family has given her an ultimatum to either clean up or her husband Shelton will divorce her and her children will choose not to remain in touch her any longer. 29 year old Todd has been collecting models, kits and several other hobby items ever since her was a kid. His girlfriend of five years Robyn wants to get married and to start a family but she has threatened to leave Todd if doesn't control his behaviors. Todd wants to create a life with her as well but he doesn't know where to begin.

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.

Andrew's home is an eyesore in a neighborhood of million dollar homes. The exterior and interior are completely hoarded, there's no running water, and Andrew has allowed a homeless man to create a makeshift shelter in his front yard. Now Andrew's brother has called Adult Protective Services. He must clean up or they will remove him and all his belongings from the home without his consent. 14-year-old Shania has three rooms filled with broken toys and old clothes that she refuses to get rid of--behavior she learned from her parents Belinda and Kevin. All three are hoarders. But now mom Belinda, depressed about the situation, has threatened to leave if they don't ALL address their hoarding and get help.

A man risks multiple fines after it is revealed he is living in a house covered with cat feces and urine, and the rooms are hoarded with his collections and his deceased mother's belongings. A woman's hoard has literally pushed her husband out of the house.

Becky's hoard fills 16 separate storage units and the monthly fees have driven her into debt. Currently living with her son and his fianc , she has also started to hoard in their house. Fed up, they have given her until the end of the month to get rid of her hoard and move out. Because of her hoarding Clare was forced by the Sheriff's Department to undergo involuntary mental examination and then banned from her own property until it is cleaned. She is staying with a friend while her son and his girlfriend have been living in a storage shed in the backyard--with no power or water. If Clare doesn't clean up her home, she risks losing her house and leaving her son homeless.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

The season kicks-off with a one-hour special focusing 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.

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.

Terry's fridge is packed with dead cats, and she has another 50 live ones. Her son thinks her problems stem from the time her father died of a heart attack right in front of her when she was just a small child, and she's felt guilty ever since that she couldn't save him. Meanwhile, decades of hoarding has left Adelle's house in such shambles that she's using a bucket for a bathroom and doing laundry in a kiddie pool in her backyard. But Adelle can't see the filth or the damage her hoarding has done to her family.

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?

Good intentions lead Bruce to collect a massive amount of tools and clutter; with the help of the "Hoarders" team, Bruce and Cathy need to clear their house so they can proceed an overall healthier living situation.

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.

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.

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.

BG and Lee have filled their million-dollar Victorian home with hoards of stuff--and now are even competing to see who can bring in the most stuff. The two are locked in emotional combat--a real-life "War of the Roses." Chris has filled his house and eight storage units with worthless junk that he gets for free. His situation is so dire that he's gone without water and other basics just so he can continue to afford storage space for his garbage.

Susan `s addicted to buying and selling cars and electronics, but she never manages to sell much. Recently, when Susan was out prowling for more stuff, someone broke into the house, bound and gagged her wheelchair-bound mother at gunpoint, and stole some of Susan's hoard. Michael's father was a Nazi SS member in Germany's Third Reich who ruled his son with an iron fist, even forcing him to eat his own pet rabbit to "toughen him up." Now Michael is a hoarder and he and his dog live like sardines packed in a can of clutter.

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.

A woman's husband threatens to end their 38-year marriage if she does not clean up their home; a woman faces eviction if she does not address her hoard.

A young man in Novato, California, who also suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoards garbage (snack wrappers, empty bottles, and rotting food) in a two-bedroom townhouse he shares with his alcoholic father. A blind woman's hoard in New Mexico is so bad that every room of her home is cluttered with over 75 living and dead cats, cat feces, and urine soaked carpets and furniture.

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.

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.

Debra has filled her house with an avalanche of clothes and run up a $50,000 credit card debt. Fed up, her husband and children are threatening to leave her to wallow in the hoard by herself. Meanwhile, Patty has stuffed her house with so many floor-to-ceiling cardboard boxes that she's had to move to her son's apartment. But now she's filling up that place too, and the situation has already forced her son's partner to say, "Keep the heap - I'm leaving!"

A Seattle, Washington couple are facing imminent foreclosure on two houses as a result of a decision to buy a second home to solve the wife's lifelong hoarding problem. A Charlottesville, Virginia woman's relationship with her boyfriend is in danger as a result of her hoard, which has taken over their entire townhouse.

A hoarding woman may lose her daughter; a groom never moved in to his wife's cluttered house.

Linda's husband could no longer stand the compulsive hoarding that filled the house they owned together. However, Linda must now sell her home as part of the settlement and it is sure to be an elaborate and anxiety-provoking process. Steven is at risk of eviction with a very poorly kept government-run housing. He may end up homeless again if he cannot clean up his house.

Angel's life has spiraled as unchecked shopping habits have taken over her finances and her home. With reduced work hours but persistent spending, her home is now dangerously overcrowded.

For two years Sherry has not paid the mortgage payments on her house. Her justification for her massive hoard is that it protects her from the outside world, resulting in a 6-foot-high wall of trash blocking entry into the home. Relationships are tested when Sherry attempts to work with her son and daughter to clear her massive hoard. With the help of the Hoarders team, Sherry must now cleanup her hoard to start getting her life on track.

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.

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.

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.

In Port Angeles, Washington, Sandi is known as the town's Mrs. Claus over the holidays. However, she has taken her alter ego to the extreme with her gift hoarding compulsion. Things have gotten so out of control with her Mrs. Claus persona that Sandi is on the verge of going bankrupt and losing her gift-hoarded home. Vivian has custody over her grandsons but is on the verge of losing them to Child Protective Services because of her hoarded Mesilla, New Mexico home.

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 Kansas woman's compulsive shopping habits have taken over the entire house. Her children were removed by authorities as a result of the living conditions. A Beverly, Massachusetts man's hoard of both home renovation supplies and outdated materials is so bad that his common-law wife broke her arm tripping over a pile of his things. After seeming unfazed over the accident, he is given an ultimatum to clean up or move out.

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

Paramedics rushing to save a woman's life lose precious time when they're forced to climb over the hoard they find in Norman's house. Officials on the scene immediately call the Fire Chief and the Fire Marshall because the home presents a huge fire hazard to the neighborhood. Within an hour of being told his girlfriend is dead, the property is crawling with city officials and the house is condemned. Norman is given 30 days to clean up, or he could lose his house forever. Ever since Linda's husband died ten years ago, she has been adding to a hoard that has now spiraled out of control. Her two grown sons living with her do nothing about it either and each family member blames the other for not cleaning--causing a toxic three-way in the house. If Linda doesn't get help with the hoarding so she can recuperate and rehab from her future surgery, her sister is threatening to report her to the authorities and will have her own sister "shut-down."

In this special follow-up episode we check in on the progress of Jill, Jake, Betty, Bill and Paul from our first season.

After losing a cousin on 9/11, a woman's hoard grows; a hoarder puts her husband at risk.

Randy's boardwalk memorabilia collection fills a 20,000 square foot building and numerous tractor trailers. Room after room of pinball machines, signs, games, toys, tickets, and hundreds of mannequins modeled after Randy himself. He's spent millions on his fantasy world known as Randyland--but it's never been open to the public. Now he must figure out how to make money from his hoard or go broke and lose everything. Vicki's hoarding is breaking up her family. Not only is her husband ready to walk away from their marriage, but their 15-year-old son wants to move out as well. Although painfully depressed and withdrawn from the world, Vicki says she is ready to seek help in order to keep her family from breaking up.

Stacey has two days to get rid of the 47 dogs and cats that have taken over her house. They have ripped everything to shreds and forced her 14-year-old daughter to move into her brother's home. If she doesn't clean up she risks losing both her daughter and her home. Roi has already been in jail twice due to his hoard. And now the fire department has kicked him out of his house because of a gas leak buried deep in piles and piles of belongings. As the team begins the clean up, they discover that the gas leak is just the first of many dangerous hazards in the home.

In Great Falls, Montana, Kathy has hoarded out her triplex and a dance studio and is facing financial ruin if she can't clean up and rent out her spaces. Her 12 children, including a daughter who developed split personality disorder to cope with the hoard, will try to get her to face her demons. Elmira's hoard has become so bad that code enforcement is on the verge of condemning her Chesapeake, Virginia home. Elmira's family will have to resolve their "step vs. blood" dynamics to help her through the process.

In this episode of Hoarders we check in with five hoarders from past seasons: Al, of Hammond, Indiana, lost custody of his son due to his hoarding, Jill, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is still a food hoarder who feels that expiration dates are arbitrary, Dale is at risk of being evicted from the Boston loft apartment where he's lived for over 30 years, Claire and Vance filled every room of their Chicago home with hundreds of thousands of books, and Verna was forced to sleep in her attic because her Santa Cruz, California home was so hoarded.

A Vancouver, Washington woman lives a dangerous life of strange contradictions. Judy is an extreme germaphobe who spends her entire day engaged in sanitization rituals, yet she lives in a severe and extremely filthy hoard overridden with mice whom she considers her friends. The situation is so hazardous to her health that the fire department and health department have mandated a clean up.

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 firefighter's co-workers worry his hoarding is affecting his job performance; a woman's two sons suffer due to her unkempt home.

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.

A woman is forced to sleep on the patio because her hoard occupies every room in the house.

Sandy's sister, Nona, owns the family home in Lisbon, Maine, where Sandy has lived her entire life. Nona hasn't been inside the home in 10 years, but when code enforcement issued her a citation, she decided it was time to confront Sandy about how she's been living. Len lives in an Akron, Ohio home stuffed full of garbage bags where he keeps all his belongings. If he doesn't clean up his family fears his house will kill him.

Vula is hoarding more than 30 sickly cats that have completely destroyed her home. Lisa, a 30-year-old fifth grade teacher, has already lost one job by bringing her hoard from home to the classroom.

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.

Verna is a hot-headed ex-cop, ex-drug trafficker, and ex-prison inmate who has cleverly evaded laws against hoarding by arguing that her hoard was her artistic expression. But now Verna, who has diabetes, is hospitalized, and the hospital refuses to let her return home unless it’s cleaned up. Joanne’s house has gone from immaculate showplace to garbage pit. Yet despite the filth, she’s been the daytime caretaker for her six-year-old grandson. Joanne’s sister-in-law is so upset about the situation that she’s threatening to call adult protective services if the house isn’t cleaned up immediately.

Jackie has filled her 4,000 square foot San Leandro, California with $1 million of teddy bears. Will she clean up the ocean of bears or lose her house? Richard previously agreed to his family's pleas for an emergency cleanup of his Cotuit, Massachusetts home during Hoarders Live. Will Richard take this chance to change his life?

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

Ronald is a fire-fighter who is legally mandated to report hoarded homes. But in this case the hoarder is his wife, Eileen, and the house is his own. Eileen has destroyed not only her 3,200 sq. ft. home, but her relationships with her husband and six sons. Now, her son Steven has threatened to turn Eileen in to the health department if the living conditions are not improved for his four younger brothers. Judy has blown through almost her entire $1 million inheritance on her hoard, and has lost $30,000 worth of checks in her hoarded house. The floor to ceiling hoard not only occupies her entire home, but also storage units and a trailer. If Judy doesn't get her compulsion under control and find those checks, she and her husband will go broke.

Beverly has been obsessively recording thousands and thousands of hours of audio and video for decades. Her home is filled with TV's and recorders, her yard piled high with boxes of tapes and her walls hidden behind floor to ceiling stacks of video cassettes. One of Beverly's daughters is threatening to report her to social services if she doesn't get help. Megan is living in her hoarded, mouse-infested home with a one-week-old baby and her two older children. Family Services has made several visits, but she has so far managed to avoid letting them in the house. At risk of losing custody of all three kids, the family has moved to a motel and now must clean up their home.

A series of tragedies triggers hoarding that leads to a woman losing 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.