Serial przygląda się ekstremalnym zbieraczom od wewnątrz i psychologii stojącej za ich przymusem gromadzenia i przechowywania dużych ilości nieistotnych rzeczy.
Phyllis and Patty aren't just identical twins, they're identical twin hoarders. They've transformed every home in which they've ever lived into a complete disaster area. Now, after losing one house can they save their current home from being condemned?
What's it like to live downstairs from a hoarder? Lalie and her children suffer the effects of mold, mice and flea infestations because their upstairs neighbor and landlord, Denise, has secretly acquired a massive hoard.
Beverly's clutter has filled every last square inch of her home. Upstairs, her three beloved dogs have made the space absolutely unlivable. With the threat of the city condemning her home, Beverly must clear the hoard or risk losing everything.
Terry and Bill seem to be the perfect couple,but their dark secret has put their relationship in jeopardy. The tragic murder of her daughter drove Nancy to hoarding. Now, if she can't clear her home, she may just lose her husband as well.
The giant, toppling piles of clutter are more dangerous to Jessica, who a little person, who in tandem with her mother Dale, has filled her entire home with stuff.
Once a respected high school principal, Wayne's life changed when he was the target of a thwarted school shooting. Now paralyzed by PTSD and compulsive hoarding, Wayne has virtually barricaded himself inside his home and in turn, has abandoned his family.
When Kyle first met Lynn, he thought she was the answer to all of his problems, but years later, she's transformed his home into a heap of trash. Now on the verge of foreclosure, the couple will either get along enough to clean, or kill each other trying.
When Frank asked his girlfriend Susan to move in, he wasn't expecting her to fill his house with clutter, though it should come as no surprise; just two blocks away, Susan's home for forty-eight years sits condemned due to the massive hoard inside.
Geoffrey has already lost his home. Now, he has just 30 days to clear the clutter from the home or he will lose everything that remains inside it - including his two children.
John and Joe are a father and son duo who both hoard. John faces jail time for his compulsions, while Joe could lose his newborn son to child protective services if they don't clean up their mess.
An unprecedented edition of Hoarding: Buried Alive features an apartment complex with not one, not two, but three extreme hoarders. For years their hoarding has gone unchecked but with building now under strict management, everything is about to change.
Extreme hoarder Mike is about to undergo surgery that could save his life. But the biohazards inside his filthy home puts his recovery at serious risk. If he doesn't clean out his house now, he will die in his hoard.
Ken's entire world revolves around his girlfriend. But as years of hoarding have taken its toll on their relationship, she's giving him one last chance to clear out. And Lea is at risk of losing her children if she can't clean her clutter.
One mother's battle with hoarding is overshadowed by the discovery of her own daughter's compulsion to hold on to things; while another mother is putting her family's unity on the line and her husband's life at risk with her own extreme hoarding problem.
It's the most extreme roach infestation ever seen on Hoarding: Buried Alive - and if Seymour can't conquer it and clear out the hoard in his house, the city will condemn the home and leave him homeless.
If Tim doesn't grow up and get his home cleaned before his inheritance runs out, he'll lose the house and end up out on the street. A similar fate is in store for twin brothers Lorrin and Orin if their decades-long compulsion can't be curbed.
If Doug doesn't get a handle on his extreme compulsion to collect things within the month, he stands to lose not one, but two house he's filled with clutter.