Hoarding: Buried Alive

Bennie and Rhonda have lived decades of compulsive hoarding that have driven their loved ones away.

Laura and Margaret are both mothers and extreme hoarders; their parallel obsessions have made them prisoners in their own homes while tearing their families apart.

Deborah and Mary both start hoarding in the wake of personal tragedies; ever since Deborah killed her drug-addicted boyfriend in self-defense, she and her son have lived amid growing piles of trash and unused possessions.

9/11 trauma was the trigger for one woman; the lasting effects of a brain hemorrhage.

Debbie knows the OCD drives her hoarding; Jeff doesn't believe he is a hoarder.

Linda's family is on the edge of collapse because of her hoarding; Norski has overcome addiction but can she kick the hoarding habit?

Michael has six weeks to clean his house, or he will go to jail; a motivational speaker can not manage her own life.

Joyce's compulsive collecting almost cost her husband his life; Norine's hoarding forced her teenage daughter out of the house.

Debbie turned to hoarding after a confession ended her marriage; with illness in her family, Julie hoards to ease the pain.

Jahn is an extreme hoarder trying to clear her two houses before they are both condemned.

Sharon gets caught stealing from her neighbors; Len must choose between his hoarding and his daughter.

Tammy is forced to eat her meals in her car; her sick father is unable to return home from the hospital.

A woman and her out of control obsession with bikinis, sweaters and dresses.

Debbie lost the company of her four children to hoarding; Chip's family of six is forced to live in sixteen hundred square feet of living space.

Patti's extreme hoarding has made it impossible for her daughter to live with her; Jonathan's obsession keeps his three-year-old son from coming in the door.

Kay's years of hoarding has put her marriage in jeopardy; Toni's compulsive shopping has made her home unsafe for her granddaughter.

A mother tries to protect her children from their father's hoard; an artist chooses frog, penguins and banana peels over her boyfriend.

Maggie's piles of collections is putting her son's life at risk; Bob's passion for swimming pool parts is pushing his family to the brink.