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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?

Hoarders: Buried Alive

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

Welcome to My Nightmare

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.

Beyond Embarrassment

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

Paralyzed by Clutter

Extreme hoarders face losing their homes and living in isolation.

Life On Fire

Two women seek help for their compulsive hoarding problems.

Family Secrets

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

Filling the Void

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

No One Would Choose This

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

Everything Is at Stake

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.

A Million Excuses

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

Homeless Man with a House

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

Robbing the Kids…

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

Prison of Garbage

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

Everything's Junk

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

Battle with Chaos

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

How Do I Get Out of This

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

The Scariest Place on Earth

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

The Mess I've Created

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

This Is Where You Sleep

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

Nowhere Near Normal

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

I Want to Cuss

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.

Oh My Gosh

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

Better Get a Dumpster

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.

Overwhelming Pile of Junk

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.

My Biggest Embarrassment

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.

It's Out of Control

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.

Like a Dog in a Cage

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.

It's a Freaking War Zone

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.

Surviving on Trash

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.

There Are Mice Everywhere

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.

Not a Safe Place

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

A Horrible Sight

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

I Was Gonna Gag

Is That a Goat?

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

Stop Touching My Stuff

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.

Overtaken By Puppets

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

I Can't Breathe

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.

Tiny Monsters

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.

My House Can Kill Me

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.

Owned By The Roaches

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

I'm Dumbfounded

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.

It's Just Sex

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.

Worst I've Ever Seen

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.

A Bomb Went Off

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

Unbelievable

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.

Are You Serious?

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

This is Garbage Land

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.

As Bad as It Gets

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.

Sleeping in a Dumpster

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

This is Unreal

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.

Just Tear It Down

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

Twenty Of Everything

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.

Hoo, That Reeks!

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.

A Humongous Secret

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.

It's My Junk

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

You're Not Taking My Kids

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

Holding Mom Hostage

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

This House Killer Her

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.

She Wants It, She Takes It

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.

What A Pig

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

They're Crawling

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

One Is Good Two Is Better

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.

She's Going to Jail

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.

I'm a Rockstar, Baby!

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

Losing Half Myself

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

Leading a Double Life

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.

Somewhere in My Pile

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.

Waste Not, Want Not

A landlord's secret hoard is a threat to a woman and her children, who lives downstairs. The hoarding is to blame for mold, mice and flea infestations.

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.

This House Killed Her

Rhonda's home is filled with items she's found in the dumpster; neighbors are threatening lawsuits.

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.

What a Pig

Kay denies she is a hoarder but her cluttered home with deadly vermin tells another story.

Louise and her lavish hoarding could end up on the street.

One Is Good. Two Is Better

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Last Clear Spot

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

Full of Rats

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.

You're Gonna Die in Here

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

My Teeth Are Lost in the Pile

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.

It's A Horror Story

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

Running Out of Time

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

A VCR for Every Day of the Week

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

Three Apartments, Three Hoarders

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

The Donald Trump of Hoarding

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

We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

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

Worse Than a Haunted House

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

A Graveyard of Junk

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

The Stench is Amazing

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

It's a Rat's Nest

16-year-old Haley struggles with hoarding and bipolar disorder.

Diagnosis Bipolar

Wayne is paralyzed by PTSD and compulsive hoarding.

Diagnosis PTSD

Decades of hoarding isolates Benny from his family.

Updates: Benny

Hoarding: Buried Alive is an American documentary television series that premiered on TLC on March 14, 2010. The show follows hoarders through their life experiences and helps them learn to manage their illness.

All Episodes of Hoarding: Buried Alive

Browse all episodes of Hoarding: Buried Alive

Season 1

Hoarders: Buried Alive

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/10/2009

Welcome to My Nightmare

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/14/2010

Beyond Embarrassment

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/21/2010

Paralyzed by Clutter

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/28/2010

Life On Fire

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/4/2010

Family Secrets

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/11/2010

Filling the Void

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/18/2010

No One Would Choose This

Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/25/2010

Everything Is at Stake

Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/2/2010

A Million Excuses

Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/9/2010