Hoarding: Buried Alive Season 4, Episode 11: Holding Mom Hostage

1

This is Garbage Land

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

60 min

2

As Bad as It Gets

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.

42 min

3

Sleeping in a Dumpster

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.

42 min

4

This is Unreal

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

60 min

5

Just Tear It Down

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.

60 min

6

Twenty Of Everything

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

60 min

7

Hoo, That Reeks!

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.

42 min

8

A Humongous Secret

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.

60 min

9

It's My Junk

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.

42 min

10

You're Not Taking My Kids

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

60 min

11

Holding Mom Hostage

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

60 min

12

This House Killed Her

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

60 min

13

She Wants It, She Takes It

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.

60 min

14

What A Pig

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.

60 min

15

They're Crawling

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

42 min

16

One Is Good Two Is Better

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

42 min

17

She's Going to Jail

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.

60 min

18

I'm a Rockstar, Baby!

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.

60 min

19

Losing Half Myself

Also listed as 5x01. Two identical twins are hoarders of the same type of items and face the reality of changing their ways or facing the consequences.

60 min

20

Leading a Double Life

Also listed as 5x02. The lives of a woman and her children are being affected detrimentally by the hoarding of their landlord, who lives above them.

60 min

21

Somewhere in My Pile

Also listed as 5x03. 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.

60 min

23

Waste Not, Want Not

Also listed as 5x04. 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.

60 min