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Hoarding: Buried Alive
Hoarding: Buried Alive

Hoarding: Buried Alive

—Left untreated, hoarding can destroy the lives of the person afflicted and their loved ones. This series shines a light on the serious condition, with each hourlong episode profiling two extreme hoarders struggling to fight the need to collect things and return to a more normal life. Therapists and organizers help the hoarders attempt to find what causes their compulsive behavior, but for most the process of decluttering and organizing becomes an extremely difficult task.
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Season 89 of 9 Episodes

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

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

  • Three hoarders live in the same apartment complex; their hoarding has gone unchecked for years, but a new management is about to change everything.

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

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

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

  • Seymour needs to conquer the roach infestation and clear out the hoard in his house, or the city will condemn the home and leave him homeless.

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

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

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76 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    It's My Junk
    Overwhelming Pile of Junk
    Sleeping in a Dumpster
    Better Get a Dumpster
    The Donald Trump of Hoarding
    Owned by the Roaches
    Worse Than a Haunted House
    Leading a Double Life
    Homeless Man With a House
    Just Tear It Down
  • It's My Junk

    Eileen's secret escalates to a matter of life and death; Dale has packed five houses full of clutter.
    Upcoming
  • Overwhelming Pile of Junk

    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.
    Upcoming
  • Sleeping in a Dumpster

    Laura's collection has spiraled into a compulsion; during her clean-up, a house fire ignites.
    Upcoming
  • Better Get a Dumpster

    A woman and her out of control obsession with bikinis, sweaters and dresses.
    Upcoming
  • The Donald Trump of Hoarding

    Mike is about to undergo surgery to save his life; the biohazards in his home threaten his recovery.
    Upcoming
  • Owned by the Roaches

    A psychologist can't solve her own hoarding problem; millions of roaches are infesting her home.
    Upcoming
Hoarding: Buried Alive

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Left untreated, hoarding can destroy the lives of the person afflicted and their loved ones. This series shines a light on the serious condition, with each hourlong episode profiling two extreme hoarders struggling to fight the need to collect things and return to a more normal life. Therapists and organizers help the hoarders attempt to find what causes their compulsive behavior, but for most the process of decluttering and organizing becomes an extremely difficult task.

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  • 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.

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