Hoarders

Judy's life is a dangerous one of severe contradictions. She is an extreme germaphobe who spends her entire day engaged in sanitization rituals, yet she lives in a severe and extremely filthy hoard overridden with mice whom she considers her friends.

Jackie has filled her 4,000 square foot San Francisco hillside home with $1 million of teddy bears. Will she clean up the ocean of bears or lose her house? Richard previously agreed to his family's pleas for an emergency cleanup.

Ruby, aka Big Momma's house, is so hoarded she spends her entire day living in the car, and her grandson has started running the streets of LA. If she doesn't clean up, her daughters will call Adult Protective Services.

Ailing couple, Ben and Robins's hoarding is so severe that EMT's can no longer access their home for emergencies. Kevin is hiding a hoard of sexual paraphernalia in his home from his family by living in a hotel.

Dorothy and David fell in love with each other over their mutual love of hoarding. Their home is so packed now it has become physically unsafe for Dorothy and doctors have said one more fall in the hoard could paralyze her.

Dick has hoarded out his girlfriend Sandy's house to the point that the two of them can no longer live in it. They face financial ruin if they can't shed their current apartment rental and get back into Sandy's home.

Peggy's hoard of filth and dead animal carcasses has led the city to deem her house uninhabitable. If she does not clean up, city officials will not allow Peggy to return to her beloved home. Ed and Connie met over their mutual love over Halloween items.

The tragic loss of Ellen's husband in the line of duty triggered hoarding through kleptomania. Her house has become so unsafe with her lifted items, her home owners insurance is threatening to revoke coverage.

Kathy has hoarded out her triplex and a dance studio and is facing financial ruin if she can't clean up and rent out her spaces. Her 12 children, including a daughter who developed split personality disorder to cope with the hoard.

In this episode of Hoarders we check in with five hoarders from past seasons: Al lost custody of his son due to his hoarding.

Sybil's hoard is so intense that mice have started to live in her tub and her refrigerator. Her home is so jam packed with items and rodents that she has literally been forced outside and is now sleeping in her backyard cat aviary.

Sandy's sister, Nona, owns the family home where Sandy has lived her entire life. Nona hasn't been inside the home in 10 years, but when code enforcement issued her a citation, she decided it was time to confront Sandy about how she's been living.

Celia is in danger of losing her hoarded home of shoplifted items and her illegal hoard of dogs if she doesn't get her compulsion under control. Nathan came out as gay when he was 15.

Maggie's home is so packed with her shopping addiction that her granddaughter was forced to sleep on top of piles and shower outside with a garden hose. Things have gotten so bad, that a family member pulled Maggie and her granddaughter out of the house.

Sandi is known as the town's Mrs. Claus over the holidays. However, she has taken her alter ego to the extreme with her gift hoarding compulsion.