The mummified corpse of a San Francisco woman was found buried under "mounds of trash" in her home on Saturday, surrounded by bugs, rats and hundreds of bottles of urine, the L.A. Times reports. Authorities do not suspect foul play.
A USPS postal worker who reportedly struggled with alcohol addiction and depression was caught hoarding over 40,000 pieces of undelivered mail that were intended for the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. over the course of ten years.
An extreme hoarder in Canada who became pinned down when a large pile of his collected belongings tipped over spent two days trapped in his home until a concerned relative asked police officers to check in on him.
The American Psychology Association voted to finalize entries for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders yesterday, ending the last of several commenting periods open to the public, so if you were hoping to send them any recommendations I hope yours got in under the wire. There…
Police raided Florida's Haven Acres Cat Sanctuary (population: 692 fewer cats than they had before), and in doing so uncovered "the biggest case of cat hoarding the Humane Society of the United States has ever participated in." The proprietors of said kitty slum, Pennie and Steven Lefkowitz, are each facing 47 counts…
We already know (because he told us) that Andy Rooney hates throwing things away. On tonight's 60 Minutes, we learned that—even if it's for charity—there's no way in hell Rooney will give anything to anybody—like, EVER. Watch inside.
Over the past year, the number of television series about American pack-rats hard been absurd (Hoarders, Animal Hoarders, Hoarding: Buried Alive...) The show took notice and worked hoarding into a ridiculous episode that had South Park invading each others dreams.
The third episode of Confessions: Animal Hoarding continued profiling people who hoard animals, and the effects it has on not only their life, but those around them. This episode featured Robin and Lolette.
Last night we caught the second episode of Animal Planet's new series Confessions: Animal Hoarding. This episode focuses on Janice and J.D.—two people who are hoarders of dogs. Exactly how allergic are you to pet hair?
An elderly Chicago couple was rescued from beneath piles of junk inside their home where they were trapped for two weeks and may have been bitten by rats. The smell was so bad that firefighters had to wear hazmat suits.
Tonight on every messy person's worst nightmare, we met Charlotte, who hadn't been in two rooms in her house for years; and Pam, who hoards organizational materials. Doesn't hoarding stuff to organize the other stuff you're hoarding defeat the purpose?
Hoarding: Buried Alive wavers between being a sad self-esteem boost and a depressing dose of perspective. Tonight, Cindy and Pam got help with their debilitating hoarding.
Spring is here, and with it comes one of the most-loathed tasks of the year: Spring Cleaning. But before you give up about the hopeless mess that is your life, remember- it could be worse. You could be a Hoarder.
When two people begin dating, there's always those quirky secrets they find out about each other. Like your boyfriend hasn't thrown anything out since the Nixon administration. Better than finding a human head in his freezer, but not by much.
It used to be that people who were compulsive hoarders suffered in silence. Now they can suffer on national television! That A&E show Hoarders has made them the hottest crazies on the block. Should they be destroyed?
