Linda's compulsive shopping not only depleted her family's finances, but filled every room in their home with piles of bags and boxes. Her husband left her three years ago when he could no longer cope with her hoarding.

Hoarders

Linda/Steven (Pilot)

Patty and David appear to be living the American dream. But their secret hides behind the manicured yard of their new home. Patty's hoarding has taken over the entire house and their children were removed by authorities.

Patty/Bill

Kerrylea and her husband Geoffrey are facing imminent foreclosure on two houses. After her hoarding filled the first home, she convinced her husband that the only way to solve her lifelong problem was to buy an additional home.

Kerrylea/Lauren

Tara has been reported to her landlord and needs to clean out now or she'll be homeless. She's an obsessive collector, favoring things like McDonald's Happy Meal toys.

Tara/Betty

Jennifer is a young stay at home mom. Both she and her husband Ron, suffer from hoarding and their three kids are growing up with piles of junk, food, and clothing everywhere.

Jennifer & Ron/Jill

Paul was charged with criminal littering in 2008 and has failed to meet three court ordered deadlines to clean his yard. His 2 acre property is strewn with over 70 junk cars, thousands of pounds of scrap metal.

Paul/Missy & Alex

While most 21 olds see a world of possibility in front of them, Jake wakes up every morning despondent at the state of his life--a prisoner to his hoarding and OCD.

Jake/Shirley

Pluto

Barbara trolls for stuff in alleyways and dumpsters, and her hoarded home sits in a million-dollar neighborhood where the neighbors look on in disgust.

Barbara G./Fred and Mary

Paramedics rushing to save a woman's life lose precious time when they're forced to climb over the hoard they find in Norman's house.

Norman/Linda

Barbara has been a hoarder her entire life. The daughter of a dumpster-diver, Barbara's hoarding spiraled out of control after the deaths of her two sons, one to cancer and the other to a gun accident.

Barbara/Richard

Mary's obsession includes hoarding cats, and her friends and family have no idea about the horror that awaits them when they walk through her door.

Mary/Annie

Carrie's hoarding stems from a long string of abuse at the hands of family members, and she compulsively shops to "protect" herself.

Carrie/James

The trauma of dealing with Joanne's hoarding was so bad for her daughter that she has developed post-traumatic stress disorder.

Joanne/Kristy

Kathleen's hoarding began after her husband was killed in a train accident.

Kathleen/Scott

Dee blew through a $150,000 legal settlement to fulfill her hoarding obsession.

Dee/Jan

Verna is a hot-headed ex-cop, ex-drug trafficker, and ex-prison inmate who has cleverly evaded laws against hoarding by arguing that her hoard was her artistic expression.

Verna/Joanne

Anna tried to hide her hoarding from her family, but when her suspicious daughter snuck into the house to take pictures, Anna's secret was finally exposed.

Anna/Claire and Vance

Chickens roam all over Constance's property, where she runs a "fresh egg" operation.

Constance and Jeri Jo

Hoarders profiles adults who suffer from extreme hoarding, a mental disorder marked by an obsessive need to collect things, even if the items are worthless, hazardous, or unsanitary.

Barbara G./Fred and Mary

Full Episodes

Season 5, 11 episodes