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

Kate collected items from her clients when she worked as a realtor that she would often use to stage homes that she was selling.

Kate

Terri and her boyfriend Kraig have always wanted to get married but the hoarding has stood in the way.

Terri

Tiffany never lived an independent life growing up as a person with special needs.

Tiffany

Paul faced the loss of his partner a few years ago. In place of dealing with the grief, he turned to collecting items to use in his design business.

Paul

Carl and his mom used to have fun looking in trash cans to see what useful things they could find. Now that he lives alone, he has made his house and yard a trash landfill.

Carl

Carmen's daughter Melissa is worried that Carmen's life is spiraling out of control as she has shut out communications with much of the family.

Carmen

Finding a job as a live-in caregiver required Peggy to move across the country.

Peggie

Martha has had a tough life. Losing the use of water in her house made personal hygiene a challenge to maintain and allowed the clutter in her home to spiral out of control.

Martha

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.

S13 E6 Kate

Full Episodes

Season 13, 8 Episodes