Hoarding: Buried Alive
Hoarding: Buried Alive

Hoarding: Buried Alive

2010 6 Seasons 98 Episodes ⭐ 6.8 Documentary Reality

Hoarding: Buried Alive is an American documentary television series that premiered on TLC on March 14, 2010. The show follows hoarders through their life experiences and helps them learn to manage their illness.

Hoarding: Buried Alive is an American documentary television series that premiered on TLC on March 14, 2010. The show follows hoarders through their life experiences and helps them learn to manage their illness.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Welcome to My Nightmare

Extreme hoarders' lives spiral out of control as their possessions jeopardize their chances for a happy family life.

EP 2

Beyond Embarrassment

A man, 55, plans to abandon his hoard and move in with his mother, who is also a hoarder; a woman risks having her house

EP 3

Paralyzed by Clutter

An extreme hoarder is in denial; a woman who has trouble discarding belongings fears that she's passing down her compuls

EP 4

Life On Fire

Extreme hoarders face losing their homes and living in isolation.

EP 5

Family Secrets

Two women seek help for their compulsive hoarding problems.

EP 6

Filling the Void

Hoarding is both a comfort and a curse for two lonely women trying to find the strength to change.

EP 7

No One Would Choose This

Two women must get their compulsive hoarding under control or face eviction from their homes and alienation from their f

EP 8

Everything Is at Stake

Two women's compulsive hoarding is crowding out their loved ones.

EP 9

A Million Excuses

Hoarding by parents threatens to rip a family apart unless they can stop their excessive collecting. A man must learn to

EP 10

Hoarders: Buried Alive

Compulsive hoarding is a mental illness that causes people to accumulate an excessive amount of clutter within their hom

EP 1

Homeless Man with a House

Season 2 opens as two hoarders get help after decades of compulsive behavior that has driven their loved ones away.

EP 2

Robbing the Kids…

Two moms who are hoarders get help after realizing their obsessions are tearing their families apart.

EP 3

Prison of Garbage

Two women who started hoarding in the wake of personal tragedies try to put an end to their compulsive behavior.

EP 4

Everything's Junk

A woman who started hoarding after surviving Sept. 11 seeks help.

EP 5

Battle with Chaos

If two hoarders don't change soon, they could lose everything they love.

EP 6

How Do I Get Out of This

A woman's excessive hoarding has caused her family to fall apart.

EP 7

The Scariest Place on Earth

If a compulsive hoarder can't clean his house, he will go to jail.

EP 8

The Mess I've Created

A woman's compulsive hoarding almost cost her husband his life.

EP 9

This Is Where You Sleep

A woman turned to hoarding after a shocking confession ended her marriage.

EP 10

Nowhere Near Normal

Extreme Hoarder Jahn struggles to clear her belongings from not one, but two houses before both are condemned.

EP 11

I Want to Cuss

Compulsive hoarder Sharon gets caught stealing from her neighbor's home while Len must choose between his hoard and his

EP 12

Oh My Gosh

Conditions inside Tammy's home have become so bad, that she's forced to eat her meals in the car and her sick father is

EP 13

Better Get a Dumpster

A woman's out of control obsession with bikinis, sweaters and dresses threatens to destroy her relationship with her onl

EP 14

Overwhelming Pile of Junk

After decades of hoarding, Debbie has not only lost the comforts of home but the company of her four children as well. C

EP 15

My Biggest Embarrassment

While Patti's extreme hoarding has made it virtually impossible for her daughter to live with her, Jonathan's obsession

EP 16

It's Out of Control

Decades of extreme hoarding have put Kay's marriage in serious jeopardy while Toni's compulsive shopping has made her ow

EP 17

Like a Dog in a Cage

A mother desperately tries to protect her children from their father's hoard, while an artist chooses frogs, penguins an

EP 18

It's a Freaking War Zone

The tumbling piles of Maggie's collections are putting her own son's life at risk while Bob's all consuming passion for

EP 1

Surviving on Trash

Pregnant with her first child, Traci is desperate to move back into her childhood home. But it's filled floor to ceiling

EP 2

There Are Mice Everywhere

Compulsive hoarder Kathleen discovers a hoard of mice living in her kitchen numbering in the thousands. And for extreme

EP 3

Not a Safe Place

A woman with OCD is unable to throw away anything. A mother and daughter's house is so trashed they must eat dinner in t

EP 4

A Horrible Sight

Hoarders whose homes have been condemned must clean up or risk losing them.

EP 5

I Was Gonna Gag

A hoarder faces losing his children if he does not clean his home.

EP 6

Is That a Goat?

EP 7

Stop Touching My Stuff

Parents of a teenage hoarder hope a visit by an extreme hoarder will change their daughter's ways.

EP 8

Overtaken By Puppets

A former ventriloquist has let her past career become an obsession. A man is having problems being a good father for his

EP 9

I Can't Breathe

A woman is in danger of losing custody of her ten year old daughter unless she can change her hoarding ways.

EP 10

Tiny Monsters

Sherry's hoard has broken up her marriage. Now, authorities are threatening to take away her children and condemn her ho

EP 11

My House Can Kill Me

Miranda's hoarding has escalated to the point that her toddlers have no place to play safely. Hsi-Ming's daughter is con

EP 12

Owned By The Roaches

A psychologist who is accustomed to diagnosing other people's problems can not solve her own hoarding problems and it ha

EP 13

I'm Dumbfounded

A marriage is in trouble after years of hoarding and secrets kept by a woman from her husband.

EP 14

It's Just Sex

Secret hoarding by a couple is complicated by revelations about their relationship and sex lives, which could threaten t

EP 15

Worst I've Ever Seen

A municipality is ready to tear down a home unless a hoarding issue is addressed; a woman's attachment to her things cou

EP 16

A Bomb Went Off

A woman with a lung disease fears her hoarding is making her condition worse; a woman's clutter limits her mobility in h

EP 17

Unbelievable

Brad's hoarding has taken over his mobile home; Mary has been evicted and has just weeks to clean out her stuff.

EP 18

Are You Serious?

A woman's hoarding may have done irreparable damage to her relationship with her daughter; a woman realizes she needs he

EP 1

This is Garbage Land

Cary's paralyzing obsession with Elvis memorabilia has left his New York City apartment virtually uninhabitable.

EP 2

As Bad as It Gets

After over twenty years in the same apartment, compulsive hoarder Randy is being forced to leave by order of his landlor

EP 3

Sleeping in a Dumpster

Laura’s collecting has spiraled into a compulsion that has left the relationships with her two sons on the brink of co

EP 4

This is Unreal

A man's love for shopping became a compulsion after his mother's death and his home is starting to show the effects.

EP 5

Just Tear It Down

A couple's home is packed due to their hoarding and they face the real threat of eviction unless they can clean up and f

EP 6

Twenty Of Everything

Thirty years of hoarding have filled a man's home to the point that he sleeps outside in a bed he put together.

EP 7

Hoo, That Reeks!

Kathy’s extreme hoarding forced her 12-year-old son to move out of their home. Five years later, their relationship is

EP 8

A Humongous Secret

A man quit drinking in the past and switched to collecting that escalated to hoarding and now faces the possibility of l

EP 9

It's My Junk

When Eileen admits a dark secret to her family, the situation quickly escalates beyond hoarding to a matter of life and

EP 10

You're Not Taking My Kids

A woman's custody of her children is at stake unless she can clean up her home in two days.

EP 11

Holding Mom Hostage

An ill-tempered man fills his 93-year-old mother's house with clutter after moving back in with her.

EP 12

This House Killed Her

Three siblings sift through the clutter in their deceased mother's house with spiritual guidance from a medium.

EP 13

She Wants It, She Takes It

A woman must live in a camper in her backyard because her house is so cluttered with things she's found in dumpsters, bu

EP 14

What A Pig

Compulsive hoarder Valerie risks eviction when her next-door neighbor reports her to the health department. Meanwhile, A

EP 15

They're Crawling

A woman has a problem admitting she has a hoarding problem.

EP 16

One Is Good Two Is Better

A former top model is hiding a dark secret -- she is a compulsive hoarder.

EP 17

She's Going to Jail

A woman's past hoarding has resulted in her going to jail and she faces the same possibility again unless she changes he

EP 18

I'm a Rockstar, Baby!

A Canadian rock singer faces the possibility of losing his family unless he can declutter the large amount of memorabili

EP 19

Losing Half Myself

Also listed as 5x01. Two identical twins are hoarders of the same type of items and face the reality of changing their w

EP 20

Leading a Double Life

Also listed as 5x02. The lives of a woman and her children are being affected detrimentally by the hoarding of their lan

EP 21

Somewhere in My Pile

Also listed as 5x03. A woman's hoarding tendencies has filled her house with clutter and her three dogs may be a barrier

EP 23

Waste Not, Want Not

Also listed as 5x04. The murder of a daughter has led a mother to hoard since that trauma to the point it is a danger to

EP 1

Losing Half Myself

Phyllis and Patty aren't just identical twins, they are identical hoarders as well.

EP 2

Leading a Double Life

Lalie and her children suffer from mold, mice and flea infestations due to their upstairs neighbor and landlord, Denise,

EP 3

Somewhere in My Pile

Beverly's clutter has filled up her entire home and her three beloved dogs have helped make the space completely unlivab

EP 4

Waste Not, Want Not

Terry and Bill seem to be the perfect couple; the murder of her daughter has led Nancy to hoard.

EP 5

The Last Clear Spot

Jessica is a little person with dangerous toppling piles of clutter; along with her mother she has filled her entire hom

EP 6

Full of Rats

Property investors purchase a house that is occupied by a hoarder; rat infestation compromises the building's foundation

EP 7

You're Gonna Die in Here

After being the target of a school shooting a former principal's life has changed; paralyzed by PTSD and hoarding Wayne

EP 8

My Teeth Are Lost in the Pile

A wife has transformed one couple's home into a heap of trash; on the verge of foreclosure.

EP 9

It's A Horror Story

Frank didn't expect Susan to fill his house with clutter when she moved in; though her home of forty-eight years sits co

EP 10

Running Out of Time

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

EP 11

A VCR for Every Day of the Week

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

EP 12

Three Apartments, Three Hoarders

An apartment complex with three extreme hoarders; the building is now under strict management.

EP 13

The Donald Trump of Hoarding

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

EP 14

We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

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

EP 15

Worse Than a Haunted House

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

EP 16

A Graveyard of Junk

If Seymour cannot clear his roach-infested home, he will be left homeless when the city condemns it.

EP 17

The Stench is Amazing

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

EP 18

It's a Rat's Nest

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

EP 101

Note: Episodes 5x101-109 should be deleted

Episodes 5x101-109 are duplicates and should be deleted from tmdb, see multiple issues raised in discussion 8 months ago

EP 102

Holding Mom Hostage

Also listed as 4x11. An ill-tempered man fills his 93-year-old mother's house with clutter after moving back in with her

EP 103

This House Killed Her

Also listed as 4x12. After their mother's death, siblings Aimee, Cheryl and Jimmy are left to deal with a house filled w

EP 104

She Wants It, She Takes It

Also listed as 4x13. Rhonda's home is filled with items she's found in the dumpster; neighbors are threatening lawsuits.

EP 105

What a Pig

Also listed as 4x14. Compulsive hoarder Valerie risks eviction when her next-door neighbor reports her to the health dep

EP 106

They're Crawling

Also listed as 4x15. Kay denies she is a hoarder but her cluttered home with deadly vermin tells another story.

EP 107

One Is Good. Two Is Better

Also listed as 4x16. Louise and her lavish hoarding could end up on the street.

EP 108

She's Going to Jail

Also listed as 4x17. A woman has been sent to jail four times for her hoarding; people purchase a house only to discover

EP 109

I'm a Rockstar, Baby!

Also listed as 4x18. Kelly Jay's massive hoarding issues.

EP 19

Diagnosis Bipolar

Special episode (recycled footage) aired after the series ended. 16-year-old Haley struggles with hoarding and bipolar d

EP 20

Diagnosis PTSD

Special episode (recycled footage) aired after the series ended. Wayne is paralyzed by PTSD and compulsive hoarding.

EP 2

Updates: Benny

One of ten “update” episodes (mostly recycled footage) aired in 2015 after the series ended. Decades of hoarding iso

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