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.

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When rescue workers were called to Judi's home they found her stuck in massive amounts of clutter and were forced to remove her through the kitchen window. The city condemned her home and she was placed in a rehabilitation facility.

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Vula Moody hoards Cats, Food and garbage. If she doesn't get her house cleaned out by the end of July, her home will be condemned. Lisa has already lost one teaching job by bringing her hoard from the home to the classroom.

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The small paths in Michelle's house are the only way she can get to her collection of more than 60 birds. Her husband of 30 years has been chased from the home by the animals and the hoarded piles that in some places reach five feet high.

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This family of 14 was the Brady Bunch of the block--until mother Claudie's hoarding tore the family apart and turned them all into the pariahs of the neighborhood.

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The stench emanating from Robin's home can be smelled from the street. The garbage inside is piled from floor to ceiling. Ken is just weeks from a court date where he faces six months in jail if he doesn't clean up his home and yard.

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Carolyn's seven-year-old daughter is so distraught about her mother's hoarding that she has been leaving notes around the house saying, "It would be better off if I were killed."

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Not even losing several inches of her intestine to gangrene has stopped Theresa from hoarding and eating expired food. Karen was once a prominent attorney, but after losing her three month-old baby to SIDS, she began hoarding to ease the pain

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19-year-old Andrew's mother is a hoarder, and after living in the hoard his entire life, he has learned no other way to live. Stuck in a hoarded house, with no job, no motivation and no direction, Andrew says he needs to get his hoarding under control.

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Mary has blown through over $200,000 of an inheritance buying items for the consignment shop she owns. Mary Ann's hoard is so out of control that her husband of 42 years will divorce her unless she cleans up.

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Laura has terminal cancer and is in fragile health, but sleeping or resting is nearly impossible. The only open spot she can lay her head on is two-thirds of the living room couch.

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