About this season
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.
Episodes (22)
1. This is Garbage Land
Aired 8 July 2012 • 60 min
Cary's paralyzing obsession with Elvis memorabilia has left his New York City apartment virtually uninhabitable.
2. As Bad as It Gets
Aired 15 July 2012 • 42 min
After over twenty years in the same apartment, compulsive hoarder Randy is being forced to leave by order of his landlord. With only days to accomplish the task, Randy must somehow clear out the eight-foot-high mountains of stuff.
3. Sleeping in a Dumpster
Aired 22 July 2012 • 42 min
Laura’s collecting has spiraled into a compulsion that has left the relationships with her two sons on the brink of collapse. When a potentially devastating house fire ignites during her clean-up effort, it puts everyone’s safety in jeopardy.
4. This is Unreal
Aired 29 July 2012 • 60 min
A man's love for shopping became a compulsion after his mother's death and his home is starting to show the effects.
5. Just Tear It Down
Aired 5 August 2012 • 60 min
A couple's home is packed due to their hoarding and they face the real threat of eviction unless they can clean up and fix all the damage caused by their out of control collecting.
6. Twenty Of Everything
Aired 12 August 2012 • 60 min
Thirty years of hoarding have filled a man's home to the point that he sleeps outside in a bed he put together.
7. Hoo, That Reeks!
Aired 19 August 2012 • 42 min
Kathy’s extreme hoarding forced her 12-year-old son to move out of their home. Five years later, their relationship is at a crossroad. Now Kathy must make a drastic change or risk losing her son forever.
8. A Humongous Secret
Aired 26 August 2012 • 60 min
A man quit drinking in the past and switched to collecting that escalated to hoarding and now faces the possibility of losing everything unless he changes his ways.
9. It's My Junk
Aired 2 September 2012 • 42 min
When Eileen admits a dark secret to her family, the situation quickly escalates beyond hoarding to a matter of life and death. Compulsive hoarder Dale has packed not one, but five houses full of clutter.
10. You're Not Taking My Kids
Aired 13 February 2013 • 60 min
A woman's custody of her children is at stake unless she can clean up her home in two days.
11. Holding Mom Hostage
Aired 20 February 2013 • 60 min
An ill-tempered man fills his 93-year-old mother's house with clutter after moving back in with her.
12. This House Killer Her
Aired 27 February 2013 • 60 min
Three siblings sift through the clutter in their deceased mother's house with spiritual guidance from a medium.
13. She Wants It, She Takes It
Aired 6 March 2013 • 60 min
A woman must live in a camper in her backyard because her house is so cluttered with things she's found in dumpsters, but her neighbors are threatening to sue unless she cleans it up in a hurry.
14. What A Pig
Aired 13 March 2013 • 60 min
Compulsive hoarder Valerie risks eviction when her next-door neighbor reports her to the health department. Meanwhile, Ann's house is so filled with clutter that she has been reduced to a 3 sq. ft space in her living room.
15. They're Crawling
Aired 20 March 2013 • 42 min
A woman has a problem admitting she has a hoarding problem.
16. One Is Good Two Is Better
Aired 27 March 2013 • 42 min
A former top model is hiding a dark secret -- she is a compulsive hoarder.
17. She's Going to Jail
Aired 3 April 2013 • 60 min
A woman's past hoarding has resulted in her going to jail and she faces the same possibility again unless she changes her ways. Home owners come to the startling revelation that the home they have purchased is full of junk left by the previous occupant.
18. I'm a Rockstar, Baby!
Aired 10 April 2013 • 60 min
A Canadian rock singer faces the possibility of losing his family unless he can declutter the large amount of memorabilia and other items he has accumulated over the years.
19. Losing Half Myself
Aired 17 April 2013 • 60 min
Two identical twins are hoarders of the same type of items and face the reality of changing their ways or facing the consequences.
20. Leading a Double Life
Aired 24 April 2013 • 60 min
The lives of a woman and her children are being affected detrimentally by the hoarding of their landlord, who lives above them.
21. Somewhere in My Pile
Aired 1 May 2013 • 60 min
A woman's hoarding tendencies has filled her house with clutter and her three dogs may be a barrier to her cleaning up the home.
23. Waste Not, Want Not
Aired 15 May 2013 • 60 min
The murder of a daughter has led a mother to hoard since that trauma to the point it is a danger to herself. A couple leads a seemingly idyllic life but hold a secret of mass hoarding behind the doors of their home.