Hoarders: Family Secrets
TV Show · Reality

Take a fascinating look inside the lives of people whose inability to part with their belongings is so out of control that they are on the verge of a personal crisis. Each episode of Hoarders on A&E follows two people struggling to overcome compulsive hoarding while experts work to put them on the road to recovery.

2009 · 53m

Season 1

  • Jennifer & Ron / Jill
    EPISODE 1
    Jennifer & Ron / Jill
    A young stay at home mom and her husband fear that child protective services may take their three children away because of their hoarding; a woman has two freezers and four refrigerators full of food in various stages of decay.
    42 min
  • Linda; Steven
    EPISODE 2
    Linda; Steven
    A woman's compulsive shopping depletes her family's finances, fills every room in her home and leads to her divorce; a man faces eviction from subsidized housing because his apartment is filled with garbage and excrement.
    41 min
  • Tara; Betty
    EPISODE 3
    Tara; Betty
    A woman must get control of her hoarding and part with her stuff before she is evicted; a woman's husband is removed by Adult Protective Services as a result of her hoarding.
    42 min
  • Jake; Shirley
    EPISODE 4
    Jake; Shirley
    Jake compulsively hoards garbage and fears that if things don't change soon he may take his own life; Shirley could never turn away a stray cat, now she must cooperate with authorities or face criminal prosecution for animal cruelty.
    42 min
  • Patty; Bill
    EPISODE 6
    Patty; Bill
    A woman's hoarding has taken over her house and resulted in her children being removed by the authorities; a woman issues an ultimatum to her partner after tripping over a pile of his stuff and breaking her arm.
    42 min
  • Paul; Missy & Alex
    EPISODE 7
    Paul; Missy & Alex
    A man is charged with criminal littering because his two-acre property is strewn with junk cars, scrap metal and old appliances; a mother tries to change her ways after her 7-year-old son starts to exhibit hoarding.
    42 min

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Cast & Crew

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    George Butts
    Producer
  • M‌G
    Marcus Goodwin
    Writer

About

Hoarders: Family Secrets

Reality

Take a fascinating look inside the lives of people whose inability to part with their belongings is so out of control that they are on the verge of a personal crisis. Each episode of Hoarders on A&E follows two people struggling to overcome compulsive hoarding while experts work to put them on the road to recovery.

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Studio
A&E
Released
2009
Rated
16
Region of Origin
United States
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