r/HoardersTV

So many people from the doctors to the organizers to the volunteers show up wearing open toe shoes, sandals, flip-flops. How can you show up at a hoard wearing open toe shoes?

I watch Hoarders when I'm moving or cleaning out my house—have done since the show began—so I can't remember specific episode seasons or numbers really well. There are so many seasons now it's hard to find which one I'm thinking of.

The episode was the crew showed up to a married couple believing one of them to be the only hoarder, but then that person ends up being mostly fine throwing everything out—the OTHER spouse is the one who then starts keeping too much stuff and won't throw anything away and they realize that they have a surprise second hoarder. It was a great episode and I'm trying to find it to show my partner. Thank you for your time!

I know it was an old lady with a suffering husband. She lived in a house full of garbage, and at the very end she didn’t want to clean out the fridge. The cleaners and therapist were so frustrated with her. They basically said they didn’t care what she thought. It was half the husband’s space, and he deserved a clean fridge and functional house. Anyone know who this is? TIA!

this is a true reality tv show with all the manufactured and created drama. at first i thought this show was helping but the more i have seen, especially the more recent shows, it seems they have no plan for helping hoarders, only helping the cast and producers by creating shows people will watch.

my background and why i recognise this show hurts more than helps. i am a hoarder and i must be watchful to not let it impact my family and even myself. my father was a hoarder and his mother was a hoarder. until a recent house fire, i still had articles from my grandmother's parents and grandparents. these were things my father considered primitives, they were from late 1800's. perhaps at some time they were valuable but ruined over time and most likely became too damaged in 1950's and worthless over time since then. if not for a house fire that destroyed 99% of items, i would still be dealing with a portion of the stuff. i still have many other buildings that are falling down, in disrepair, and causing even more damage to worthless stuff. at least i have these separate from my house and family or i would probably go insane knowing it must be handled.

only lately have i noticed the damage they inflict by focusing on having a popular reality tv show. creating "interesting" drama doesn't draw me to the show, it actually infuriates me and makes me want to strangle these "professionals" in both mental health and house clearing.

why do they try to break down the hoarder during the show? i have seen hoarders ready for change, participating as they want but they insist on forcing the hoarder to start crying, get angry, leave, etc. WHY? if they want to help the hoarders mental health - do it BEFORE the clearing of the house. this is how i know they don't really care. if they are mental health professionals they know this is not the best method, they know it should be done differently, they know they are NOT helping - and are only in it for the paycheck.

i could go on and on but i think i have expressed my dissatisfaction with this fake help. when i first started watching, i thought and hoped they were there to help hoarders. another expectation dashed.

I just watched this one. My god, it starts off rough but the end is maybe my top 5! Becky is meh for sure, although her love for Andy did make her come around. But Andy turns out to be so sweet. He and his son and are so kind to each other, and I want to be Amanda's friend. The way his son humbles himself and talks about his own addictions, educates Andy on being an enabler, all of it. A great family was buried under all that trash, I really do hope the best for them. And the end with the community all pitching in and Andy apologizing to Sgt Davis!! made me cry.

Just watched this episode on the Hoarders YouTube channel. This woman probably wins for most annoying spouse AND biggest whiner. She doesn’t show up on time. She pouts like a child. She’s so rude to the therapist and organizer. She threatens Dave (and their friends and her DIL) with violence and says it’s just a joke. She screams like a toddler having a tantrum. When Dave says he loves his grandchildren, she immediately says “But *I’m* the love of your life!”

Had seen the obituary posts about Sandra (Julian Price Mansion) and that the mansion was up for sale but some astute Redditor found a link about Michael and ? The purchasers. So apparently in fixing it up they not only planned on it becoming an Inn but a wedding venue and the neighbors (rightfully) balked. It seems it went up for sale right after this isssue w the HOA. The Zillow mortgage payment is $34000 per MONTH alone. Not sure how anyone will ever be able to make the monthly payments and pay the monthly upkeep without a revenue source. The article says no long term rentals and no more than 6 rooms total. No way to generate that. Seems Sandra is still getting her way from heaven!! No one will ever have the house but her. Here’s the article.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HoardersTV/s/kHTQQyqiOq

Looking for an episode of either Hoarders or Hoarding Buried Alive. It's a mom and teenage daughter in the home. The mom spends most of her time in a recliner surrounded by soda bottles/cans (diet Pepsi I think) She's extremely lazy and forces her daughter to cook for her. I remember a scene where she made her daughter cook her egg sandwiches for breakfast.

Pregnant at 64???? Just did a "Where are they now" on her from just watching her episode.

Thoughts?

Loretta, who was featured in the trauma-driven Hoarders episode (Season 4, Episode 4) from 2011, passed away in February 2024 at the age of 77. This means she was around 64 years old and pregnant during the original filming. [1]

The Original Episode

Loretta's hoarding compulsion was triggered by severe trauma after she and her husband were robbed at gunpoint and looted. Struggling with the emotional fallout, she began hoarding vast amounts of items—including numerous vases, clothing, and glassware—to maintain a sense of safety. At the time her episode was filmed, she was days away from having her second child and needed to clear the clutter to prevent Child Protective Services (CPS) from getting involved. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

After feeling disappointed by seeing so many no shame, ill suited, ill prompted, egocentric self entitled asshats, Terry was the one person I truly rooted for because she was genuinely different from that pack of rats. She had done the mental prep work ahead of time (I guess not good for reality tv drama but smart/less painful if you’re able). She really just needed the clean up. I was incredibly annoyed at Tolin the entire time. If I had seen Tolin for the first time here I wouldn’t have believed he was a good therapist; same with Dorothy.

This team seemed truly annoyed and incredulous at how good she was accepting her current lot in life/accepting past AND present, how she was handling the hoard like a BOSS, but therapist/organizer seemed to come off like “how dare she be on her way to being well adjusted without us teaching/preaching/shaming you first!” I guess w reality tv that bit is for us at home. I truly hope they didn’t really direct it at her.

They definitely done f’ud up on the editing on this one but I guess you can’t win them all. I just want to end this rant that I like Dorothy and Tolin. But this woman seemed to just mostly needed some genuine love - which can’t be manufactured by RealityTV. Terry if you’re reading this - I hope you get the love, care, and admiration you need and deserve to have.