In what one law enforcement source called a “reverse Psycho scene,” the remains of a man—yet to be named by police and thought to be around 50 years old—was found at the Brooklyn home of his mother, Rita Wolfensohn, a woman who is legally blind and a hoarder.
Hoarding's been having a wild time as of late. Not content merely to make a name for itself by providing the basis for several award-winning and delight-inducing shows — did you see the one with the CATS — hoarding's ditched its previous DSM classification and has burst, debris flying everywhere and smelling faintly…
Sixty-eight cats were found living in a van in Oregon last weekend, in an apparent case of animal hoarding.
Often, TV shows like Hoarders and Hoarding: Buried Alive will feature filthy homes crammed to the rafters with detritus, including feces and garbage. But for some hoarders, there's not a lot of filth; just a lot of stuff — an intense collection that has gotten out of hand.
My mother is a hoarder. Is yours? And will you have to see her over the holidays? If so, I'm sorry. It's the worst! Not to worry; this guideline I've created will provide you with all the tools you'll need to— who am I kidding, it's going to be a disaster no matter what.
A new study led by Yale University School of Medicine's David Tolin has discovered that those maddeningly oblivious hoarders we gape at on TLC aren't especially keen on collecting as many lawn gnome limbs or paper towel rolls — they just can't decide which of their many worldly possessions they really want to get rid…
It's been a bad week for cat ladies in the news. First, a woman in Israel made headlines when her husband left her after she chose her 550 cats over him, and now a woman in New Jersey has raised (or rather lowered) the bar in the sad field of cat hoarding. In what has to be a cat lady first, it appears that the stench…
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which we sniff the pollen-spewing blossoms of gossip from In Touch, Us, Ok!, Life & Style, and Star. This week, Rachel Zoe is "back to scary skinny"; Brad and Angelina have set a wedding date; all of Hollywood have, in unison, collectively turned their backs on Kim Kardashian; and…
There are so many good reasons to exercise already, but a new study has found one that might be particularly motivating for anyone who's ever been permanently scarred by an episode of Hoarding: Buried Alive. Exercise can keep your cells from becoming tiny hoarders! Seriously. A new study, done by scientists at the…
Now that Barbie is working about 16 jobs at once (everything from princess to zoo doctor!), her life has gotten a little out of control. As a modern woman, it's hard for her to keep things neat and tidy on the home front—and who can blame her? That Malibu Dreamhouse is not gonna clean itself. As a result, it looks…
On last night's episode of Hoarders, we met a man named Kevin, whose dense hoard is so crammed into his apartment that he cannot live there. He sleeps on a bench outside of the building and washes himself using a hose on the street. When he needs to enter the apartment, he climbs up the fire escape and crawls…
We all have lipstick we never wear, eyeshadow that's barely been used and mascara that's way past its expiration date. But Jennifer Bourgoyne has more than the average woman. She's a "makeup hoarder."
Last night's season finale of Hoarders saved the most extreme for last. Glen is a gentle, pretty chill guy who has been hoarding rats. Rats! What started as three caged pets ballooned into a population of thousands, overrunning his house.
Confession: I love Clean House. As a recovering pack rat, seeing people part with their clutter — and end up enjoying it — is an oddly soothing type of entertainment.
One blogger poses some excellent questions with respect to the crazy-cat-lady archetype: "Why always cats? Why always ladies?" Some say these kooky felinophiles just want babies — but we think they're in it for the ego boost.
While many of us may occasionally drop some cash on a few beauty products we don't really need, Alene Dawson, writing for the Los Angeles Times, notes that for some people, purchasing and hoarding cosmetics is a serious problem.
A 76-year-old-woman and 79-year-old man from Chicago who'd been missing for three weeks were found. At home. Buried alive in under heaps of crap. A police spokesman described the couple as "hoarders." Ever worry it could be you?
On last night's season two premiere of Hoarders, we met Augustine, a 68-year-old "level 5 hoarder" who is, frankly, very hard to empathize with.
On last night's Hoarders, 7-year-old Alex was unable to part with anything, from toy packaging to used cotton balls. As a child whose Barbie shoes were—without exception—casualties of a merciless vacuum, it's hard not to empathize with him.
A&E's Obsessed documents the process in which people with various forms of OCD try to manage their conditions. On last night's episode, Russ — a Corky Sinclair-type — saw his pack-rat ways sever his "friendship" with a man named Rich.
