On Sat, 2 May 2020 13:58:03 -0500, Dean Hoffman
wrote:

I came across a show on A&E called Hoarders and another called
Hoarders, Buried Alive.
A link to one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmlcen0vf8s

People keep buying stuff until they need a trail to get trough the
house. Cockroaches and mice keep them company in some cases.

A friend's neighbor is a hoarder. Calls himself a "collector"but the
basement is packed with newspapers and magazines. Last spring he had a
frozen drain back up and fill the basement a foot deep in water. He
got spme shopping containers and emptied out the basement - salvaging
every piece that didn't get wet - and when the basement was all
cleaned out and dried it all went back in. A year later and apparently
you would never know any had been lost - - -. Said you had to walk
sideways to get from the back door to the stairs. The rest of the
house is no better but the stuff their MIGHT actually have had some
value at one point.