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It's Easy to Hate Animal Hoarders

David Mizejewski | Posted 11.17.2011 | Green
Read More: Animal Hoarding, Hoarders, Animal Planet, Hoarders Tv, Animal Hoarders, Hoarding, Hoarders Tv Shows, Green News
David Mizejewski

The recent success of several television shows dealing with the issue of hoarding is due to what I call the train-wreck effect. Getting to go behind the veil into the homes of people with extreme hoarding behavior is like looking at a horrible accident: it's traumatizing to see but you just can't look away.

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Crews Blame 'Extreme Hoarding' For Berwyn House Fire

Posted 10.02.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Hoarders, Chicago Suburbs, Berwyn, Extreme Hoarding, Berwyn Fire Hoarding, Hoarding, Chicago News

Fire crews in suburban Berwyn blamed "extreme hoarding" for a blaze that destroyed an abandoned residence early Monday. The fire department respon...

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Makeup Hoarder Gets Organized With 'Good Morning America', Buys More Makeup (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 09.20.2011 | Style
Read More: Makeup Hoarders, Style News, Video, Hoarding, Hoarders, Beauty, Style News

Dolls, boardwalk memorabilia, broken cars -- some people hoard the strangest things. But makeup hoarding? That we understand. "Good Morning America" ...

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Cars Full Of Cats

AP | Posted 09.13.2011 | Crime
Read More: Vermont, Animal Cruelty, Hoarders, Animal Hoarders, Cats, Troy New York, Crime News

BENNINGTON, Vt. -- Two New York women have pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges after 80 cats were found in two cars in Vermont. They were arrest...

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WATCH: Local Resident's 150-Acre Personal Junkyard Featured On 'Hoarders'

Posted 09.11.2011 | San Francisco
Read More: Santa Cruz Hoarders, Hoarders, Video, Santa Cruz Man Hoarders, Hoarders a&e, Roy Kaylor Hoarders, Roy Kaylor, San Francisco News

Menlo Park resident Roy Kaylor appeared on Monday night's episode of A&E's 'Hoarders,' where audiences were treated to a tour of the 150-acre spread o...

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What Are You Hoarding, And Where Are You Hoarding It?

Rev. Peter M. Wallace | Posted 09.10.2011 | Religion
Read More: Eternity, Jesus Christ, Hoarding, Service, Treasure, Jesus, Hoarders, Memory, Memories, Heaven, Christianity, Religion News
Rev. Peter M. Wallace

I wonder: Do I really want to relive my past life? Or would I rather live my life now more meaningfully, and create new memories for the future and for eternity?

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Hoarders: Obsessed

Louis Peitzman | Posted 08.29.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Reality Television, A&e, Hoarders, Hoarders Tv Show, Intervention Tv Show, A&e Hoarders, Obsessed Tv Show, Entertainment News
Louis Peitzman

Am I watching Hoarders the same way certain people watch NASCAR? Just as they wait for a fiery crash, am I hoping for the discovery of a mummified animal? Simply put, does watching a Hoarders marathon make me a bad person?

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David Moye

Doll-Hoarding Grandmother Forced To Face Facts

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 11.15.2011 | Weird News
Read More: A&e, Video, Mark Pfeffer, Weird Georgia, Doll-Hoarding Grandma, Hoarders, Weird Video, Gregory Chasson, Weird News News

By day, she's a certified nursing assistant in Griffin, Georgia, but by night, Phyllis, a grandmother in her 60s, has a shocking secret: She's addicte...

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Compulsive Hoarding And 6 Tips To Help

Therese Borchard | Posted 08.22.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Hoarding, Compulsive Hoarding, Mental Health, Hoarders, Hoarding Behavior, Healthy Living News
Therese Borchard

Even though most folks lump compulsive hoarding into the same illness umbrella as obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoarders actually have different brains.

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Deceased Man's Comic Book Stash Valued At HOW Much?

startribune.com | Posted 06.20.2011 | Books
Read More: Comic Books, Wendy Kuiper, Gary Dahlberg, Heritage Auctions, Collecting, Minneapolis, Hoarders, Comic Book Stash, Spiderman, Books News

Erupting in the kitchen of the modest north Minneapolis home, the fire that killed a retired bus driver spared a treasure worth more than $1 million. ...

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Are You A Book Hoarder?

National Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Book Hoarders, A&e, Hoarders, Book Hoarding, Books News

The first thing people usually say to me, upon entering my home for the first time, is that I own a lot of books. They are wrong, of course. I am rath...

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1,000 Rats Removed From House On Reality TV Show

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Hoarders, Rats, Hoarders Rats, Reality TV, Pet Adoption, Rat Adoption, Ae, North Star Rescue, Andy's Pet Shop, Green News

SAN JOSE, Calif. — About a thousand rats are awaiting adoption in California after being rescued from a house featured on the A&E reality TV sho...

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Reyne Gauge: Collecting or Hoarding?

Reyne Haines | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Hoarders, Reyne Haines, Professional-Organizers, Hoarding, Collecting, Art Collectors, Style News
Reyne Haines

There is a long standing joke among collectors that says we all have a touch of OCD or hoarding tendencies. But is it really a joke? Are we reall...

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Hoarders: Stepping Out of Your TV Set Into Your Local Shelter

Ingrid Newkirk | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Animal Cruelty, Hoarders, No-Kill, Tv, Animal Shelters, Animal Shelter, Entertainment News
Ingrid Newkirk

Pet hoarders now threaten to turn back the clock on hard-won animal shelter reforms in many municipalities by bullying authorities into adopting magical sounding "no kill" policies that do animals no favors.

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A Hero To The Hoarders

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Geoff Williams | Posted 07.28.2011 | Small Business
Read More: Small Business Success Stories, Clutter Cleaner, Hoarding Buried Alive, Starting a Business, Hoarders Premiere, Hoarders, Matt Paxton, Unique Business Ideas, Entrepreneur Spotlight, Confessions Animal Hoarding, Junk Removal, Small Business News

However unlikely, hoarding has become part of the pop culture landscape. There are books like "Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things," ...

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150 Cats Rescued from Hoarding Case in Wyoming (VIDEO)

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Animal Hoarding, Animal Cruelty, Humane Society of the United States, Cats, Hoarding, Hoarders, Animal Planet, Wyoming, Investigation, Dogs, Impact News
Wayne Pacelle

For the past few weeks, Animal Planet has run a compelling series on the psychological disorder of animal hoarding, which is a cause of enormous suffering for dogs, cats, and other animals.

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Please Don't Feed the Narcissist: The Fantasia Barrino Follies

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: The X-Files, Bill Clinton, Fantasia Barrino, Verizon, The Color Purple, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution, Freud, Suicide, Clinical Depression, Broadway, Religious Faith, God, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Oprah Winfrey, Rudy Giuliani, Tiger Woods, Hoarders, Ingmar Bergman, Turner Classic Movies, Narcissism, General Hospital, American Idol, Fantasia, Arts News
Melody Breyer-Grell

Here I am, writing another piece regarding an American Idol spawn, and hating myself for it.

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WATCH: Firefighters Forced To Cut Through Roof To Remove Body Of Dead Hoarder

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Chicago Suburbs, Marie Davis, Skokie Fire Department, Skokie, Hoarders, Skokie Illinois, Skokie Hoarder, Skokie Police, Michael Ruth, Video, Chicago News

Firefighters in north suburban Skokie were forced to cut through the roof of a home Monday night to remove the body of a 79-year-old woman who was app...

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Michelle Golland: The Media Is the Message for the Mentally Ill

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Depression, Diabetes, Larry King, Anorexia, Michelle Golland, Mental Illness, Dr. Michelle Golland, Health, Intervention, Oprah, Psychology Today, Dysfunctional Family, Hoarders, Healthy Living News
Robert David Jaffee

A vivacious blonde, she has always been the "elephant hunter," the one who is not afraid to discuss the elephant in the room in her own family and in others' families.

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