Ep.16 – America's Hoarders: The Collyer Brothers
Today we discuss America’s most infamous hoarders - Homer and Langley Collyer. Long before television shows brought compulsive hoarding into the limelight were the Collyer brothers, who amassed an incredible collection of stuff in their four-story Harlem brownstone throughout the 1930s and 40s. But it was the manner in which they died that shocked the nation and solidified their names in newspapers and stories for decades to come.
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Today we discuss America’s most infamous hoarders - Homer and Langley Collyer. Long before television shows brought compulsive hoarding into the limelight were the Collyer brothers, who amassed an incredible collection of stuff in their four-story Harlem brownstone throughout the 1930s and 40s. But it was the manner in which they died that shocked the nation and solidified their names in newspapers and stories for decades to come.
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Sources:
- "Stuff: compulsive hoarding and the meaning of things" by Frost, Randy O
- "Weird New York: your travel guide to New York's local legends and best kept secrets" by Gethard, Chris
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