I visited all of these links Spencer and found it interesting that almost half of the hoarders are females 60 yrs. of age and older. I would imagine they mostly live alone so there is no one to answer to and they virtually have endless freedom to continue to collect. Apparently it is a form of obsessive/compulsive disorder and these people are to be pitied rather than condemned. We have had two cases in the local paper in the last couple of years. Hopefully now that more is being learned they will be helped and so will their "captives."