The tragic tale of the Collyer brothers stands as one of the most bewildering and distressing accounts of compulsive hoarding in history. Known for their obsessive collection of an unimaginable array of objects and their lives reclusive in squalor, Homer and Langley Collyer have become synonymous with the dark, isolating nature of extreme hoarding. Their story is a cautionary reflection on how obsession and mental illness can lead to an insurmountable downfall. The Early Year