The Infamous Collyer Brothers
Two brothers and a house of secrets
4.7 (30)
52 mins
Explore the mysterious world of Homer and Langley Collyer, brothers who gradually disappeared from public life while their home filled with an extraordinary collection of objects. Discover the traps, hidden passageways, and unbelievable clutter found inside the mansion after neighbors raised the alarm, and how their strange lives became a lasting legend of old New York.
Ep 1:
Behind the Boarded Windows
A gruesome tip leads police to a decaying Fifth Avenue mansion hiding a shocking secret—but to understand what's inside, we trace two brilliant brothers back to their gilded beginnings.
Ep 2:
The Slow Retreat from the World
Loss after loss—parents, sight, security—pushes Homer and Langley deeper into seclusion, as devotion curdles into obsession, oranges, hallucinated buildings, and a life lived entirely after dark.
Ep 3:
Fortress of Junk and Secrets
As rumors of hidden fortunes draw intruders, Langley turns the brownstone into a booby-trapped labyrinth—until police finally breach the maze and find Homer, silent and unmoving.
Ep 4:
Buried Ten Feet Apart
The manhunt for a vanished brother ends feet from where it began, revealing a devastating truth buried under 120 tons of trash and decades of fierce, tragic love.
Discussions (5)
Xander
Level 3 · 1 mo agoLangley wasnt a devoted caretaker he enabled the hoarding
Noah
Level 8 · 1 mo agodid anyone else catch that Langley paid off a $6700 mortgage on the spot from a pile of junk surrounded by floor to ceiling garbage... dude had cash hidden somewhere and nobody ever asked where it came from lol
Chad
Level 9 · 1 mo agoThe part about Langley saving newspapers so Homer could catch up when he regained his sight absolutely wrecked me. That is not hoarding. That is devotion. 💔
