When Hoarding Goes Way Too Far: The Story Of Trust Fund Hoarder Kevin McCrary

He Started Using The Apartment For Temporary Storage

McCrary doesn’t really consider himself a hoarder – he considers himself a collector. “My whole life, I’ve been a collector — whether it was stamps or coins, baseball cards or toy trains,” he told The New York Times. In a one bedroom apartment, even just a single collection can cause a lot of clutter, but a new business opportunity took up a whole lot more of McCrary’s living space than he could have anticipated. It was all supposed to be temporary. By the time the ’90s rolled around, his collections got out of control, and he started using the apartment for temporary storage as he brought in scrap metal and redeemed it for cash.