My name is Kevin Jock McCrary.
My parents are Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg.
They had their day in the sun in the early '50s.
HOST: Tex McCrary is the hero.
KEVIN MCCRARY: Being kind of the pioneers of talk TV,
they were on the cover of "Newsweek"
and have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
[inaudible] Paddy and Kevin--
the two sons.
Sit down over here--
I'm John Paddy McCrary.
And Kevin's my brother.
Our parents were celebrities.
We lived on a 500-acre estate.
I saw every celebrity in the 1950s.
We had a very privileged upbringing.
We had maids, housekeepers.
We pretty much had things taken care of.
HOST: They've deservedly become one
of the most popular radio and television couples on the air.
I think it's terrible that he lives on the streets.
I'm sure it's dangerous.
I'm sure he could get mugged or beaten up.
My name is Robert.
And I'm a friend of Kevin.
The contrast between the way Kevin
grew up and his current state of affairs, it's quite shocking.
KEVIN MCCRARY: The easiest accessible way
to get into my apartment is the fire escape.
[grunts]
Oh--
My name is Jeff Weber.
And I'm the registered managing agent for the building.
If Kevin doesn't clean up, he will be evicted for violation
of his lease, for habitability, for endangering the lives of 19
other tenants in the building.
I've received letters concerning the garbage and vermin
coming from the apartment.
There are cats living in the apartment.
[meow]
So you have feces from the cats.
Well, of late, I've been slightly
remiss in changing the cat litters,
because of lack of access.
I was horrified and shocked to see that his apartment was
full of junk.
JOHN MCCRARY: So when my father passed away in 2003,
Kevin didn't really have a means of support.
KEVIN MCCRARY: That was certainly a difficult time.
It was a double whammy, because my father went first.
30 days later, then my mother passed on also.
My parents deaths probably did increase my hoarding.
JOHN MCCRARY: My mother's will would be to see him get better.
And I would try to help in that regard.
But Kevin has to participate.
KEVIN MCCRARY: I think there are some treasures in here.
I don't want to, like, have somebody come in here
and throw the baby out with the bathwater.
JOHN MCCRARY: Kevin is not rational.
So whatever he's thinking is irrelevant at this point.
Unbelievable.
My apartment keys.
JOHN MCCRARY: I don't know what I could do.
I can't make him do anything.
There's a huge problem here.
I know he's as low as you could get.
The next step is dead.
[music playing]
Good morning, everybody.
Good morning.
I'm Dorothy Breininger.
I'm a professional organizing expert.
And I specialize in hoarding.
The person who actually will make it happen or not happen
is you.
Kevin is going to have a lot of difficulty.
I think he can sort, but I don't think he can get rid of.
In the apartment building-- come on.
Just watch this cable.
I had to go up five floors via fire escape,
crawl through a window.
OK, Kevin, come on in with me.
All right.
DOROTHY BREININGER: And finally make my way into the apartment.
I can't even see the front door.
It's not just 10 feet of stuff between us and the front door.
KEVIN MCCRARY: I gotta be right in the point of the door,
because I know how to take the pile apart.
OK.
Oh god.
It's climbing through a tunnel.
I'm really concerned about the safety of this man-made tunnel.
It could collapse at any time.
Are you on the floor?
KEVIN MCCRARY: One foot.
DOROTHY BREININGER: Are you going to send things out to me?
KEVIN MCCRARY: Yep, yep.
You can push it in more now.
Push the door in.
More.
These bags are going to go all the way
four flights down, through the basement,
and back outside for sorting.
[grunts]
DOROTHY BREININGER: This is a mean hoard.
None of this is salvageable.
Well, I just don't want to throw the baby out
with the bathwater.
DOROTHY BREININGER: No, I don't want you to.
KEVIN MCCRARY: You happen to be sitting in the area
of some valuable treasures.
That's why I need to be in here at this point in time.
DOROTHY BREININGER: Kevin wants to sort through,
but it slows us down for sure.
I mean, we can't get in there and do the doing.
We could be using shovels and pulling things out.
I gotta go through with a fine tooth comb.
Please, go no-- go no further.
I know I'm slowing the process down.
I'm Dr. Suzanne Chabot.
And I'm a specialist in OCD and hoarding syndrome.
I don't know how Kevin is going to stop this.
He would have to have someone at his side
every second of the day and say, stop, stop, stop.
[music playing]
[inaudible] Garbage-- garbage coming down.
OK, clear.
There's garbage coming down.
[inaudible] Storage.
Garbage?
Garbage.
[sighs] God almighty.
[music playing]
Coming through.
KEVIN MCCRARY: Does anybody want to listen to my instructions?
Please, do not go beyond that point of the filing cabinet.
Leave everything that is there there until I get there.
I gave that explicit instruction yesterday and today.
I want to get the procedure down so that we're
all on the same damn page.
DOROTHY BREININGER: He started swearing at the crew.
Mind you, volunteers.
They're here on his behalf not getting paid.
And he's yelling at them.
Already you're off the page.
Please.
So just get back from there.
If you want to take something out, take it from here.
JOHN MCCRARY: Everything he's presented to me
is preposterous--
void of reason.
Take it from there.
But leave that area alone now.
That's why I'm here.
DOROTHY BREININGER: So 30 minutes to clear this room.
And 30 more minutes-- stay with me.
OK.
DOROTHY BREININGER: 30 more minutes.
I'm with you.
Keep talking.
OK, don't touch this until Kevin is present.
All right.
I see it.
OK?
In the middle of our urgency, that's what you're showing me.
I got it.
Now we're down to 20 minutes.
So I'm going to get--
get the team.
The place has to be cleaned.
At 3:00, Jeff Weber is coming.
If it's not clean, you're getting thrown out.
I had the last--
Let them drop this down.
Just get it out of the way down there.
DOROTHY BREININGER: He was just laying on that shelf rack
and then pointing out what to do like nothing
was going to happen.
I want you to--
oh, boy.
JEFF WEBER: My reaction when I went into Kevin's apartment
was astonishment.
What I saw was still feces, piles
all the way up to the ceiling.
The smell brought tears to my eyes.
Wow.
It is unbelievable that 20 people
have been working in that apartment for three days.
I just have to evict him at this point.
This is-- this is just a danger.
There's no coming back.
Right now, you're endangering the other tenants.
And after seeing this, I have to start eviction proceedings.
Am I supposed to have a further discussion
before any immediate decision was made?
JEFF WEBER: I'm going to tell you now.
I'm going to be giving you 10 days.
Within 10 days, we're going to start legal action.
That's actual days or business days or--
Actual days.
He's so far out of touch with reality,
he doesn't have a clue of how serious this is.
SUZANNE CHABOT: What did you hear him say?
It's not going to work.
You-- you have animal feces in your kitchen.
Right.
I can remain in the apartment and see what
I can do to change his mind.
SUZANNE CHABOT: Kevin can keep building
cases for himself as to why he should not leave this place.
But the only case that's worth anything
is that he has a problem.
And he needs to get help.
You need care, like, immediately.
You need to get out of here immediately
if there's a future for you.
Paddy, are you prepared to help your brother
if he has no place to go?
JOHN MCCRARY: I'd like to see him go away someplace
for six months and have 24-hour supervision
and probably medication.
He needs an intensive treatment program.
KEVIN MCCRARY: My brain is definitely wired
differently-- most indubitably.
SUZANNE CHABOT: If Kevin doesn't accept the help that's
coming his way, I would not be surprised
if Kevin decided to spend the rest of his life on a bench.