ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Collyer brothers

The Collyer brothers were two brothers named Langley and Homer Collyer. They lived in New York City, in the United States. They loved to collect things, and their house became really, really full of all the things they collected. Eventually, the house was so full that it became dangerous to go inside. Police, who are people whose job is to help keep everyone safe, had to go inside to look for the brothers because they were missing. They eventually found one of the brothers, Langley, in the middle of all the clutter and mess the brothers had made in their house. Unfortunately, the other brother, Homer, was never found.