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The Sad Story of the Collyer Brothers And The Question of 'Do We Own Our Stuff Or Does Our Stuff Own Us?' — Christopher Roosen
![This was the lot of the Collyer brothers' house in Harlem, NYC, where both brothers died in 1947. It took a week of searching before one body was found in a tunnel. This was the lot of the Collyer brothers' house in Harlem, NYC, where both brothers died in 1947. It took a week of searching before one body was found in a tunnel.](https://i.redd.it/nd09pegvu6551.jpg)
This was the lot of the Collyer brothers' house in Harlem, NYC, where both brothers died in 1947. It took a week of searching before one body was found in a tunnel.
![Ghosty Men: The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers and My Uncle Arthur, New York's Greatest Hoarders (An Urban Historical): Lidz, Franz: 9781582343112: Amazon.com: Books Ghosty Men: The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers and My Uncle Arthur, New York's Greatest Hoarders (An Urban Historical): Lidz, Franz: 9781582343112: Amazon.com: Books](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71qwksKb77L._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg)