 Do you ever wonder what happens when the police leave? Crime scene cleaners are private companies that handle the cleanup after the police are gone. Spalling Decon is one of the nation's largest cleanup companies handling the aftermath of homicides, suicides, decompositions, hoarding and much more. These are our stories. We're doing a, this is a pretty good size hoard. I'd say this is a level five. You know, some years ago there was a trigger, a fiance that had passed suddenly and unexpectedly and really at that point our clients life had changed and not pretty good. Best Buy 2015 tub of ice cream. Ooh, it's all this maggot carcass. Oh my God. What did we find? Oh my God, a rabbit. And then we moved the bookcase that the rabbit was on and then there was a rat underneath it. No. Whatever you do, don't speak any Latin. Alright, well hey everyone. Ed and Chris is holding Decon Southwest Florida. We are here in Englewood. We're doing a, this is a pretty good size hoard. I'd say this is a level five. This job is one of those scenarios where some years ago there was a trigger, I think a fiance. A fiance that had passed suddenly and unexpectedly and really at that point our clients life had changed and not pretty good. So called us up, got ahold of Carissa and said, hey, things got away from me. I need some help. So here we are. I came out and like a lot of boarders, that phone call is very hard to make and very hard to let somebody in. But I felt a connection with her. She took a deep breath and opened the door for me. At first I thought she wasn't going to open the door because it took her so long to get there. It only opens about that long. So I'm always suspicious when it takes them a long time to answer the door. But I give them the time. So she opened the door, you know, we walked through and you know, just, it's a classic, you know, level five. She had a father that passed away several years ago and the estate went into probate and it just got settled. So she got chuck a change and she said, this is the only way I would ever be able to afford this is to use this money. So she's actually using, you know, her inheritance to clean out the house. We're happy to be here because this is going to be life changing for her. I know part of our thing is we're going to remove the washer and dryer and so forth and also most of the major appliances. So we have what appears to be a deep freeze. It doesn't feel like it's running. I can't tell. Oh boy. You got to get this baby out of here. Let's take a look at what we got. Parmesan cheese. Blue cheese or feta cheese? Brown feta cheese. Oh yeah, that's feta cheese. Definitely ready. Having trouble finding the dates on? Look at that stuff. Oh boy. Oh yeah. Best Buy 2015. Five or six years. That's not too bad. I have the feeling what's down there when I lift the dead up from that smell. That's a little ripe. Of course, what is it? Oh, that's fruit. It's like melting through the bag. Oh, it's soupy. Oh, chicken livers. Oh, delicious. Everybody loves chicken livers and onions. Yeah, especially at this age. We're not moving anyway. Maggot. It looks like a juice container or milk. Ultra pasteurized whipping cream. Oh, even better. Look at that. All right. This baby's out. This one's kind of unique in the sense that the lanai in the poo in the back was kind of turned into like a lily pond. That's part of it as well. We were doing from the front property line to the back property line on this one. The lily pond has a little bit of a sad story to it as well where I think one of the dogs had gotten in there and couldn't get out at one point in time. We do have two dogs joining us today. They like to let us know they're there with a little yappy. Yeah, we have them kenneled so they're safe and out of the way and she can come and go and walk them, but we know that they're safe and don't have to worry about them. There's also a cat, but it's an outside cat. Yeah, an outside cat. Do all the animals look pretty healthy? Like men in okay state? I think so. They look healthy as far as water and fad and that type of thing and seem generally happy. So one of our smaller dogs or newer dogs that she's gotten has never walked, literally walked on the floor in the home. So she's kind of excited for him to be able to do that. Yeah, this is a scenario where we're keeping a lot of things and so we're kind of going through everything, separating it. So when we can close today, we'll put all the belongings in the garage and kind of lock that up and kind of start back over again tomorrow. We have set aside four days. This is just strictly a de-horde without it following a deep clean. Have we found any librarians or bugs or anything yet? A rabbit, you know, and I thought it was her rabbit because she has a rabbit cage in the house. Where was it? I didn't know that. Yeah, it was in the bookcase. It was in the bookcase and literally just shredded, you know, and it was pretty fresh too. And then we moved the bookcase that the rabbit was on and then there was a rat underneath it. So I think we found two dead rats and a rabbit so far just in the garage. Come join us. Yeah, we need some help. Where did you find that, Ricky? In the garage. She says he's been dead for eight years. Oh, then that's her fiance. My name's Tara. I used to be in the military. I used to keeping things neat. Actually, I just have seen people just volunteer to help them out throughout my life, not so much as a job. It's the first time doing it for work. But throughout my life, I've always done it just to help people out. You don't mind getting your hands dirty, obviously. No, I like to work hard actually. I used to be able to work a lot harder so I miss those days. I keep trying. It looks like you're still keeping up from the rest of it. Handling this room all by yourself. That's awesome. Ricky, how are you doing, man? Wonderful. What is this here? Second, third, fourth hoard now? Actually, this is the first one. The other ones, they had already cleaned them up when I got there. That's fair. What do you think so far? How does it compare to those biojabs and stuff like that? Well, let me see. I've already found a dead rabbit and two rats. I guess that's bio, isn't it? I guess that does count. Still working with your big brother? It depends on the day. Oh, that's it. That's Asian tube. Look at this thing. It's so cool. This is all silver. I'm Andrew Jackson. This guy actually brought me here. That's true. I normally do AC installs. This is my first time, actually. It's kind of cool helping the lady out and hopefully she gets something out of it. I've done this for so long. I've done everything under the sun from mold, fire, water, asbestos, sewer, biohazard, stuff like this. I've cleaned up fecal matter in hotels after someone took their own life. I've cleaned up a CVS bathroom at like two o'clock in the morning with the lady putting relief herself in the bathroom properly. To me, it's fun and it's interesting because you don't see this stuff every day, especially when people are like, hey, what do you do? I'm like, all right, let's see. Have you ever seen a movie? Yes. Okay, you know the guys who go to murder scene with white hazmat suits? Yeah, I'm like, that's what I do. Really? I'm like, yeah, not for everybody. That's for sure. Some people just, they can't do it. I don't mind the suits. I've been a respirator for over 15 years and it doesn't bother me at all. There are experts up in here. Wait, wait, wait, wait! Show up, kids. Chef Ramsay would be very upset. I might need a respirator for this one. Yeah. Oh my God. For those watching at home, turn the channel. Yeah. Actually, Tennessee pride does make a decent sausage when it's not like this. This is not for the faint of heart. Watch Ed dive in like I'm an Olympic swimmer. Judges? That can't even grab it! It's a 10. It's a 10. And the Russian judge gave him a 6. What the heck? Yeah, that's right up there where's one of the worst smells of the experience. It's up there. Oh yeah, absolutely. I think I had one worse than this but this is by far something to definitely drag about. For sure. How much would you pay me to stick a hose in there and try to siphon it out? How much? Oh God. Come back in about a week and watch the vegetation that grows here. Be massive. It's gonna be nuclear, dude. Oh, there you go. Ed, you're having too much fun. I don't want the lid popping open before we get there. I hear you. What do you got there? I want to lay down on top and like model. Oh, over there. Yeah, I was trying to pick it up but I guess it was an egg that was sitting there for a couple of years or whatever. It's like a fossil egg. So here we are in Inglewood wrapping up our first day here on a level 5 horde and we're on our second dumpster probably by one o'clock. There's always a few items that we're in search of so in this particular one we're looking for a set of keys. Chris and I have been in the living room where they were maybe last seen but the interesting part about those keys though is as Chris was talking with his client she has an outside storage unit and the more we assess the whole scenario and there's a shed out back so what we're gonna do is part of our work order and bid was to clear out the storage unit which is like 110 bucks a month or something like that it's been paying for years. The items that are in there we're gonna make room and be able to put in her shed and we're gonna go through them and hopefully we'll get rid of some but anyway I just like that as a service to offer because that 110 dollars a month is giving every month maybe for years in that sense. Yeah and she already said it's been years and she's even been to the storage and I asked her what was in it she goes I only vaguely remember. Maybe the keys are in it. But I think one of the interesting things about this word too is boards tend to have a very somewhat of a consistent type of odor to them. This one not so much really just isn't present other than inside the deep freeze. That was a level 50 or something like that. I had a hard time with that one. I've been doing pretty good about not gagging for a while. Oh yeah well we lost one guy to gagging. Well we didn't lose him but anyway it took him to the edge. We're finding some rat droppings and stuff and couple signs of insects but some roaches but again not so much so of course we didn't get to the kitchen yet so that's stay tuned I'm sure it has tomorrow or Monday. I saw baby roaches in one of the bedrooms that's the only place I saw. I saw a couple of them and they're coming from the ceiling in the walls and stuff so I don't know. Is that in her room? I think so yeah. Successful day one. We'll see you guys tomorrow. Alright sounds good. We're moving. We got the hot tub working earlier. What are you doing now? I'm going to try to rinse out some of the or get it ready to rinse out appliances because we're at a place coming to pick up all the appliances on Tuesday so we're going to have our six major appliances and some of them are as we've seen yesterday a little dirty so we're going to clean that up a little bit before they come. You didn't know she was also a bounty hunter? Yeah. We already found two air guns. Is that an air gun over there? Yeah that was one of them. Then there was a big one. It was like a pump action. So that one's not an actual pistol. No. I'm going to end it. I'm trying to think about it. You're doing a magic trick. Keep your eyes on my hands. Good job bro. There it is. And he did it. Is that how you think he'll be cursed? Yeah. Look at him. It's like breaking a mirror man. Amityville type shit. Was that movie called Amityville? There's also one about a doll. Yeah there is. Annabelle. Annabelle is a movie. She's the most hunted doll in the world dude. Is this what the dolls are set on? Probably. That are the dogs. No. No. Whatever you do don't speak any Latin. Don't bring that into the house. That is horrific. That doll's ceramic though. That's probably... I've seen a lot of dolls on these jobs. That's probably the most unsettling one I've seen. At least that is dude. What a sweet little... I'm just joking. He's like that's so unsettling. I'm like gidgy gidgy goo. No way. Yarn? In this house? You found yarn? That's right. That's rare. No. You can use this hot wall board back in the day. Wall pick. Here we are day two. We're just a little more than halfway through day two. First opportunity to get a little break. And kind of tell you guys a little bit about the progress that we've made. Which is good. We've got the lanai and the backyard done and the shed. And the garage is looking pretty good. This is our second full day here. And our clients... She's tired. Tired and grumpy. Seeing a lot of things go out is starting to wear on her a little bit. So we had to have a little mid-afternoon huddle here to refresh everybody's objective. Everybody is anxious to get her cleaned up. And get the things out and restore her home for her. Constantly reminding everybody that these are still her personal things. And he might think a book about yarn is not important. But it was obviously to her very important. So I'll keep you posted. We've got a few more hours left today. And we'll do a wrap up here in a little bit. Badass. Kind of. Dolls, liquor. Did you spend much time looking at yarn before this? No, but I'm just saying I'll never see her again. So how much stuff does she have in her storage? Not that much. Probably three-quarter empty. It's just a shame. And it was about $112 a month for years for this. Gonna go get her. We're all closed out. We had to drill the lock out. That was interesting because we lost the key. So we drilled the lock out and closed out her account. And the storage is now $112 back to the client. Every month from here out. Is that cool? An elephant? Yeah, handle? But it's like a pewter mug. Oh wow, that's beautiful. You want it? It's good. Just having some issues with the debris that's in here. There's no circulation. There's been a couple of rabbits in here. We had to posse them underneath the table. So it's a real wildlife. Okra. I hardly know you. Pickled okra. Pickled for years. What's the mystery? Let's see what's up here. There's some stuff up here, Evan. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Is anybody seeing Ricky? Right here. Can I hand you a couple things? Spider-Man 2. Ok. I'm thinking it's something I would have wanted about 15 years ago. The walkie-talkies. Oh, I had those. Right arm is actually... I can't say I do. Then we can talk to you if you're driving down the road or something. Ok. My handy-dandy Spider-Man walkie-talkie. Careful. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Was that an elf? It is. Wow. I haven't seen him in a long time. I know. I was just going to say. Look at that guy. Look at that elf. Elf on the shelf. Elf on the shelf. Hey, we're having some fun with the toys up here. Uh-oh. A little too much fun. Look at these Star Wars something or another there. Darth Maul resin figure. Wow, dude. Oh, wow. Like, where's the good old stuff from? Is that Jerry? No. Oh, did you say right there where this is? It's Jerry missing an eye. Yeah, that's the dinosaur. Oh. Thank you very much. Uh-oh. Nino. Nino. All of our viewers. Help us. We don't know who this is. He's so cute and he looks so familiar. It's like, oh, I know who this is. Aw. I think Evan should get the video trophy of the day. Aw. Ooh. I got it. Old school. Oh, it's kind of heavy too. All right. Looks like more fabric. Old shirts. Old shirts. And if you get eaten, you see his legs just disappear. Oh boy. Who is this guy? That's the monkey from Big Fat Liar. Is that right? Thanks, Al. I've seen him in a movie for sure. Yeah. We need more help from our viewers. Who is this? American Tail. Yeah, that's Fible. Oh, look at you. Yeah. Yeah. Breaker 1-9. All right. Is that like a radio? It's a CB radio. Oh. That's what you say, Breaker 1-9. Is that like a house? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's what it was. What, guys? No way. Is that what it is? Or is it a display? No, it's got all the parts to it. Oh, okay. To this little race track. Wow. All together, the old school. See, we have cool toys growing up. Now we just give kids an iPad. I know. Oh, yes. This is from, you know, late 70s. Late 70s, yeah. At least, huh? All right. This is Spalding Deacon, Southwest Florida. We are back. So this is the end of day two on a four-day horde project. I think the project is going pretty well. We did, you know, we got a lot of the outside done today. I mean, other than we got some finishing touches we'll need to do. But, you know, this one has been a little difficult. I'll let Krista talk about it in the sense of homeowner is very engaged with us and very involved. It's a little overwhelming. There's like six people, you know, in her space and, you know, she lives here alone with her two dogs and, you know, we're touching all of her stuff. She's invested a lot of money in some of this stuff. So, you know, it's kind of hard to see it go. But, you know, she was ready. So she's been very, you know, like Ed said, engaging. Today, just before lunch was a tough one. She literally just said, I am very frustrated for me to hear that. It's like I'm not doing my job, you know, because I try to relieve that. Well, you know, it's really difficult. You know, we were given, you know, a number of things to look out for. And that list was, you know, probably a handful of items. And, you know, in all reality there's, you know, 50 things on that list, but nobody knows what they are. Yeah. And she doesn't know either until, you know, until it pops in her head or she sees something that reminds her or something. We found a lot of old toys and trophies and things in the attic. So we tried to wrap up with a little bit of fun here today with the crew. Yeah. She was enjoying it too. Yeah, she was. Seeing us have a good time with it. You know, and one of the things, and we talked to Ricky about it, is I think she really enjoys at times having people there to talk to. People in her house that can have a conversation, tell a joke, you know, that type of thing. You know, in some ways, you know, I think she's enjoying our presence and company and engaging. And then, of course, the other side of it is the roller coaster part. I'm going to make it up to her because tomorrow we're going appliance shopping. So. Oh, are you? Yeah. Yeah, we got a local dealer that's taking all the old appliances. And so we called them back said, hey, do you have replacement appliances? So these guys are heading there tomorrow. We'll see you guys Monday. Yeah, everybody. Have a great weekend. We'll see you. Yeah. What we're doing here today is so we're in Port Charlotte. I'm here and Chris is with the other team over in Englewood, still working on that project. This scenario here is a kind of a clean out slash deep clean unfortunate elderly veteran having some some issues. You know, I think we had a number of issues, but that that's combined with maybe some of the medication and alcohol and things of this nature that turns out that he was relieving himself in many different ways actually all over the house. Thanks for watching guys. Don't forget to like, share, subscribe and ring that bell to be notified of the next episode. For more information, visit any of our locations.