On March 21, 1947, an anonymous tip sent authorities to the Collyer brothers' mansion in Harlem. NYPD officers found the dead body of one of the brothers amongst 120 tons of trash they had collected. It would be another 15 days before authorities found the other brother buried underneath a collapsed pile of trash. Homer and Langley Collyer lived in a home in Harlem that they inherited after their parents' death. Here's the story of two brothers who turned away from the outside world and created a palace from what they collected off the streets.

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Persons: Collyer, Homer, Langley Collyer, Langley Organizations: Service, New York Police Department, NYPD, Police Locations: Harlem, Wall, Silicon