Storage wars mark balelo wikipedia

ByBrian Boone

There's a law on the books in California that allows the owners and operators of storage locker facilities — of which there are many in the heavily populated and crowded Golden State — to auction off the contents if the renter falls severely behind on their payments.

That's created a fascinating and robust industry of people who show up to storage lockers on auction days, bidding on what's inside with very little knowledge about what they may hold. Then, those bidders take whatever treasures they find and sell it in their secondhand stores, pawn shops, or on the internet.

This is the world of Storage Wars, an A&E reality TV series that aired for 12 seasons from 2010 to 2019 — and which current airs, having debuted its 13th season in 2021.

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The inner workings of storage law didn't draw in millions of viewers each week so much as the show's regular and recurring c