Amish Mafia

I don't understand they had a good thing, and they used the Amish people that when I was a young boy my parents brought me there, we had a good time. The culture was so much different to us, why would they portray these people like this, was it to bring community dollars in? Or is this what goes on their Discovery Channel left the viewers out in the cold. The cars blowing up, was this a stunt, looked like it because what they did was destroy garbage. The losers at the end won, they went against their own people and culture.

Alan Beiler destroyed his own peoples' property he got away with this what a joke you showed the viewers corrupt people winning. Caleb a rot wins at the end Levi was the best person on the show, and he was portrayed at the end as a no one don't get it?

Discovery Channel never had a sidekick of the show, which they should have. To see how all these guys are now. What was told online, not good.

It's now 6 years later, they should do something, I don't see those other reviews as anything we watched and used our imagination.

I see a lot of reviews saying how fake the show is. It very clearly says at the beginning that a lot of parts are reenacted and are based on stories. This show definitely doesn't deserve the awful rating its gotten. People claiming that its not a "real" mafia, are comparing it to actual mobsters. The Amish community would be completely different then what we consider the mafia. Destroying a buggy or kicking out "English" people might seem like vandalism to us, but to them it would be considered a huge offense. They live by completely different rules then we do. So comparing them to Italian Mobsters or Cartel kingpins just isn't viable.

Now, do I think this is all real and that everything they show is what is actually happening? No. I certainly don't think that. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that some camera angles or footage would be impossible to get with out it being faked or reenacted. But the director, the writers do a good job telling a story. The story is good, even the acting is decent. The camera work isn't that bad. Overall the show is very watchable, doesn't seem overly fake, overly real. Just enough to make it enjoyable.

And lastly. For critics saying that the reason they dislike it so much is because it is overly fake. That the Amish and Minutenites driving Mercedes Benz and Cadillacs is completely unrealistic and that making that much money from what they do is a lie. I can tell you I know for a fact that its true. I've personally seen them drive those vehicles and my brother works as a CBP officer at a Mexican boarder. And has told me numerous times that the Minutenites are some of the most criminally involved people he has ever encountered. Not all hardcore criminal activity. But the transferring of drugs over the boarder and the smuggling of money into Mexico is such a problem that the majority of loads of drugs they catch have some sort of Minutenite involvement. And that they declare they're money coming in and out of the US and its easily over the tens of thousands of dollars AND in Cadillacs and Mercedes. So it's not completely far fetched to assume that there's some truth to these stories.

This show is should be taken as "Entertainment" (if that's even remotely the case) and not as actuality... Almost NOBODY in the actual Amish communities even know this show exists, but the very few I've talked to about this is outraged about it... For one, it's listed as "Reality TV" which unfortunately is mistaken for "'Real' TV..." There is NO such thing as the Lancaster County Police or anything of the sort, and NONE of the Amish portrayed in the show have any Amish-like physical features or, really, anything related to the Amish to begin with (yes, even the clothing is off...) I wouldn't have as much of an issue with this show if it were listed as something other than "Reality TV." I would be OK with it being listed as Entertainment, Drama, or something of the sort, but "Reality TV" is pushing the lines a little too much...

Also, with everything I just mentioned, as well as the actual setup for the show itself, I expected A LOT more out of Discovery Channel with this... this would be more of TLC quality or something, but NOT Discovery....

It's just an awesome show, I saw 2 seasons in 2 days!

I understand why people find it offensive by calling it reality tv, they do inform you that some scenes are staged and reacted, but I think maybe most of the show is. It's series/movies like this in almost every religion but please call it action/drama, not reality or documentary (That's what it's categorized in Norway), that's not right, FIX IT!

But if you can look past that, the show got action, it's funny and very entertaining! It's worth a try if you like shows that are a little weird and not "mainstream". I say weird because Amish Mafia, who would believe that.

I can believe the Amish might use their own "police" force rather than depend upon outside authority. And I can believe that drugs and prostitution have probably found their way into the community and are generally hushed up. I can even be persuaded that the cars Levi uses are paid for from the earnings of his privately owned company rather than from money extorted from his community. And there are manipulative women, thugs, and both simple and stupid men in the communities around the Amish, so why wouldn't they also exist inside the Amish community. All of this I can believe.

What I can not believe at this point is that a rival Amish "police" group from Ohio would try to start an interstate take-over of the group in Lancaster, Pa. These are relatively small communities with small groups of thugs that can barely maintain control over their own communities let alone attempt to take control of other communities over three hundred miles away from their home territory.