I watched the third season of Amish Mafia last night and in I think the sixth and eighth episodes they talked about there being clandestine Amish strip clubs. They call them "madyll gucka". The first instance had non-Amish guys running it in a pole barn near Lancaster, letting the girls earn tips. The second time they referenced it in the behind the scenes episode at the end of the season. It was shown to be going on in Holmes County, Ohio and being run by an Amish thug. This particular one seemed to be secretly patronized by Amish guys only. I found this hard to believe, but after living near this group of people for ~4 years, it is not out of the realm of possibility to think there are institutions like this. There was always rampant drug-use, rape, drunkenness, incest, and assault among the Amish community that I lived near. It was like their Anabaptist religion was just a front.
Anybody seen anything like this? Have you ever met any strippers who left the Amish/Mennonite church and started dancing to get by?


There was a good series about the Amish "Inside the Amish" or something like that. Remember watching it during an ER visit. Quite eye opening and unexpected what it's like inside that culture. They played "Amish Mafia" after it. That one I think was a spoof but posing as serious. It seemed so over the top I could only watch it for about 15 minutes.