Swartzentruber Amish Cult
What lies behind the Swartzentruber Amish way of life?
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44 mins
Discover the strict beliefs, isolated lifestyle, and unusual rules of the Swartzentruber Amish, one of the most conservative Amish groups in North America. Explore the controversies and stories surrounding the community, and examine what happens when a closed religious society comes under outside scrutiny.
Ep 1:
The Amish You've Never Heard Of
Meet the Swartzentruber Amish, a hidden sect so strict they reject even a safety triangle on their buggies, and trace their roots from persecuted Anabaptists to Ohio's horse-drawn back roads.
Ep 2:
Courtship, School, and the Choice to Stay
Inside one-room schoolhouses, bundling beds, and the mythologized freedom of Rumspringa, young Amish weigh forbidden temptation against the pull of home—and most choose to come back.
Ep 3:
Shunned, Healed, and Set Free
From the crushing weight of shunning to million-dollar hospital bills and daring midnight escapes, former members reveal what it costs to leave—and what the world might learn from those who stay.
Discussions (5)
Andre
Level 10 · 3 weeks agobundling is wild so they literally let lads sleep in girls beds all night but sex ed is forbidden 😂 make it make sense
Gage
Level 7 · 3 weeks agoRumspringa is not as free as you make it sound
Camila
Level 3 · 3 weeks agobundling is just Amish Tinder but you have to download the app in person lmao
