Mags Bailey was a piece of work. I have heard a lot of first hand stories from folks. People from here for the most part don't like the show, they say it is not a fair representation of Harlan and eastern Kentucky, I've only been here a couple of years, and really other than being overly dramatized...It's not that far off. Since I've been here a deputy sheriff, and the Lynch police chief and his deputy have been arrested for running drugs. Drug use is rampant, and murder is a pretty regular occurrence fir such a relatively small population, and so is corruption.