MTV Filmed Appalachians Dying For Entertainment In 2009, MTV came to Mingo County, West Virginia to film Buckwild, a reality show exploiting young people doing dangerous stunts for a few hundred dollars per episode while MTV made millions. In 2013, cast member Shain Gandee died at 21 from carbon monoxide while mudding, exactly what MTV paid him to do for cameras. Shain grew up in Sissonville where the chemical industry destroyed jobs and opportunities, so he played the hillbilly stereotype becau