Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America Oklahoma's Toxic Ghost Town (Season 2, Episode 2)
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Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

Oklahoma's Toxic Ghost Town (Season 2, Episode 2)

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An upstart mining town fuels the American war effort in both World Wars with its bountiful deposits of lead and zinc; the dusty remains of the mining efforts that put Picher on the map would condemn the city to abandonment years later.

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Sep 5, 2023 (United States)

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Bill Adams Self / former Dixie employee Self / former Dixie employee See fewer	Walker (1989)
Katherine Alcock Self / historian Self / historian See fewer	Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2022)
Sascha Auerbach Self / historian Self / historian See fewer	Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2022)
Rob Bell Self / engineer Self / engineer See fewer	Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2022)
Kenya Davis-Hayes Self / historian Self / historian See fewer	Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2022)
Henry Ellick Self / former Picher resident Self / former Picher resident See fewer	Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2022)
Jean Ann Ellick Self / former Picher resident Self / former Picher resident See fewer	Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2022)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self / president (archive footage) Self / president (archive footage) See fewer	Spartamerika
Martin Luther King Self / civil rights activist (archive footage) Self / civil rights activist (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Summer King Self / Quapaw Nation environmental scientist Self / Quapaw Nation environmental scientist See fewer	Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2022)
Corina Kwami Self / infrastructure advisor Self / infrastructure advisor See fewer	Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2022)
Jim Meigs Self / journalist Self / journalist See fewer	Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2022)
Zelena Ratliff Self / clarksdale resident Self / clarksdale resident See fewer	Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2022)
Joseph Reibman Self / Dixie site owner Self / Dixie site owner See fewer	Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2022)
Linda Rodriguez-McRobbie Self / author & journalist Self / author & journalist See fewer	mental_floss: The List Show (2013)
Bessie Smith Self / blues singer (archive footage) Self / blues singer (archive footage) See fewer	Angel Heart (1987)
Greg Szulgit Self / biomedical scientist Self / biomedical scientist See fewer	Massive Engineering Mistakes (2019)
Kyle A. Thomas Self / performance professor Self / performance professor See fewer	Holly (II) (2015)