Into the Shadows Picher, Oklahoma: America’s Most Toxic Ghost Town Posted: February 21, 2025 | Last updated: February 21, 2025 Could an entire town be wiped off the map by pollution? That’s ...

Picher, Oklahoma, is emblematic of what happens when a mining boomtown goes bust. When the minerals were exhausted, companies left or went bankrupt. Slab, former home of Gloria and Tom Workman.

Human remains found last week near Picher in northeastern Oklahoma have been identified as a transgender woman and Cherokee Nation citizen who disappeared in 2019. Aubrey Dameron was 25 years old ...