The Town America Abandoned After a Toxic Secret Was Found | Times Beach #abandonedplaces #ghosttown

In 1982, residents of Times Beach, Missouri, evacuated their homes during a catastrophic flood. They thought they would return. They never did. Investigators had discovered something hidden in the soil beneath the town's streets: dioxin, one of the most notorious environmental contaminants in America. But Times Beach didn't have a chemical factory. So how did dioxin end up underneath an entire community? The answer leads back more than a decade—to industrial chemical waste, a waste-oil hauler named Russell Bliss, dying horses, dusty Missouri roads, and a disposal chain that contaminated sites across the state. In this episode of Strange Detour, we follow the strange history of Times Beach from its beginnings as a 1920s riverside getaway, through the 1982 flood and evacuation, the federal government's decision to permanently relocate its residents, and the massive cleanup that followed. And we'll find out what happened to Times Beach after the town itself disappeared. Take a detour into the unbelievable. Subscribe for more strange, forgotten, and unbelievable stories from history. In this video: Times Beach Missouri, Times Beach dioxin, Times Beach disaster, Times Beach Missouri dioxin disaster, Times Beach 1982, dioxin contamination, Russell Bliss, Missouri environmental disaster, abandoned towns Missouri, abandoned town history, toxic town, Superfund sites, EPA Superfund, Route 66 State Park, environmental disasters, American environmental disasters, forgotten history, strange history, dark history, weird history, Route 66 history, Strange Detour #TimesBeach #DioxinDisaster #EnvironmentalHistory #ForgottenHistory #strangehistory #environmentaldisaster