Podcasts de biscayne tales

Ghosts of the Biltmore

With Halloween creeping around the corner, we check in with the ghosts up on the 13th floor of...

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Yellow Fever

At the tail end of the 19th century, Miami was a healthy city, nearly doubling its population...

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The Surf Club

The Surf Club, most famous of Miami Beach's Jazz Age private clubs, first opened in 1930....

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Carl Fisher

Candy-bar salesman, bicycle stuntman, race-car driver: Carl Fisher had lived a full life by the...

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Episode XV - Prinz Valdemar

In 1925, a massive 400-foot long sailing vessel named the Prinz Valdemar pulled into the port of...

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Episode XIV - Black Caesar

Pirates, treasure, lost boys - it's not Peter Pan but our very own Black Caesar, an escaped slave...

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Kendall Revisited

We recently had the opportunity to sit down for a talk with Dr. Scott Kenward. Scott is the...

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Episode XIII - Jacob Housman

On Indian Key, just off the Overseas Highway, there lies a fallen tombstone marking the open...

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Episode XII - Kendall

Long before it became the modern suburb it is today, Kendall consisted of little more than citrus...

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Episode XI - Arch Creek

In this episode, we discuss Arch Creek and its eponymous bridge. The limestone formation spanning...

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Episode X - Fulford Miami Speedway

In February 1926, Miami hosted the fastest drivers in the world at a novel racetrack in...

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Episode IX - Miami of the Future (1934)

In 1934, as the United States was mired in the Great Depression, the Miami Times was looking into...

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Episode VIII - Miami Jai Alai

We track the rise and fall of jai alai, a sport that was born in the Basque highlands but found a...

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Episode VII - Cutler Fossil Site

Our seventh episode is 12,000 years in the making. Hidden within a dense hammock north of the...

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Episode VI - Richmond Naval Air Station

Richmond NAS was a military blimp base established during WW2. During its short active history,...

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Episode V - Hialeah Park

In this episode, we look north to beautiful Hialeah, Florida and its iconic horse-racing venue....

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Episode IV - Pinewood Cemetery

Our fourth episode shines some light into the dim history of one of Miami's oldest burial...

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Episode III - AeroJet

Our third episode looks at one part of South Florida's small role in the space race: the Aerojet...

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Episode II - Rumrunning

In this episode, we discuss the role of Miami during Prohibition, when it was known as the...

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Episode I - Fort Dallas

Our first episode covers the history of Fort Dallas, a military installation situated at the...

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