In today’s Episode of This Day in Miami History, we remember the “Great Miami Tornado of 1997.” A F1 tornado in Miami was unusual, but the startling video the mid-afternoon cyclone produced would attract attention...Read more
In today’s Episode of This Day in Miami History, anchorman Ralph Renick – the definitive voice of South Florida News for 35 years – abruptly resigned his position to run for governor of Florida.Read more
In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, advisers to President Richard Nixon meet on Key Biscayne and discuss a plan to wiretap Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel.Read more
In today’s Episode of This Day in Miami History, The Beatles arrive in Miami for their second performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. It was a whirlwind week for the band, and for the city....Read more
In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, Alphonse Gabriel Capone dies in his Palm Island estate. Learn more about the life, and death, of Scarface in South Florida. For more about Al Capone,...Read more
In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, the notion that Coral Gables would never host a college football stadium is dispelled. In 1926, it housed two. And Coral Gables Stadium featured a matchup...Read more
In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, the City of Miami suffers a devastating fire in the early hours of December 26, 1896, burning down buildings where potentially half of the city’s business...Read more
In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, we look back at the runoff for Mayor of Miami in 1983. While it goes in the recordbooks as the election that sealed Maurice Ferré’s sixth...Read more
In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, we remember the Cuban Missile Crisis, and its impact on South Florida. President John F. Kennedy spoke to the public about the construction of missile launch...Read more
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Matthew Bunch
Your humble host, Matthew Bunch, is a transplant to Miami-Dade County from Baltimore. A public-school teacher with a passion for social sciences, I have been fascinated with the history of the region since the day he settled in the 305. A podcast that seeks to tell Miami's story to a bit wider seems a natural conclusion for my interests. I hope it fits in well with yours, too.