FLASHBACK Okaloosa

About FLASHBACK Okaloosa

Welcome to Flashback, a podcast by the Okaloosa County Public Information Office. Get ready to dust the nostalgia off your sleeve as we talk with Okaloosa citizens who share with us how things used to be. I’m your host Nick Tomecek. Its time to step into your imaginary DeLorean tap your flux capacitor and Flashback!!!

Publisher

Okaloosa County PIO

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Oct 2021

Latest episode

26 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

33 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Jun 2026

   The Fastest Human from Milligan in Okaloosa County, Florida - Races Horse and Wins

   The second of eight children, McTear, born in 1957, grew up in a tiny house near the railroad tracks in Milligan. Wearing Chuck Taylor tennis shoes and cut-off jeans, he used to race the train that ran by his house each day. It was by these railroad track, which still exist, that Bert Moore took our canoe group of the river briefly for a history lesson or should I say lessons. One of which was about Houston McTear. This episode was written and produced by me. Our theme music was written by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com. Special thanks to Charles McTear. Ann Spann at the Baker Block Museum and Bert Moore

2. 

   14 Apr 2026

   SVEA: Extraordinary Beautiful Place

   Have you looked at maps of Okaloosa County from the 1900s? Some of the towns and cities like Crestview, Mary Esther, Destin are on there but what about the towns that we never see on current maps, like Fisher, Deerland, Otahite, Newell, Oak Grove, Pineway and even a town called Brick. Today's episode is about one town near Laurel Hill. It's spelled SVEA. We will get into the founding of this town and of course how to pronounce the name of this town.

3. 

   10 Dec 2025

   The Chicago Connection: Was Capone in Okaloosa County, Florida?

   Rumors, stories, and speculation have existed for decades about whether the notorious criminal Alphonse Capone ever visited or did business in Okaloosa County, Florida. Listen as FLASHBACK explores this question.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

4.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 18 / 100

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Quality

12

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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