The Pirate History Podcast

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**The Pirate History Podcast**

A podcast about the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean, the real men and women that threatened the trade and stability of the Old World empires, the forces that led them to piracy and the myths and stories they inspired. Famous names like Captain Henry Morgan, Henry Avery, Charles Vane, Mary Reed, Anne Bonny, Black Bart Roberts, Ned Low, and Edward ‘Blackbeard’ Teach will rub elbows with Queens, Kings, Popes, rebellious monks, Caribbean Natives, African Slaves and notorious governors like Woodes Rogers. History, high seas adventure, myth and magic, voodoo, treachery, biography and freedom await.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 196 - Fort ou Faible Jan 12, 2021

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The Nine Years War almost halted the piratical career of Henry Every before the Spanish Expedition even left port.

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Episode 195 - Londontown Jan 05, 2021

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William III, William Phips, and William Dampier. And Henry Every.

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Episode 194 - The Rogues' Harbor Dec 30, 2020

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The Carolina Colony is one of the most iconic locales in all of pirate mythology. Today we look at the founding of Carolina, her pirate roots, and the ties to Pirates of the Round and St. Mary's.

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Episode 193 - Interlopers Dec 23, 2020

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Before the Pirates of the Round turned to piracy some of them served as illegal slavers in a global criminal conspiracy. It was dirty business.

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Episode 192 - The Gate of Tears Dec 15, 2020

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Mongols and Mughals and Pirates. Oh my!

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Episode 191 - A Gold Chain or a Wooden Leg Dec 08, 2020

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The early years of the Nine Years War saw dozens of Privateering Commissions handed out to ships intended to raid West African slaver outposts. One of those ships, Amity under Captain Thomas Tew, chose to ignore that commission and sail instead for Adam Baldridge's pirate haven at St. Mary's.

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Episode 190 - The Battle of Beachy Head Dec 01, 2020

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In July 1690 the English fought a pitched naval engagement against France that would define the future of the Nine Years War and turn hundreds of Royal Navy men and privateers away from service and toward a life of piracy.

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Episode 189 - A Mighty Man Nov 24, 2020

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It's Captain Kidd y'all.

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Episode 188 - Reunion Nov 17, 2020

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Adam Baldridge. Bachelor's Delight. Madagascar. St. Mary's. Cygnet. Libertalia. Flintlock pistols & pirate cutlasses. It's all coming together. We'll get to tricorn hats & parrots next time.

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Episode 187 - That Dark, Mysterious Season Oct 31, 2020

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This Halloween we finish the story of the Salem Witch Trials.

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