This sleepy North Carolina river town feels calm and charming today, but its quiet streets still carry whispers of an old ...
Blackbeard died in an attack 305 years ago, historians said. Screengrab from the NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources on Facebook Blackbeard met his “bloody end” off the North Carolina coast ...
Yo ho ho! The pirate comedy "Our Flag Means Death" is back for a second season, and we couldn't be more excited to catch up with Stede, Ed, and the rest of our favorite criminal misfits. The quirky ...
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCBD) — For centuries, history books have pointed to North Carolina, or even England, as the birthplace of Blackbeard, the world’s most notorious pirate. But Mike Heitzler, a ...
Stede Bonnet was a wealthy plantation owner who set out for a life of piracy despite his complete lack of seafaring experience. Screengrab from Twitter Stede Bonnet’s spontaneous decision to become a ...
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How Blackbeard became history's most fearsome pirate
Blackbeard’s reputation didn’t happen by accident, and it wasn’t built on nonstop bloodshed the way movies love to suggest. In real life, he operated during the chaotic “Golden Age of Piracy,” when ...
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