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
Apr 20, 2021 • 32min
Episode 208 - Pirate Brokers part 1
The summer of 1694, immediately following the mutiny aboard Charles II, saw several dozen Privateering commissions handed to ships' captains from Colonial New England. Today we discuss the governors who did so, and two of the Captains who received them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 6, 2021 • 33min
Episode 207 - A Piratical Account
In his first act of piracy Henry Every strove to prove that while he might be a bad guy, he wasn't such a bad guy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 30, 2021 • 35min
Episode 206 - Hungry, Stout, & Resolute
On the 8th of May, 1694, Henry Every called the crew of Charles II to a council before the mast. They discussed the voyage, the captain, and the name of their ship. Nine months later, after a stop at the Cape Verde, the Fancy stopped at Cape Town where Henry Every wrote the world a letter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 23, 2021 • 32min
Episode 205 - The Sword Shall Maintain Me
A few weeks after Henry Every captured the Charles II, a ballad began to filter into the world detailing the life and crimes of the new Captain. Reportedly, they were written by Every himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 16, 2021 • 37min
Episode 204 - A Man of Fortune
Henry Every took command of the Charles II but before the crew could depart they had to deal with those who would not turn pirate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 9, 2021 • 34min
Episode 203 - The Drunken Boatswain
May 7th, 1694. Henry Every & a cabal of sailors hatch their plot to steal the Charles II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 2, 2021 • 36min
Episode 202 - A Coruña
The sailors of The Spanish Expedition set sail from London in August 1693. By January 1694 they made it all the way to the coast of Spain. The voyage wasn't going well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 23, 2021 • 39min
Episode 201 - A Very Pleasant Man
Thomas Tew was far from the first pirate to call New York home but his time in the colony caused such a stir that everyone in the English speaking world took notice. Everyone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 16, 2021 • 37min
Episode 200 - Kidd in New York
I unironically use the word unbeknownst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 2, 2021 • 35min
Episode 199 - One Last Ride
Our last episode before we reach 200 concerns the last voyages of two long time pirates - two Old Guard Buccaneers - Pierre le Picard & Thomas Paine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
