The Pirate History Podcast
Matt Albers
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.
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Jan 5, 2021 • 39min
Episode 195 - Londontown
William III, William Phips, and William Dampier. And Henry Every. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 30, 2020 • 42min
Episode 194 - The Rogues' Harbor
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 23, 2020 • 37min
Episode 193 - Interlopers
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 15, 2020 • 43min
Episode 192 - The Gate of Tears
Mongols and Mughals and Pirates. Oh my! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 8, 2020 • 28min
Episode 191 - A Gold Chain or a Wooden Leg
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 1, 2020 • 42min
Episode 190 - The Battle of Beachy Head
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 24, 2020 • 33min
Episode 189 - A Mighty Man
It's Captain Kidd y'all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 17, 2020 • 42min
Episode 188 - Reunion
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 31, 2020 • 55min
Episode 187 - That Dark, Mysterious Season
This Halloween we finish the story of the Salem Witch Trials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 28, 2020 • 54min
Episode 186 - The Rules of Witchcraft
The end of March, 1692, was a dark and terrifying time in Salem, Massachusetts. More and more girls came forward to accuse ever more people of witchcraft. We can't begin to cover all of them, but these are the events that typify the atmosphere in New England when witches - and the Devil - roamed free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
