Episode 162 – What’s in a Name
This is the story of one pirate named Thomas. We’ve met him before, but only in passing. Today we get
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Episode 161 – Step Lightly
The effects of the Stuart Restoration and the first two Anglo-Dutch Wars on New England and Chesapeake Bay would have
Episode 160 – Wicked & Unrighteous Practices
We’re taking off at a run and covering New England’s pirate problem through the Thirty Years War and the First
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Episode 159 – A Sea Highwayman
Today we continue our look at New England. Puritan divisions, Indigenous politics, war, finally culminating in the tale of the
Episode 158 – North American Colonization
We’re taking a very broad look at the arrival of Europeans into the North American world from about 1500 to
Episode 157 – Rascally Fellows of Desperate Fortunes
This is the conclusion of the drama on the Chesapeake. Richard Ingle, William Claiborne, Leonard Calvert, and Thomas Cornwaleys all
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Episode 156 – High Treason
The English Civil War arrived in America when a trader named Richard Ingle was accused of Parliamentarian sympathies. Today’s drama
Episode 155 – Grevious Crimes of Pyracie & Murder part 2
The fighting on the Chesapeake exploded in the 1630s between Virginia and Maryland. The trading post on Kent Island was
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Episode 154 – Grevious Crimes of Pyracie & Murder part 1
Jamestown, Virginia was growing into a viable colony when another party entered the American Colonial world. A formidable Catholic family
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Episode 153 – The Scum of Men
This is the story of the first act of piracy in the North American English colonies. But really it’s a