Episode 292 – A Spectacle
London was home to well over one hundred pirates in 1700. Then, drastically fewer.
A Podcast About the Real Men & Women Behind the Golden Age of Piracy
London was home to well over one hundred pirates in 1700. Then, drastically fewer.
Captain Kidd’s time in prison was cruel and unusual. His old friends were busy drinking and playing tennis.
William Kidd was thrust into a dangerous and immoral world of intrigue and backstabbing. English politics.
Traveling to England ain’t like dusting crops. Without careful calculations you could fly right into the Bristol Chanel.
Robert Culliford has an absolutely fantastic voyage to London. Surely nothing can go wrong when he reaches England.
Robert Culliford departs Madagascar. He encounters King Abraham Samuel and an East India Company pirate hunter.
Cutlass Culliford returns to St. Mary’s where he, and all the pirates, had decisions to make.
We return to the Indian Ocean for the greatest prize ever taken by Pirates of the Round.
William Kidd is moved to HMS Advice.
This Halloween, keep your eyes on the water. THE ICE IS COMING FOR YOU!!