Avast ye Scurvy Dogs! We be commandeering this here episode to talk about the saltiest scoundrels that ever dared sail the Seven Seas. Pirates, like their landlubber counterparts, the highwaymen, have gained fame and notoriety the keeps them in the forefront of our minds despite their dastardly deeds. Join us as we sort fact from fiction and tell the tales of two formidable scalawags. Can you, our clever listener, tell which is the true crime and which is just a tall tale?

Sources:

Black Sails, Blue Waters by Eric Jay Dolin

https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/why-do-we-love-pirates-3d664849cce1

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/golden-age-piracy#:~:text=Pirates%20have%20existed%20since%20ancient%20times%20%E2%80%93%20they%20threatened%20the%20trading,medieval%20Europe%20were%20the%20Vikings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Hornigold

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_General_History_of_the_Pyrates

https://black-sails.fandom.com/wiki/James_Flint

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_proprietor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Pirates

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Bellamy#:~:text=Silver%20recovered%20from%20the%20wreck,be%20of%20use%20to%20you.

https://www.hsoy.org/blog/2023/3/16/mmrensabce8y1twvpa1ka6a4hfokvv

https://biographics.org/black-sam-bellamy-the-richest-pirate-in-history/#:~:text=And%20on%20that%20day%2C%20Mary,ship%27s%20light%20on%20its%20tail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_treasure_fleet

Music Credit:

Bewitched - SoulProdMusic

Detective - SergeQuadrado

Stalker - alexisortizsofield