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, chos...
8 Dec 202027min
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 to...
1 Dec 202041min
Episode 189 - A Mighty Man
It's Captain Kidd y'all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24 Nov 202033min
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 mor...
17 Nov 202041min
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
31 Okt 202055min
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 thes...
28 Okt 202053min
Episode 185 - An Enemy of All Good
William Phips returned from the Battle of Port Royal in triumph. He leveraged that into political clout, and finally into the governorship of Massachusetts. His first days as governor though, were con...
20 Okt 202045min
Episode 184 - The Battle of Port Royal
In the aftermath of the 1689 French raid on Maine, the people of Massachusetts planned a counterattack. That operation included a number of pirates, privateers, and puritans we have met before. Learn ...
13 Okt 202031min
