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Pirates. For centuries the world has been fascinated by them. Their legends have swollen to fantastic proportions. But who were they really? Join us each week as we set sail alongside legendary outlaws such as Blackbeard, Samuel Bellamy, Henry Morgan and Ann Bonny. We’ll separate fact from fiction and discover what life was really like under the black flag. Real Pirates is a Spotify Original from Parcast produced in partnership with Noiser.
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
46 minutes
English
United States
53 episodes
since Nov. 12, 2021
episodic
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Having successfully faked his own death, George Lowther has somehow managed to slip away from history's eye and build a prosperous new life for himself in the Spanish colony of Panama. But when war breaks out between Britain and Spain, his true identity is revealed. Once again the old pirate is thr…
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George Lowther and his crew receive a taste of their own medicine when they anchor up in what seems to be an uninhabited stretch of Honduran coastline. But the nightmare that unfolds is just the first of many disasters that beset the beleaguered captain. As his fortunes continue to spiral, he event…
Our final tale from Piracy's Golden Age begins in West Africa, 1721. George Lowther is a fiery young merchant officer serving in the Royal African Company. When he instigates a mutiny aboard a slave ship it sets the stage for one of the most unpredictable pirate stories ever. Along with his somewha…
In William Fly’s final week on Earth, he reflects on a life at sea and the course he’s charted to now face the hangman’s noose. But he’s not done fighting yet. In the bowels of a Boston prison, a battle is being fought. A battle between good and evil — right and wrong — Puritan preacher versus unre…
It’s 1726 and the end of the Golden Age of piracy may be at hand — but the terror that plagues the Atlantic is still a public obsession, and Boston is no exception. For two decades the firebrand cleric, Dr. Cotton Mather, has waged a desperate war to save these lost souls and to reclaim a city that…
This week we’re turning our attention away from the cutlass-wielding pirates of the seas, and toward some of the greatest detective minds in history. On this episode of Scotland Yard Confidential, a strange box washes ashore the banks of the Thames in 1879. Stashed inside are the dismembered remain…
Bridstock Weaver washes up on the shores of Britain, somehow having survived his ordeal. But as many before him have discovered, getting home is no guarantee of freedom. Does he return to his family and the life that he lost? Or lay low and live out his days in secret? The decision may be taken out…
After more than a year surviving amongst the pirates, reluctant crewman Bridstock Weaver must now navigate a new course as captain of the Good Fortune. Faced with difficult decisions, rising tensions, and with every action scrutinised by commodore Anstis and his rebellious crew, how long can Weaver…
One can only imagine the horror of being forced to join a pirate crew at the point of a cutlass. Understandably, many unfortunate sailors are compliant — most just want to get out alive! Under the command of Captain Thomas Anstis, merchant sailor Bridstock Weaver provides perhaps the most dramatic …
As Philip Ashton struggles to survive on Roatán Island, Ned Low continues to cause bloody chaos across the Caribbean. In response to his increasing and shocking violence, the British Royal Navy finally despatches a squadron of ships to hunt down the infamous pirate — setting the stage for an epic b…
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