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Real Pirates
Hosted by Spotify Studios · EN
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.
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George Lowther Part 3: Resurrection
Nov 7, 202200:54:12Tap to summarizeHaving 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 thrust back into the thick of the action — but this time in the service of King and Country! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →George Lowther Part 2: That Fatal Island
Oct 31, 202200:43:45Tap to summarizeGeorge 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 eventually finds himself out of luck and all alone… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →George Lowther Part 1: Now Is Your Time
Oct 24, 202200:46:13Tap to summarizeOur 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 somewhat reluctant ally Captain John Massey, he sails under the Black Flag initially as a means of survival. However, when tensions inevitably strain between the co-captains, something has to give. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Spectacle of Sin Part 2: William Fly
Oct 17, 202200:45:07Tap to summarizeIn 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 unrepentant pirate. It’s a battle to have the final word on Pirates of the Golden Age and how they’ll be remembered: moral tragedy or social revolution? It’s a battle which will be decided in an epic showdown on the gallows, in front of a roaring crowd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Spectacle of Sin 1: Cotton Mather
Oct 10, 202200:46:57Tap to summarizeIt’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 is losing its religion — a one-man crusade to stem the flow of seafarers sailing under the black flag. But now he meets his match... With piracy in its death throes, one last villain is spewed out from the sea: the irredeemable, the impenitent, William Fly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →The Barnes Mystery from Scotland Yard Confidential
Oct 3, 202200:47:08Tap to summarizeThis 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 remains of a woman — kicking off a gruesome case that will come to be known as the Barnes Mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Bridstock Weaver Part 3: Condemned Men
Sep 26, 202200:45:14Tap to summarizeBridstock 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 of his hands by a ghost from his past. At least he has escaped the fate now awaiting Anstis, Fenn and the unfortunate pirate crew of the Good Fortune... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Bridstock Weaver Part 2: Fight or Flight
Sep 19, 202200:45:49Tap to summarizeAfter 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 maintain his innocence? Should he throw in his lot with his fellows or make a bid for freedom? There are no easy choices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Bridstock Weaver Part 1: The Reluctant Pirate
Sep 12, 202200:38:36Tap to summarizeOne 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 tale of a life as a captive aboard a pirate ship. He must walk the tightrope of avoiding damnation whilst doing whatever it takes to survive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Ned Low Part 3: Survivors
Sep 5, 202200:41:25Tap to summarizeAs 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 battle. However, the Royal Navy will soon discover that locating Ned Low is the easy part. Killing him is another thing altogether. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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