Episode 268 - A Great Noise

Captain Kidd tries to talk his men out of seizing the rich cargo aboard the Quedagh Merchant, and we visit Libertalia. The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact [email protected] Sources : The Pirate Hunter by Richard Zachs Captain Kidd and the War Against the Pirates by Robert C. Richie The Pirate’s Pact by Douglas R. Burgess Jr. The Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies from British History Online Honor Among Thieves by Jan Rogozinski The Honourable Company by John Keay The Arraignment, Tryal, and Condemnation of Captain William Kidd for Murder & Piracy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A podcast about the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean, the real men and women that threatened the trade and stability of the Old World empires, the forces that led them to piracy and the myths and stories they inspired. Famous names like Captain Henry Morgan, Henry Avery, Charles Vane, Mary Reed, Anne Bonny, Black Bart Roberts, Ned Low, and Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach will rub elbows with Queens, Kings, Popes, rebellious monks, Caribbean Natives, African Slaves and notorious governors like Woodes Rogers. History, high seas adventure, myth and magic, voodoo, treachery, biography and freedom await.