#122 Blackbeard’s Hole - The Ghost of a Pirate Legend (Blackbeard part 2)

The extraterrestrial, or today, paranormal comedy podcast where we finish off probing the worlds most famous pirate, Blackbeard (who isn’t an alien, but may be a ghost). Was Blackbeards life sufficient that his spirit, his ghost, was left behind? Or was it his passing that would both make Blackbeard a legend and leave behind unfinished business? Before we get there, we cover what happened to Blackbeard and Gentleman Pirate Steve Bonnet’s pirate partnership. Would it end in plunder or peril? As we get towards the end of this pirates tale, we discover whether Blackbeard would ever give up his pirates life and accept the Kings Pardon. Could a man like Blackbeard really settle down, marry and live the family life? Never trust a pirate! What would the governors do if Blackbeard didn’t settle down? Or even if he did. The governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood, was desperate for his man and breaking a little law here and there was just a price that would have to be paid. There’s a battle coming. When the time finally did come, what were Blackbeards real last words? This one has been a deep, deep investigation. All that and more on this week’s file. OH CROW’S COCK! May we just add, Sea of Thieves is available for FREE on Game Pass (though Kev brought the game day one). With a group of friends this game can give you as much fun as anything made in years, it is truly a joy. There are rumours that Greybeard can be found sailing the seas after one too many rums and will tuck, unbeknownst to other crews, before breaking out in to song during the tensest moments.

 

 

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Music created via Garageband. Additional music via: https://freepd.com - thank you most kindly good people. Again, we utilised some Sea of Thieves music in this one, composed by Robin Beanland with the game courtesy of Rare and Microsoft. Themes included ‘Becalmed’ (which has to be played when you sink your ship - them’s the rules), ’Summon the Megalodon’ and ‘Maiden Voyage.’ As stated in this episode, this truly is Kev’s favourite current game and probably in his top 3 of all time (jumbled alongside Super Metroid and Zelda’s Breath of the Wild and A Link to the Past - Kev pleads with you not to make him pick only 3). Kev adores Rare and sincerely hopes that they don’t mind the little snippets. There was also a tiny midi snippet from the Righteous Brothers’ Unchained Melody. This was a midi as we say, just as we discussed the movie but the original song deserves a shout out for helping many a pottery session turn sexual. Finally, there was a midi snippet of the Pirates of the Caribbean theme called He’s a Pirate, which as we said in the first Blackbeard episode was composed in 2003 by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer (though this was just a midi). Thank you to all for entertaining us and for our audience, please check all these franchises out if you haven’t. Savvy?

 

Main source (though there are thousands of articles and books on Blackbeard): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/last-days-blackbeard-180949440/