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This week we chart the tides where history, mystery, and treasure collide. From King George’s pardon to Henry Every’s legendary heist, the chronicles of piracy still echo across the waves.

Hollywood’s horizon is dark with sails, mateys. Amazon MGM Studios has hooked a wild new script, tentatively titled The Pirate, and it’s not shackled to Disney’s treasure chest.

Anne Bonny’s distraction, Rackham’s daring, Mary Read’s steel — on Aug 22, 1720, the trio stole the sloop William and carved their legend into pirate history. We also chase ghostly witches on Cape Cod, scour the wreck of a billion-dollar steamer off Nantucket, and set our spyglass toward Whitby Harbor, where England’s coast prepares for a festival of sea shanties and cutlasses. And aye, there’s a plunder pick so fine it might bankrupt Blackbeard himself.

Sharpen yer cutlasses, pour yerself a tankard o’ rum, and prepare to chart a course through history, mystery, and modern mischief. The seas be callin’, mates… and this week’s plunder is not to be missed!

New pirate history, epic events, and a tankard so fierce it bites back. Issue #16 – Aug 8th, 2025 Ahoy,  Matey ⚓️ To the Crew of the...

This week, we sail through the final escape of the Gentleman Pirate, witness Drake and the Spanish Armada face off near Plymouth, and dive into the legend of Henry Avery’s right-hand man. But the fun ain’t all in the past—there’s a real-life pirate cruise ye can still board, and a pair of 1960s pirate models up for auction that’ll make any collector draw their cutlass. So hoist the colors and keep your spyglass sharp—Episode 15 is charted and set to plunder!