US Family Who Fled Boat Did So After Pirates Departed
More details have emerged about a traveling American family's escape from a boat that was hijacked by river pirates in Brazil—including the fact that they apparently escaped after the pirates departed....
View ArticleThe Amazon Pirates Came. Here's How They Escaped
That Adam and Emily Harteau and their young girls were on a barge that was attacked by pirates in a river in the Brazilian Amazon is clear; so, too, is the fact they were ultimately rescued . What...
View ArticleSurprising Find in Blackbeard's Cannon: Reading Material
Pirates of yore plundered, but they also read books, apparently. While cleaning sludge out of a cannon recovered from Blackbeard's flagship, scientists discovered bits of paper and were able to figure...
View ArticleBones of Fearsome Pirate May Have Been Found
When the Whydah Gally went down in a 1717 storm 144 lives were lost —none so noteworthy as that of Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy. The New England Historical Society describes the pirate as infamous, but...
View ArticleHe Said He Needed Toilet Paper. It Was a Ruse to Escape
He said he needed to use the bathroom, and that he had toilet paper downstairs—he just needed permission to get it. There was some verbal tussling, but then Michael Scott Moore was given the OK to...
View ArticlePirates Steal Crew's Clothes, Leave Cargo
Pirates boarded a South Korean-flagged cargo ship near the Singapore Strait on Monday and robbed its crew of their money, clothes, and cellphones, South Korean officials say. Two of the ship's 22 crew...
View ArticleSCOTUS Settles Case Involving the Queen Anne's Revenge
The Supreme Court sided unanimously Monday with North Carolina in a copyright fight with a company that has documented the salvage of the pirate Blackbeard's ship off the state's coast. Justice Elena...
View ArticleBones of Legendary Pirate May Have Been Found
Experts may be close to identifying the remains of a legendary pirate whose treasure-filled ship went down off the coast of Cape Cod 300 years ago. At least six skeletons were pulled recently from the...
View ArticleAncient Coins Suggest Notorious Pirate Hid in America
A handful of Arabic coins unearthed from a pick-your-own-fruit orchard in rural Rhode Island and other random corners of New England may help solve one of the planet's oldest cold cases. The villain in...
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