This episode explores how pirates faced the New Year — through ruthless resolutions, shifting loyalties, and one fateful choice that changed Nassau forever. From survival under the black flag to the moment a pirate chose the Crown, we trace the thin line between freedom and safety at the edge of a new year.

Blackbeard torches the harbor at St. Christopher, John Bowen rebuilds his fate after disaster, and modern raiders strike in West Africa. Plus—cutlasses for every pirate, in honor of Captain George.

October’s final tide be upon us, and the air smells of rum, gunpowder, and ghost stories. This week we set sail through history’s wildest week — when Blackbeard, Bonnet, and the fierce Anne Bonny all carved their legends into the sea. We’ll cross haunted Carolina waters, board a full-sized pirate ship in Utah, and close the voyage with a plunder pick that’ll turn yer living room into a captain’s cabin.

From the gallows of 1717 to the ghostly coasts of Chile, Episode 26 sails through history and hauntings.

Splice the mainbrace, mates — this issue be stuffed like a treasure chest at the bottom of the sea! We’ve got Blackbeard nabbin’ the Sea Nymph while poor Stede Bonnet wanders in his dressing gown, the haunted ghost of the Whydah risin’ from the mist, a million in Spanish treasure pulled from the deep, and plunder to make yer Halloween shine.

Blackbeard’s odd plunder, Bonnet’s downfall, Phil Manzanera’s pirate heritage, and a week of revelry in Jamaica.

Today we toast Jean Lafitte’s birthday, relive the time Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates, peek into the Department of Naval Intelligence’s piracy chart, and meet a modern woman claiming her share of a £60 million pirate fortune. Add Halloween plunder and the Weymouth Pirate Fest, and ye’ve got a hold full o’ treasure.

Today be no ordinary Friday — it be Talk Like a Pirate Day, when scallywags, landlubbers, and salty sea dogs alike raise their voices in a chorus of “Arrrs!” and “Avasts!” The whole world be speakin’ our tongue, if only for a day, and The Pirate Republic aims to make sure ye’ve got the sharpest lingo on the seven seas.

1718: Woodes Rogers dispatches ex-pirate Hornigold to hunt Charles Vane at Green Turtle Cay Issue #21 – Aug 12th, 2025 Ahoy, Matey Ahoy,...

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.

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...