The Pirate History Podcast

ThePirateHistoryPodcast

A podcast about the Golden Age of Piracy in the C…

  • 30 minutes 54 seconds
    Episode 370 - A History of the Devil

    My addiction to context may have gotten me in a little trouble here.

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    2 December 2025, 8:04 am
  • 33 minutes 8 seconds
    Episode 369 - Three Kings

    Who was responsible for the golden age of piracy?

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    29 October 2025, 6:11 pm
  • 42 minutes 34 seconds
    Episode 368 - The Battle of Vigo Bay

    This may be the most important battle in Pirate History. Seriously.

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    30 September 2025, 4:30 pm
  • 39 minutes 49 seconds
    Episode 367 - The Spanish Treasure Fleets

    In the 1560s, a French pirate terrorized Spanish America. In response, Spain designed the greatest ship on the high seas.


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    2 September 2025, 5:13 am
  • 36 minutes 55 seconds
    Episode 366 - The Battle for Cadiz

    In summer 1702, the War of the Spanish Succession moved to sea.


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    1 August 2025, 4:00 am
  • 38 minutes 17 seconds
    Episode 365 - The Second Hundred Years War

    Time is a flat circle.

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    28 June 2025, 1:25 pm
  • 32 minutes 50 seconds
    Episode 364 - The First Judicial Murder in America

    In June, 1704, the Vice Admiralty Court of Boston found John Quelch guilty of robbery, piracy, and murder.

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    9 June 2025, 4:00 am
  • 34 minutes 34 seconds
    Episode 363 - Grave Consequences

    We're talking about the case of Henry King, Captain of the Pirate sloop Sea Flower. We're also talking about the trial of John Quelch. It sort of works.

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    3 June 2025, 4:00 am
  • 39 minutes 38 seconds
    Episode 362 - Perfidious Impudence

    On 13 June, 1704, the trial of John Quelch began in Boston.

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    7 May 2025, 4:00 am
  • 40 minutes 11 seconds
    Episode 361 - The Special Vices of the Sea

    John Quelch and the men of the brigantine Charles return to Boston.

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    29 April 2025, 10:51 am
  • 43 minutes 45 seconds
    Episode 360 - Hard Times

    A priest, a pirate, and a gold digger walk into a bar.

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    18 April 2025, 4:00 am
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