Blackbeard: The Most Feared Pirate in History

Podcast: Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods · Global

Opublikowano: 2026-09-23

He is the most famous pirate who has ever lived. The template for every terrifying pirate since. And he managed all of it in roughly two years. He braided his enormous beard, tied it with ribbons, and wore slow-burning fuses under his hat so his head was permanently wreathed in smoke. He wore six pistols across his chest, plus cutlasses and knives. And it worked so well that merchant crews frequently just surrendered without a fight. In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin "The Woodman" Woods take on Blackbeard - and discover that for the...