He wasn’t born Baby Blackbeard – his real name was Edward Teach. 3. Who’s afraid of big bad Blackbeard? Some historians argue that there is little evidence that Blackbeard was a particularly violent ...

In January 2011, Rick Allen lost his left arm below the elbow and suffered second- and third-degree burns after a scuba tank exploded and caught fire in his garage. He spent three months in the ...

When someone mentions pirates, images of peg legs, parrots, grand pirate ships, and buried treasure permeate our minds. Embellished stories of seafaring rogues offer a romanticized version of lives ...

SOUTHPORT, NC (WWAY) — When discussing famous pirates, one name always tops the list. Edward Teach — better known as Blackbeard – once called the North Carolina region home, frequently moving up and ...

A 3,000-pound anchor from what is believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, is recovered from the ocean in Beaufort Inlet in 2011. Robert Willett rwillett ...

Blackbeard’s reputation didn’t happen by accident, and it wasn’t built on nonstop bloodshed the way movies love to suggest. In real life, he operated during the chaotic “Golden Age of Piracy,” when ...

Sept. 19 is National Talk Like a Pirate Day. While our Tar Heel Traveler wasn't talking like Blackbeard, he was exploring Beaufort County, where the wreckage of the famous pirate's ship is believed to ...

Blackbeard, played by Carl Cannon of Beaufort, and his nemesis, Lt. Robert Maynard, played by John Collamore of Virginia Martha Quillin The News & Observer Washington, N.C. A cast of political and ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Yo Ho! It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day! Join us as we visit Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show in Myrtle Beach to learn from the most famous pirate, Blackbeard, how to properly talk ...