A couple of days before the official publication, fans who don’t care about or can’t avoid spoilers and leaks learned that ...

For centuries, history books have pointed to North Carolina, or even England, as the birthplace of Blackbeard, the world’s ...

For centuries, history books have pointed to North Carolina, or even England, as the birthplace of Blackbeard, the world’s most notorious pirate. But Mike Heitzler, a historian and longtime mayor of ...

Blackbeard’s roguish life and Bonnet’s gentlemanly ways seem ripe for a deep exploration. And who knows maybe Our Flag Means Death could even add more famous pirates to the mix. Plus, who ...

Blackbeard is arguably the best-known pirate from the Golden Age of Piracy, which stretched from the late 1600s to the mid-1720s. Although his pirating career lasted only a few years, and he ...

Blackbeard captured the Queen Anne's Revenge, a French slave ship, in 1717, after successfully blockading the harbor in Charleston, S.C., where he demanded money and goods from the towns people ...

Blackbeard the Pirate's Real Name Was Edward Teach. He used Ocracoke on the Outer Banks of North Carolina as his base of operations. It was there that he met his end in 1718.

David Jenkins, the creator of 'Our Flag Means Death,' on casting Minnie Driver and Rachel House as pirate queens, and where Stede and Blackbeard stand.