While pirates are often thought of as male, numerous women are still remembered as some of the greatest pirates of their time. But what about the ‘pirate queen’? In the world of pirating, there was no ...

IT’S the British TV show known for its quirky comedic murder plotlines. Regularly watched by more than eight million viewers, Death in Paradise has seen TV stars Kris Marshall, Ben Miller, Ralf ...

Did pirates actually have parrots as pets or hooks for hands? Author of "The Republic of Pirates," Colin Woodard explains. Following is a transcript from the video. Colin Woodard: I think the ...

were privateers before they decided that the pirate life was for them. During the golden age of piracy, their party place of choice was an island called Nassau in the Bahamas. Rumour has it that ...

Rebecca Simon, a piracy historian, rates pirate battles in movies and TV shows, such as the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies, for realism. Simon breaks down the accuracy of pirate battle tactics ...

But a Manchester cop who worked on a real-life paradise island has revealed ... discovered AK47 machine guns on a pirate ship and was ‘hexed’ by a voodoo witch doctor while working on the ...