Lieutenant Maynard News Today

Well, take this with a grain of salt . . . it's from The Daily Mail . . . a tad sensationalized. A historian has shed new light on the real Pirates of the Carribean - including two fearless lady pirates who cursed like men, wielded machetes and exposed their breasts to dying victims to show them…

The skull of the infamous pirate Blackbeard is said to have been plated in silver and used as a punchbowl. But how did Blackbeard’s skull meet such an irreverent end?

Statue of pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read is proposed at Burgh Island, Devon Locals have argued tributes to the pilchard industry would be more appropriate Other residents suggested a statue of a fishermans wife would be more fitting   Bigbury Parish Council had 13 objections and voted unanimously against statue Anne Bonny and Mary Read were infamous pirates hanged in the Caribbean