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May 2022
1h 12m

Episode 493: Blackbeard Part III - The B...

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As we reach the end of our three part series on Blackbeard, Edward Teach has officially earned his reputation as the most notorious pirate sailing the seven seas, and just as he considers retirement, he finds himself in one final bloody stand-off with Lieutenant Robert Maynard. 
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