CLASSIC: Nosy Boraha: The Pirate's Paradise (And Cemetery)
Ridiculous History
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Nowadays most people know the pirates depicted in fiction bear little resemblance to real-life, historical pirates. Few actually buried any treasure, and fewer still lived in secretive island hideouts -- however, in at least one case, the truth appears stranger than fiction. Join the guys as they explore the story of Nosy Boraha, the Pirate's Paradise.
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| 0:00.0 | fellow ridiculous historians, we are returning to you with a bit of an epilogue to our continuing |
| 0:09.2 | fascination with pirates. Did you know, friends and neighbors, that there was a pirates |
| 0:16.4 | paradise once upon a time? Yeah, and a lot like the Wild West wasn't quite as wild as people |
| 0:23.3 | think. Do check out our previous episode on that. It turns out that pirates depicted in fiction |
| 0:27.6 | often bear very little resemblance to the real life historical ones. And in our previous |
| 0:32.6 | conversations about some of history's most ridiculous pirates, we mentioned the quite egalitarian, dare we say, |
| 0:40.1 | democratic ways that the pirates organized their society. |
| 0:44.7 | And I believe we hinted at something of a pirate paradise. |
| 0:48.8 | Absolutely, folks. Let's roll the tape. |
| 0:51.8 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:54.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:58.1 | Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. |
| 1:01.5 | Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. |
| 1:33.1 | Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Ar with a hard ar, with a hard R, avast and a hoi, fellow ridiculous historians. |
| 1:34.8 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:38.4 | Today, we're diving into piracy. |
| 1:40.5 | I guess diving is an accidental pun there. |
| 1:41.4 | Hi, my name's Ben. |
| 1:42.0 | My name's Noel. |
| 2:02.0 | Do we're pirates known for their diving skills? Well, they were maritime. Yeah. You know? I would, I would think they would go to a great length to stay as dry as possible. They were known for their non-consensual diving skills when they had to walk the plank. I'm sorry. Oh, Ben. Bad, I felt bad about that one. |
| 2:02.6 | No, it's very true. I think we all feel bad about that. |
| 2:04.8 | But we feel great about our super producer. |
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