Episode #89- How Bad Was Blackbeard? (Part I)

Our Fake History

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History, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 4 June 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Blackbeard may be the most iconic pirate to ever roam the seas. His fearsome reputation and distinctive sense of personal style have made him the template upon which countless fictional pirates have been based. But how much do we really know about Blackbeard? How many of his infamous exploits really took place? Do we even know this guy's real name? Tune in and find out how gentleman pirates, punk rock poseurs, and the criminal patriots all play a role in the story.
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0:36.0	In 1922, Hutchinson, Minnesota had a problem, or I guess two interrelated problems.
0:43.5	For the adults of Hutchinson, the problem was the teenagers.
0:46.4	They kept sneaking off at night, two empty barns, where they'd brace yourself.
0:51.6	Dance.
0:53.0	Who knew what sort of sin and heavy petting and french literature these barn dances might
0:57.4	lead to? No, the adults of Hutchinson, Minnesota, did not approve.
1:03.0	And neither, it seemed, did the devil.
1:06.8	One summer night, Satan himself suddenly appeared in the middle of the dance floor,
1:11.8	in a cloud of fire and smoke, and the debauched teens ran in fear.
1:16.3	He showed up at the next dance, too, and the one after that.
1:19.3	In fact, for a few months, it seemed like you couldn't go to a late-night barn dance in Hutchinson,
1:24.8	without getting chased out by the devil.
1:26.8	Pitchfork and tow, flames licking from his lips.
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