Tickets to the Bowery Boys Ghost Stories of New York City, our live show, will once again be coming to Joe's Pub, and tickets are now on sale.

There are two shows a night, 7 and 9.30 p.m. on October 29th, 30th, and 31st.

That's Halloween, and yes, it's on a Friday this year. You can get the best

seats by buying your tickets right now at joe's pub.org. That's the Barry Boys Ghost Stories

of New York City, a live tradition at Joe's Pub since 2018. Get your tickets at joe's pub.org.

And now I'd like to present two episodes from one of our favorite history podcasts,

History Daily, a co-production from award-winning podcasters, Airship and Noiser.

You heard me write a daily history podcast. Every weekday, host Lindsay Graham from the American Scandal and American Storyteller Podcasts,

takes you back in time to explore a momentous event that happened on that particular day in history.

And each episode is about 20 minutes, so you can get one big compact burst of history each day. Now, there is such

variety in terms of subjects on History Daily, but today I wanted to present to you two of my

favorite episodes, which just so happened to be about pirates. While this is, of course, a swashbuckling

subject of the International High Seas,

the first story in particular has a rather interesting connection to New York City history.

It's even one of my favorite tales of the city.

You can find the History Daily podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

Enjoy.

Okay. Enjoy. It's July 1689 on a pirate ship docked off of Barbados in the Caribbean.

The captain of this ship has taken most of his pirate crew ashore to raid a nearby port town, but he's left

behind a handful of men to guard the boat. Among them is a Scottish-born sailor, William Kidd. William's

hand rests on the pommel of his sword. He stands on deck, staring out over the water, and

listens as the waves lap against the ship. After a moment, William turns and sizes up the

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