Introducing HISTORY DAILY

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

Arts, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

On History Daily, we do history, daily. Every weekday, host Lindsay Graham (American Scandal, American History Tellers) takes you back in time to explore a momentous event that happened ‘on this day’ in history. So if you’re stuck in traffic, bored at work—wherever you are, listen to History Daily to remind yourself that something incredible happened to make that day historic. Preview Episode: July 6, 1699. The arrest of Captain William Kidd ends the reign of plunder of one of history's most infamous pirates and sparks rumors of buried treasure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to a special episode of Legends of the Old West.
0:15.7	I want to introduce you to a podcast called History Daily.
0:19.3	It's a co-production from award-winning companies Airship and Noisor,
0:23.3	and it's hosted by Lindsay Graham, who I'm sure you're familiar with in the podcast world.
0:27.9	History Daily is an On This Day in History show, which gives you quick hits of fascinating stories
0:34.1	from around the world.
0:35.7	History Daily is an On This Day in History show,
0:38.9	which gives you quick hits of fascinating stories from around the world.
0:43.1	New episodes come out every weekday,
0:45.1	and they're a great length at less than 20 minutes each.
0:48.5	The show covers a broad range of amazing facts,
0:51.5	from military battles to fashion, medicine, science, technology, movies,
0:56.9	music, sports, every category imaginable, including pirates. I picked this episode to preview
1:03.7	for you because I figure there's never a bad time to hear a fun pirate story. Here's the full
1:08.6	episode about the arrest of Captain William Kid on July 6th,
1:13.0	1699. Enjoy the episode, and when you're done, find History Daily wherever you're listening now.
1:23.6	It's July 1689 on a pirate ship docked off of Barbados in the Caribbean.
1:34.4	The captain of this ship has taken most of his pirate crew ashore to raid a nearby port town,
1:40.0	but he's left behind a handful of men to guard the boat. Among them is a Scottish-born sailor, William Kidd.
1:46.6	William's hand rests on the pommel of his sword.
1:49.3	He stands on deck, staring out over the water,
1:52.1	and listens as the waves lap against the ship.
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