Hello, listeners, happy new year. Starting this month, the MCP will be returning to our original

schedule of two episodes per month. However, one episode will be exclusively for patrons of the MCP.

The other episode will remain completely free for all listeners. If you'd like double the number of

episodes, go to Bitley slash morbid patron,

that's bit.l.ly slash morbid patron, to become a patron. Make sure to choose the tiers that

offer double episodes. And for those of you who are already patrons, please make sure to switch

to the new tiers so you receive your extra episodes. The price has not changed

per episode. You'll just receive two episodes. The old single episode tiers will remain active,

and the rewards will still be available to all tiers. I also wanted to say thank you to all of you,

patrons and listeners, for your support. I wouldn't be able to run this podcast without you, the creepy community.

You humble me, and I appreciate you all.

Thank you so much.

Please forgive my pronunciations of the French words in this episode.

French is not my first language, and while I've done my best, I probably won't get them quite right.

This episode contains discussions of enslaved peoples, trade even more so the mysterious and unsolved.

Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid curiosity, and it has gripped millions of people throughout the ages.

I am one of those people. My name is Halley, and this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast.

...and this is the Morbid Curiosity Podcast. When we hear the word pirate, images of weather-beaten, peg-legged, tri-point hat-wearing rogues with talking parrots fill our minds.

We imagine ships sailing the waters of the Caribbean

and the Atlantic Ocean, chasing after merchant ships and flying a black flag, adorned with a skull

and crossbones. The treasure they steal is then buried on remote islands that can only be found

using a map the pirates themselves made. This colorful portrait of the

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