Ah Pemiquid. It's a pretty spot here in this Bristol-Main Peninsula.

Yeah, it is. The Pemiquid Lighthouse is just down the way to our south. There's boats coming along,

coming from Pemiquid Harbor right near us, and Pemiquid Beach is just a short walk to our south.

This place is quintessential Maine. For sure. We should grab a lobster roll while we're here. Ooh, I'm always down for a good lobster roll. So do you go cold with mayo, like a lobster south? Oh, no, no, no, no, no. It's all about lukewarm with butter on a hot dog bun. A purist. Yes, I respect that for sure. Though I appreciate both, I do agree that warm with butter, a little bit of

paprika. But anyway, we're not in Bristol, Maine, just looking for lobster.

I figured. We've come by the water searching for a ship with a crew of pirates who,

according to one local woman, once lurked by these waters and shore.

Pirates. I love it. I love it, too, but these weren't just any pirates, Ray.

According to this local, this was a phantom ship with a ghostly crew.

Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger. And I'm Ray Osherar. Welcome to episode 324 of the New England Legends podcast.

Thanks for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time.

We're always searching for ghosts, monsters, aliens, roadside oddities, true crime, and all the other weirdness that makes New England like no other place.

And we get most of our story leads from you. So please reach out to us anytime through our website where you can find dates for my ongoing story tour, plus dates to see Ray's Band, The Pub Kings, and a link to buy my brand new book, The Fright Before Christmas. It's available in hardcover as an e-book and an audiobook wherever books are sold. Make it a spooky and weird addition to your holiday season. We'll go searching for the ghostly ship of Pemmequade right after this word from our sponsor. Okay, Jeff, we've searched for ghost ships before. That's true, we have. There's the ghost ship of New Haven, Connecticut. And there was the ghost ship Dash in Casco Bay, also in Maine. That's right, but none of those ships were pirate vessels.

Now, as we've learned on past adventures, New England has more than its share of pirates and

skellywags.

So true.

So pirates lurked anywhere there were ports and cargo.

The golden age of pirates was considered to be from about 1650 until 1720.

There were pirates before and after that, of course, but governments got

pretty tough on the practice. See, governments don't take kindly when you cost the money.

No, no, they take that very personally. True. But this ghostly encounter with a ship and crew dates

back to 1888. Which is well after the golden age of pirates. Right. But this spectral crew may have been searching for something on shore from centuries earlier.

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