THE WITCH OF WELLFLEET Maria Hallett

What'sHerName

Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.8 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

A pirate ship jammed with treasure. The worst storm to ever hit Cape Cod. The mythical shipwreck-- 280 years later, found. Everything in this swashbuckling tale (full of impossible things that really did happen) occurred because of Maria Hallett. Did she turn witch, to curse her lover's ship, or to save it? Join us on location at Real Pirates Museum in Salem, MA. Music featured in this episode includes: Blow the Wind Southerly by Anne Norman; Blow Boys Blow and Goodbye Fare You Well from the Library of Congress; and compositions generously shared by Cooper Cannell, Brian Bolger, Patrick Patrikios, Wayne Jones, Jesse Gallagher, and Jimena Contreras. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.0	Hi, Olivia.
1:06.3	Hi, Katie.
1:07.7	Today, I have for you an absolute swashbuckling tale.
1:13.0	Ooh.
1:13.6	Mm-hmm.
1:14.6	We're going to Cape Cod for a story that is chockful of impossible events that really did happen.
1:23.3	My favorite time.
1:25.3	In the golden age of piracy. Yay! Your favorite time. In the Golden Age of Piracy.
1:28.0	Yay.
1:28.4	Your favorite time.
1:29.3	It is.
1:31.5	This story has got the richest pirate in Western history, Black Sam Bellamy.
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