We've talked about a lot of notorious criminals here on True Crime Campfire, but do you think any of today's villains will still be widely known in three-hundred years? Will their names be known to almost everyone, and conjure up vivid if not exactly accurate images of a time long past? The subject of this week's story is a man whose brief but spectacular criminal career wrote him a place in history—not to mention on the hit TV show “Our Flag Means Death.” Time for some true crime on the high seas!<br /><br />Download the game "June's Journey" on Apple iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/junes-journey-hidden-objects/id1200391796<br /><br />"June's Journey" on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.wooga.junes_journey_hidden_object_mystery_game&hl=en&gl=US&pli=1<br /><br />Sources:<br />Stephan Talty, <i>Empire of Blue Water </i><br />Captain Charles Johnson, <i>A General History of the Pyrates </i><br />Angus Konstam, <i>Blackbeard</i><br /><br />Follow us, campers!<br />Patreon (join to get all episodes ad-free, at least a day early, an extra episode a month, and a free sticker!): <a href="https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire</a><br /><a href="https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/</a><br />Facebook: True Crime Campfire<br />Instagram: <a href="https://gramha.net/profile/truecrimecampfire/19093397079" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://gramha.net/profile/truecrimecampfire/19093397079</a><br />Twitter: @TCCampfire https://twitter.com/TCCampfire<br />Email: [email protected]<br />MERCH! <a href="https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com</a>
