Edward Teach, the infamous pirate known as Blackbeard, was born in England in 1680 and died in 1718 on Ocracoke Island. You guessed it, that's part of the Outer Banks in North Carolina. Very little is ...

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in 2014 but Blackbeard history Kevin Duffus is returning to speak at the Hampton History Museum Monday, May 21. No student of Blackbeard the Pirate ...

BATH, N.C. — In a pirate-worthy broadside on conventional history, a Raleigh, N.C., author claims Blackbeard and many of his henchmen weren’t rogue Englishmen but sons of North Carolina landowners.

A North Carolina Highway History Marker will be dedicated next month to commemorate the effective end of Blackbeard's flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge (QAR). Blackbeard was the most feared of captains ...

HAMPTON, Va. — The Blackbeard Pirate Festival is making its way back to Downtown Hampton this weekend! The festival will feature Blackbeard and more than 200 authentically-costumed pirate re-enactors ...

Long gone but by no means forgotten, Blackbeard's dreaded black flag will fly on state ferries to the Outer Banks this year. It's the 300th anniversary of the pirate's death. To mark the occasion, his ...

His very name is synonymous with the most notorious pirate who ever sailed the high seas. Now, his life becomes a musical in the world premiere of “Blackbeard” at Signature Theatre, written by John ...

Historians hope the ship yield more secrets about the dreaded pirate. May 28, 2011— -- Archeologists say they have retrieved a nearly 3,000-pound anchor dating back to 1717 from a ship that could ...

Bill Blackbeard, an early scholar of newspaper comics who created an indispensable archive in San Francisco that helped legitimize the study of comics in popular culture, has died. He was 84.

[Ahoy! There are spoilers for Outer Banks season 3 right ahead. Steer clear if you haven't finished and don't want to know what happens.] He had a large crew and spent his time between England and the ...