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Steve is falsely arrested for drunk driving when Blackbeard attempts to drive Steve's automobile, steering it like a pirate ship. Because the arresting officer cannot see Blackbeard, and because Blackbeard crashed the cop's motorcycle into a tree, Steve spends a night in jail.
Blackbeard's Ghost: Directed by Robert Stevenson. With Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa Lanchester. Track coach Steve Walker accidentally invokes the spirit of notorious pirate Captain Blackbeard who was believed dead.
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- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Robert Stevenson
- 1968-02-08
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In his deposition, Herriot claims that Blackbeard intentionally grounded Queen Anne's Revenge and Adventure in order to break up the company, which by this time had grown to over 300 pirates. Intentional or not, that is what happened as Blackbeard marooned some pirates and left Beaufort with a hand picked crew and most of the valuable plunder.
- Blackbeard Was Not His Real Name. Newspapers and other historical records called Blackbeard Edward Thatch or Edward Teach, spelled in a variety of ways, including Thach, Thache, and Tack.
- Blackbeard Learned From Other Pirates. At the end of Queen Anne's War (1702–1713, one of several French and Indian Wars fought in North America), Blackbeard served as a crewman aboard the ship of the legendary English privateer Benjamin Hornigold.
- Blackbeard Had One of the Mightiest Pirate Ships Ever to Set Sail. In November of 1717, Blackbeard captured a very important prize, a large French slaving vessel called La Concorde.
- His Ship Initially Transported Enslaved Africans. Before its life as a pirate ship, La Concorde was used by its captains to bring hundreds of captured Africans to Martinique between 1713 and 1717.
Summary. Edward Teach a.k.a Blackbeard was a cruel and terrifying pirate as he attacked other ships and claimed their treasure, then one day he was killed in battle out in Godolphin bay. While others cheered that he was gone others believe he is still there.
Blackbeard's Ghost [] Blackbeard's 10th wife Aldetha Teach is a completely fictitious character. Blackbeard having had 10 wives is based off of the legend that Blackbeard had 14 wives, mostly having been prostitutes from pirate-havens such as Nassau.
