Under The Crossbones - The Pirate Podcast

Comments or Questions? Email me at [email protected] or join us on Facebook or Twitter. I discovered Stephan Talty through his book "The Black Hand" about the proto-Mafia crime organization that terrorized the Italian community of New York in the early 1900's.   And I was super pleased to find out that he also wrote a book about Henry Morgan, "Empire of Blue Water", as well as co-wrote "A Captain's Duty" with Richard Phillips aka Captain Phillips.  Yep, the guy from the movie. In this episode: Henry Morgan's lasting legacy and character The process of reliving his capture by Somali pirates with Richard Phillips How Stephan manages to write so many books The Black Hand as the precursor to the Mafia and Joe Petrosino as an Italian hero.   Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture.  Your host Phil Johnson (comedian, musician, and pirate geek) interviews the most interesting people in the pirate subculture: Actors, Authors, Historians, Musicians, Artists, Festival Founders, Clot