My two sons and I were fortunate to find pieces of the Whydah wreck's oaken frame & planking after a severe Thanksgiving Day storm on the Wellfleet beach. The Whydah Museum confirmed the find and, after granting us a personal tour of the Museum (led by Mr. Clifford himself), showed us the holstered pistol from the wreck found at the same spot a year earlier, and encouraged us to work in the archaeological lab, which we did, plucking silver coins from encrusted pirate sword hilts (one wrapped still in it's red silk sword knot!) for the rest of the day. My boys, then small, recall with nonchalance those the days during which these pirates of old became real! ;)

In the introduction I should have said "parrot" on his shoulder, not "pirate." A few viewers have noted that I did not mention actor Wallace Beery, who played Long John Silver in the 1934 film adaption of Treasure Island. I meant no disrespect to Mr Beery.

Because don’t all the best stories involve a pirate? Love your snippets of history

"Arrgghh, matey,what's that on ye shoulder ?" " That's a pirate, said the parrot..!! "

I usually wait to the end to like your videos, but that significant pause before Johnny Depp clinched it.

There was so much loaded behind that pause before he said “…….Johnny Depp” 🤣

Growing up near the Cape, visiting the Whydah Museum was one oh my favorite summer activities. Thanks for the video, it brings back a lot of good memories and I definitely learned some new things!

I remember when this ship was reported found and this story was related at that time. Although grown the boy in me was excited by the idea of pirates so close to home. I am from the greater Boston area and was in my mid teens when on America’s bicentennial. That event helped to realize the great history of Boston and Massachusetts. I later lived in the neighborhood where the Civil War fort where the Massachusetts 54th trained. It wasn’t until the movie came out that I understood who the man which my local school was named after really was. I went to the Robert Gould Shaw School. I guess that all of that closeness to historic places is why I love this channel so much.

Well done, well researched. My home waters are Nantucket Sound, not far from where the Whydah went down. Other famous history in the Cape Cod area: The HMS Somerset (blockaded Boston during the American Revolution, wreck on a Truro beach on the NE tip of Cape Cod -- her bones still surface from time to time). The T/V Pendleton, of "The Finest Hours" fame as the U.S. Coast Guard's greatest rescue. Also, the "Mayflower" dropped anchor in what is today's Provincetown Harbor (a fact many grade school textbooks frankly BOTCH), meeting the natives at what is today's First Encounter Beach in Eastham, MA (MAP: inside elbow of Cape Cod facing west). Why didn't the "Mayflower" stay in Provincetown? Simple: Fresh water supply.

The BEST Pirate, is the One You've NEVER Heard about, and NO ONE Lived to Talk about.

Would love to see an episode about the USS Cyclopes. I have a family member who was lost on that ship. It has never been found and is one of the more famous mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle.

Geoffrey Rush's Captain Barbosa was brilliant.....almost as brilliant as the hesitation and clear unwillingness to name Johnny Depp in such illustrious company. Well done!!

I'm reading a book about this right now. The Republic of Pirates. Fascinating stuff this golden age of pirates. Life as a merchant sailor was beyond harsh back then. Even for British navy seamen. Being denied food and water, lashings, being chained up in the holds, etc. was the punishment for minor transgressions. Sailors often got screwed out of wages after long sails. So many were eager to become pirates and stick it back at unscrupulous merchants and even to the navies of countries. Navies of all nations tread lightly in the Caribbean. If they didn't come with many war ships they often wouldn't venture to the Caribbean at all for fear of being taken by pirates. And that democracy stuff was unheard of for its time. Even many runaway slaves became pirates with equal voting rights and equal shares of divvied up riches. As for the Whydah, much of its treasure is lost to the sands of time. Since it was in such shallow waters, the local population began free diving and hauling up the ships riches the day after it wrecked.

When I was little my dad had a series of Time Life history books, and the one on pirates I read over and over, and used to stare at the illustrations. I was surprised when, about 20 years ago, piracy started becoming a real life issue again in the far east and off the east coast of Africa.

Its history ARR that deserves to be remembered

The Wydah museum is outstanding. My family and I just visited it recently. Sooo many artifacts!!!!!

The *WAY* you tell a story makes history come alive. You speak from an inner passion. It is something sorely lacking from our classrooms.

Pirates! True Love! Mutiny! Death! Treasure! This epic tale from history has it all. Great episode, History Guy!

I would love to see you do a video on the Edmund Fitzgerald since I live very close to the great lakes.

Great job on all your videos when you speak about Pirots with Parrots on their Shoulders. That gives me funny and happy memories of watching Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther movies in his Sailor disguise with the leaking inflatable Parot he bought at Professor Balls Costume shop . I never knew why my Dad born in 1919 was laughing so hard about. I was born in 1968 . Now I get it . Thanks for the wonderful show and happy memories.

Three cheers for HG and his spot-on oratory of historic events.....

Yet another ripping yarn, excellently told. Thank you, History Guy.

Compelling historical narrative...concise, authoritative, thoroughly researched and documented

wait, Wait, WAIT!!! Pause and say "Johnny Depp" like a curse word again!!!

My go-to books on the Age of Sail and piracy are Cordingly’s “Under the Black Flag,” Ritchie’s “Captain Kidd and the War Against the Pirates”, Lineburgh and Rediker’s “Many Headed Hydra” and Rediker’s “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”. I read and re-read those so many times, that the pages are falling out and besides the binding, the pages mostly consist of hand-written notes. Back in college, I meant my senior thesis to be titled “Raffles, the Dutch, and the East Indies”. I spent so much time doing research, I never managed to actually write a cohesive paper, which, had I had time to complete it, would’ve been a book of its own. So, shortly before the deadline to turn in our papers, I walked into my professors office with a giant box that must’ve weighed 10 lbs of all my research, notes, citations, references, copies of original documents and a 10 page summary. He looked at me and said, “Some of these are in Dutch, French, and Arabic - and you translated them?” “Well...roughly enough just to get the general idea of what they meant.” Breaking his cold, stiff upper lip persona, he said “Well @$&%! Most people in grad school haven’t done this much research! Don’t worry about the paper. You’ve done more than enough to earn your degree.” Sadly, my research box was ruined when our basement was flooded during a hurricane back in the early 2000’s, so there’s no record left.

man that was the best story I have ever been told I am so grateful to you sir for all the lessons you have given

I love a good friday night with a bottle of whiskey and, oddly enough, the history guy. Great videos. Love it. Thank you.

Which leaves us with the moot point, who were the bigger crooks. The "pirates" or the "slavers"?? An excellent video, sir.

Look! A tie that deserves to be remembered.

This is the best channel on KZfaq. Well done History Guy.

The Museum of Idaho hosted a traveling exhibition on the Whydah several years ago. It did a great job of telling the story and had quite a few artifacts, including some of the "treasure." We were able to put our finger through a small hole to touch it. It was fun hearing your take on the story, including that of the young boy.

You and your wife are my heroes. I got my kids interested in your site and they are digging deep. Thank you. Merry Christmas. X

Go job, again, History Guy & Gal. A great story and yet Hollywood needs to regurgitate a lot of material.

Factual history as close as possible, presented by the history guy.....does it get any better ??? I'm happy and satisfied Well done as usual

Wow just wow not many people know about the Whydah Gally or associate Massachusetts with Pirates. Very well done sir Arrrrrrrrr!

Love these longer videos that are crammed with interesting info. And THANK YOU for never including reenactments of any sort.

I remember reading about this discovery in the Times with a photo of the Wydah bell 🔔

The drawing of stowed slaves on the ship is heartbreaking. I couldn't imagine the horror.

Greetings to you" History Guy "from West Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts ! I subscribed several weeks ago and lo and behold, a story of something which took place in my backyard !!!! Thank you I love this channel !!!

vacationing on Cape Cod many years ago the owner of the rental house had one of Clifford's books on the shelf which I read. I was floored by the story. At that time the museum was in P-Town and so I went for a visit. Turns out Clifford was there so I got to meet him. I then read his second book on the topic. It's quite a story. Thank you for doing this video.

I visited the museum when it opened (because all the fun things are a five minute drive when your vacation home is in West Yarmouth). Although it's difficult to top the sea lion shows that used to occur at the Zooquarium, I believe part of the hull is soaking in salt water in the new museum. Personally I think it's a tourist trap considering the cost to visit compared to the previous owners of the building. However, the wreck is DEFINITELY worthy of being remembered. I think this video does it more justice than a museum... as a resident of Yarmouth. Also, I was at Pirate's Cove mini golf yesterday, which is just down Rt. 28 from the museum, and between the 17th and 18th holes on the Captain's course is the anchor of the ship.

There's just enough of a pause at 3:25 after 'dreaded pirate' that my better half yelled 'Roberts!'

Picky point. It should be "Wydah Galley". The caption appears to be misspelled. Your remarkable series of short histories is one of the very best things on Facebook. I'm a bit of a history buff myself, and you keep finding bits of history I didn't know. Bravo!

3:20 I was half expecting you to say "The Dread Pirate Roberts"!

History guy is a great window to the past...maybe to the futer too...

I love your video. It’s the folklore that my great aunts told me when they insisted that there was a pirate ship wreck just of shore from our cape cod beach. They swore that certain years one could see the mast at low tide and gold would wash up now and again when they were little girls

Was saw the treasure and artifacts in an extensive and fascinating exhibit at the Chicago Field Museum in 2009. It was one of the best organized and enjoyable exhibits to come to Chicago. I highly recommend any chance to see it. I’d love to see how the permanent museum has added to the collection. The exhibit followed your narration very closely. The highlight of the tour was the Treasure Chest. It was immersed in a large glass saltwater tank to preserve the chest and the surrounding spillage of silver coins, all locked in sand and, whatever. There were also many Tall Ships along the lakefront that summer. We toured most of them. Many of the advertising banners around the city were 2 or 3 stories tall, very narrow, of pirates scaling buildings for loot. Lots fun with the kids.

Another end of day that I look forward simply to hear history guy on my way hme from work!

I am of the opinion that we are now in a new "Golden Age of Piracy", only now they wear 3 piece suits and work on Wall Street. Thank you THG, great video!

What a great storyteller. One of the best channels on KZfaq.

Great video, love those ties. Some people can pull them off, some can't. They look good on you.

Mr History Man . . . An uncle of mine flew his Combat missions in WWII aboard a B-25. Along for his very 1st combat flight was war correspondent Ernest Hemingway. On the approach to the target, they were hit by light-flak and an engine began to smoke . . . which then attracted the attention of other flak batteries. What Hemingway's reaction was to the sudden escalation in hostility and the crew's subsequent behaviour, has become part of our family lore . . . even if Ernest never wrote about it himself. I'd like to share it with you Mr History Man. It's a good story with a good lesson and there are some visuals and some supporting documentation to go along with it. Contact me if you will. I'll check back here for a few days to see if you have left a comment.

Hello,my esteemed friend. Perhaps you could enlighten us on the following : The Great Molasses Flood in Boston and the B-25 /26 that hit the Empire State Building. Your channel is my favorite. Merry Christmas to you and your Lady,Sir.👍🎅🎄🍺

Another enjoyable snippet of History. Well done. The story of the tragic sinking of His Majesty's Yacht Iolaire on 1 January 1919 in the Minch within sight of Stornoway may make a good subject for your series. It is one of the worst maritime disasters in UK waters with over 200 men lost.

I can also add more information to this story - The Whydah story was told to Barry & my Father by my Uncle Bill when they were young teens while out hunting one day (about 55 years ago), Barry who was very interested in the story, never forgot the story, My Dad went on a different career path, becoming a Cape Cod Orleans FF/Paramedic, while Barry went on to college and then began hunting for the shipwreck which he found just before I was born in 1983, so my Uncle Bill actually told him the story, and then was alive to see him actually find the Whydah, Uncle Bill died when I was 1 year old, just before he brought up the bell. (smoked 5 packs of Lucky Strikes a day). Sadly, i never got to know him, but I've grown up with the stories from my Dad and Barry.

Visited the Whydah museum in Hyannis, MA on Cape Cod this past November. A very informative and fun visit!!

Thanks for another wonderful tale from the depth of history.

I got to see the traveling exhibition of the Whydah Galley. It certainly was one of the most interesting exhibitions I've ever seen at a museum, which includes a display of the RMS Titanic and a collection of Faberge jewels and Easter eggs.

Johnny Depp? Puhleeze! I watched "21 Jump Street" on TV. "In the Day". Mom watched those old pirate movies when TV was full of "Dead air" filled by the Golden Age of Hollywood. Later she became a "Parrothead". All those Buffet songs, among others were drilled into my head before I was ten. Other Carribbean music included Cliff & Marley. Johann Strauss primed me also for vast & diverse musical taste. Sometime in the early 2000s all my mixtapes vanished. You Tube has filled that vast void. Thanks guys.

Best channel on KZfaq! Truth is always better than fiction. Keep up the good work!

Cocos Island in Costa Rica had a pirate treasure that was one of the biggest ever found in around 2016.

Love that dry sense of humor oh, and the tie!

We live in Mass and knew barely a bit about this. After watching this, and passing the Whydah museum 1,000 times, we stopped in. It’s a worthy take if you are in the area. Not as much history of Bellamy as in the video, but the artifacts and active restoration was very cool. Thanks for pointing out a local landmark I might have otherwise ignored.

I love how you tell the Stories and how exciting they sound.... way more interesting than boring Class at School ...

What type of person wouldn't like listen to you. 30 years ago you would have an A&E show maybe sooner then that. Keep up the great work

Bravo....thank you once again for history and entertainment....

Robert Newman.....I could listen to him all day!

A brief brush with the short golden age of priracy. Keep those history lessons coming. They are interesting and in many ways more in depth then I was aware of. Sprinkled with surprise's of which I had no idea at all. Thank you.👍

Great story, thank you.

A Peg Legged Pirate with a Peg Legged Parrot couldn't get more Piratical than this! So Close and yet so far! What a Great Story!!!

Very happy to hear this tale.... my backyard and of great interest to me. I still remember the divers in the local bars back in the 80s on the cape..... with tales of daring do. Thanks! Btw..... northwest passage history. Old and new.

Watch that attitude towards Mr. Depp. Seriously though, just discovered the channel and I love the premise and presentation. Your show reminds me of all the time I spent as a kid (early 2000s-early 2010s) watching the Discovery, History, and Nat Geo channels)

A rollicking good yarn there, matey! I love the way you make these stories live, the selection of old movies and prints to illustrate them and the depth of your research. And I really love the humour from your other correspondents - they really entered into the spirit of this one! Avast, me hearties - yo, ho,ho and a bottle o' rum.........

I have seen the artifacts from this ship and the display is great.

Two words for The History Guy: You're great.

Another great video. Thanks, Hist-ahrrrrrry Guy!

Love your work and look forward to each episode.

Thanks for the great videos!

Thanks History Guy, I love your videos.

Great segments. I've been a history buff for decades, and never has it gotten old,(sorry for that). Your short takes are about all I can get the younger generation to remain interested in history. Thanks

Always fun and informative. Thanks!

Great story! Outstanding telling!

I have a few pieces of eight from this shipwreck. Thanks for bringing the story to life History Guy!

HG--without a doubt, you are the "Bees Knees" of storytelling. And as you know, that's a really good thing. Thanks!

I just love these episodes. He is a great presenter!!

Great video as always thank you

You've done it again thank you very much

Great job! You make history live again. Thanks for all your hard work!

Fascinating as always! Thanks for sharing

Thanks for the post credits footage.

Lived close to Cape Cod, spent many days on There and on Martha’s Vineyard island. When it hit the news, it was exciting!

History Guy, you just got me so stoked to hear this story! YARRGH!! Sorry, you haven't even started yet...

Drove past that museum a few years ago. Really should have gone for a visit.

History Guy - Your videos Arrr without compare!! Nice job with much detail once again!! THANKS MUCH!!!!

As usual another interesting history lesson, thanks !!

It was a B-25 and that incident changed the way air traffic control was handled. If I remember right in the past the Pilot of the plane dictated the route, but fallowing that accident it was the air traffic controller told you your route. It was not to long ago that a person came forward with a piece of the aircraft wreckage that he had kept all these years. It is a good story.

Beautifully done...great time flow on each of these lessons!

I just love these stories, most I had never heard about before! Keep up your great work!!

Wonderful video! Thank you.

When you began with pirates I knew it would be a great story! Thanks for sharing this.