Charleston Pirate Stories A swashbuckling good time! |
Since we have moved to Florida, Charleston tours are no longer available, but we can certainly bring the stories alive no matter where we are!
Why did Blackbeard blockade the Charleston harbor?
Where was the notorious Anne Bonny's favorite watering hole?
Why did the Gentleman Pirate, Stede Bonnet, don a dress?
What was Calico Jack's connection to Charleston?
Which pirates danced the hempen jig in White Point Gardens?
Why did pirates wear eye patches?
At Pirates Courtyard on Church Street |
These are just a few of the questions that Eric answers as tells the tales of historic Charleston and the hangouts, "haunts," and final resting places of pirates, who made Charleston one of their ports-o-call during “Golden Age of Piracy” (1690-1730).
In White Point Gardens where Stede Bonnet and Richard Worley ended their piratical careers dancing the hempen jig |
In authentic costume and accompanied by "Captain Bob," the blue and gold macaw, professional storyteller and licensed Charleston tour guide, Eric Lavender brings to life the pirates, who visited our fair shores: Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard, Richard Worley, Charles Vane, and of course the ferocious female pirates, Mary Read and Anne Bonny.
 At the grave of Capt. William Rhett, who captured the Gentleman Pirate, Stede Bonnet
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White Point Gardens |
 Keeping an eye our for the Governor's men!
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The Charleston Battery |