The extraterrestrial comedy podcast where we probe someone who is officially the most successful pirate in history, Black Sam Bellamy. Black Sam came from humble beginnings, a young British Navy sailor who turned treasure hunter in order to secure the marriage of Sam’s true love (Sam had to get rich or die trying). Things went a bit sideways however when Sam found that the 1715 Treasure Fleet had already been recovered (well, the easy bits at least) meaning that Sam had no quick and easy treasure to achieve his goal. What’s a skilled man of the sea to do when in need of money? That’s right, PIRATE. Black Sam Bellamy would come in to contact with famous pirates Henry Jennings, Benjamin Hornigold and Blackbeard and join the Flying Gang but Sam would become more successful than all of them, depending upon how you define success… From storming ships naked to deceiving ships with fake flags, Sam earned well over one hundred million dollars in today’s currency. At the height of Sam’s success however, Sam longed for love. Allegedly. Truthfully. At this very same moment, it is alleged that Sam’s love, who had encountered misery whilst waiting for Sam, placed a curse on Sam. Sam, unaware of the misery of his love, would one day return but this day may just have been Sam’s last. Was witchcraft responsible? Alongside that, we ask whether a pirate can be truly good if they put everything to the vote… All that and more on this week’s file.

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Music created via Garageband. Additional music via: https://freepd.com - thank you most kindly good people. As it’s a pirate episode, we had to easter egg and include our favourite music from Rare’s formerly exclusive Xbox title Sea Of Thieves, courtesy of Microsoft and composed via the magical Robin Beanland. Those tunes included Maiden Voyage, Summon the Megalodon, Shipwreaks and We Shall Sail Together. We closed out the episode with the usual ’Staff Roll’ aka credits theme from Nintendo’s 1990-1992 Super Mario World from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, composed by Hero of Sound Kōji Kondō.

Sources:

Wikiwand: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Samuel_Bellamy

Historical Society of Old Yarmouth article on Mary ‘Goody’ Hallet: https://www.hsoy.org/blog/2023/3/16/mmrensabce8y1twvpa1ka6a4hfokvv

Wicked Yankee blog detailing Mary Hallet: http://wickedyankee.blogspot.com/2011/10/mary-hallet-witch-of-eastham.html?m=1

Pirates Love Fandom stub on Mary Hallet: https://pirateslove.fandom.com/wiki/Maria_Hallet

Real Pirates podcast - 4 episode series on Black Sam Bellamy.

The paranormal comedy podcast where we probe George Wheeler’s 1976 sighting of something in the sky. What? It’s not entirely clear on first analysis actually. On second analysis, it was a flying saucer. On third, a Jaffa Cake. On fourth, the moon. Nobody can be sure until we pop the lid off this one and see what’s going on with that dangly bit… All that and more on this episode.

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The extraterrestrial comedy podcast where we probe the Voronezh UFO. 27/09/1989. This date is written in now Russian history for this was Independence Day. Well, not that type of Independence Day but a big-a** spaceship may have breached then-Soviet airspace. The smart folks (possibly the adults because those witnesses may have allegedly truthfully disappeared) ran. Those with their wits perhaps less about them, stood awestruck. Did the craft land? If a craft lands and an alien exits said craft, the first thing they teach you in MiB Academy is to not directly approach an alien. One child didn’t follow this teaching, f’d around and found out. Parallel to that, this one was witnessed by the police and with such an authentic sighting, this one quickly made it’s way to the media of the time. State media. Scientific analysis ensued. Alongside that it is pondered through the episode… What kind of potential weapon found laying around the house would be best to combat an alien invader? What could you say to an alien that would result in the alien immediately opening fire on you? All that and more on this week’s file.

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Music:

Music created via Garageband. Additional music via: https://freepd.com - thank you most kindly good people. We closed out the episode with the ’Staff Roll’ aka credits theme from Nintendo’s 1990-1992 Super Mario World from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, composed by Hero of Sound Kōji Kondō.

Sources:

Oddity Hive: https://oddityhive.com/ufo-phenomenon/voronezh-ufo-incident/

Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/10/10/back-in-the-ufo/bcac9950-8ea1-47d7-8539-e16aec4542e1/

Alchetron: https://alchetron.com/Voronezh-UFO-incident