The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has always had a loose association with history, but these five real-life pirates would be perfect additions to Pirates of the Caribbean 6. Many of the main ...

Author Shelley Dark retraces the real-life adventure of Ghikas Voulgaris—pirate, convict, lover—and restores a forgotten ...

Rebecca Simon, a piracy historian, rates pirate battles in movies and TV shows, such as the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies, for realism. Simon breaks down the accuracy of pirate battle tactics used ...

Capt. Horatio Sinbad, the professional buccaneer who stormed the Beaufort waters in a homemade pirate ship, blasting cannons for delighted tourists, has died aboard his own vessel after a long life of ...

Season two of the beloved pirate comedy "Our Flag Means Death" is now on Max. Some actors, like Taika Waititi and Con O'Neil, play characters based on real pirates (Blackbeard and Izzy Hands, ...

FRANKENMUTH, MI — The real-life captain whose high-seas ordeal became a Hollywood blockbuster is coming to Frankenmuth. Richard Phillips, the former cargo ship captain who was held hostage by Somali ...