Only a handful of anime characters are strong enough to beat Blackbeard in a one-on-one fight, but there are also a few ...

Blackbeard’s head was stuck on a piling off Hampton, Virginia, as a warning to other lawbreakers. The fearsome buccaneer never scared Hollywood producers, however.

One of Hampton’s many curiosities is Blackbeard’s Point on Hampton Creek. In 1718 and for several years thereafter the grisly head of the pirate Blackbeard was displayed on a pole there to ...

Here, Blackbeard's decapitated head was put on a spike and displayed at the mouth of the Hampton River to discourage pirating in Virginia's waterways. Every year, ...

When Lt. Robert Maynard sailed back into Hampton on Jan. 3, 1719, the grisly sight of Blackbeard’s severed head swinging from his bowsprit marked the end of one of history’s most notorious ...

By the autumn of 1717, Blackbeard had established himself as the head of a small fleet. On November 28 of that year, two of his sloops came across La Concorde , a 200-ton slave ship with 16 cannons.

On Jan. 3, 1719, under sunny skies, the victorious Maynard sailed up the James River aboard the Adventure, with Blackbeard’s decomposing and no doubt pungent head hung from the bowsprit.

NC historians said Blackbeard captured ships, met his “bloody end” in battle 305 years ago. Pirate’s head was cut off after he was killed.

In 1718, legendary Caribbean pirate Blackbeard sank his ship, _Queen Anne’s Revenge, _after it got stuck on too-shallow land outside the coastal city of Beaufort, N.C.

NC historians said Blackbeard captured ships, met his “bloody end” in battle 305 years ago. Pirate’s head was cut off after he was killed.