Interview with author Baylus Brooks about discovering the answer to a pirate mystery centuries old, who was the real Blackbeard.
Interesting enough the answer was there for anyone to find who went looking for it.... in the LDS Church's vast genealogical library.
The theory was that Blackbeard the pirate grew up in Jamaica in the early 1700's, possibly with the last name Teach, or Thatch. Thanks to some digitized Jamaican Anglican Church records from that time period the mystery has been solved.
(The entire interview is excellent, but if just want to hear the Church mentioned listen to 4:00-7:00, and 12:30-13:30)
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