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Captain Kidd

Execution Dock, Wapping, London

Hanged twice in one day, and his treasure is still being hunted.

William Kidd was sent out as a pirate hunter and came home accused of piracy. At Execution Dock the rope snapped on the first attempt, and he was hanged again.

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When
Hanged 23 May 1701
Where
51.5065, -0.0560
Group
Pirates

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The Prospect of Whitby pub marks the spot with a noose.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
From the book

Blood and Gold

Kidd took command of that ship and, eager to stay on good terms with the British colonial authorities in the Caribbean, renamed her the Blessed William after the reigning king.

Sixteen true stories of mutiny, mercy, treasure and the gallows from the Golden Age of Piracy: Henry Every, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England, Howell Davis, Christopher Moody, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Calico Jack, Edward Low, Captain William Kidd and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. Where the record is uncertain, the book says so.

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