Prelude 01: "Siren's Gold"

CONTENT WARNING: Depictions of violence, injury, and death including sword fighting, cannon fire, head trauma, drowning, and stabbing, mentions of execution by hanging, hunting and animal death in a survival context, existential dread, character betrayal, loud noises, coughing and choking sound effects, claustrophobia, and disturbing elements, including descriptions of corpses. June 20, 1721: At the end of the Golden Age of Piracy, ex-pirate turned pirate-hunter Eli Barrett is found adrift at sea, raving that the infamous Anne Bonny is still alive. As he tells the captain his story, a bizarre tale of sea battles, shipwrecks, and the lost city of gold unfolds... and yet Anne Bonny is dead. Or is she? Starring Sam Taylor as Andrew, Wray Van Winkle as Mick, Maurice Cooper as Captain Barnet, Jesse Steele as Eli Barrett, Jeff Frome as the Surgeon, Mike Kennedy as the First Mate, and Virginia Spotts as Anne Bonny, with original music by Jesse Haugen. Written and produced by Wray Van Winkle, and made possible by our supporters at Patreon.com/homesteadcorner. For more information, additional content, and episode transcript, visit homesteadonthecorner.com/tstP01 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices