The pirate Captain Blackbeard terrorized the seas from 1716 - 1718. So what brought him to Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania? Was it just the party scene of the Pirate’s Haven, or was there a special someone he kept returning to? This week’s legend is: Blackbeard in Delco.

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“The Plank House.” Marcus Hook Preservation Society, www.marcushookps.org/house.php
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Daily Times. “Editorial: A Buried Treasure Unearthed in Hook.” Delco Times, 16 June 2015, www.delcotimes.com/2015/06/16/editorial-a-buried-treasure-unearthed-in-hook/
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Bjorkgren, David. “Marcus Hook “Plank House” Opens a Gateway to History and Pirates.” DELCO.Today, 29 Apr. 2020, https://delco.today/2020/04/marcus-hook-plank-house-opens-a-gateway-to-history-and-pirates/
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Carey, Kathleen E. “Paranormal Group to Conduct Investigation at Plank House.” Delco Times, 20 Aug. 2025, www.delcotimes.com/2025/08/20/paranormal-group-to-conduct-investigation-at-plank-house/
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Snyder, Ed . “The Cemetery Traveler - Pirate Love.” Substack.com, 13 Feb. 2025, substack.com/home/post/p-157068422?utm_campaign=comment&utm_medium=email&utm_source=substack&utm_content=post
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Kopp, John. “Some 300 Years Ago, Blackbeard and Other Pirates Terrorized Philadelphia.” PhillyVoice, 4 June 2018, www.phillyvoice.com/some-300-years-ago-blackbeard-and-other-pirates-terrorized-philadelphia/
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Warner Barber , John, and Henry Howe. Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey: Past and Present, Containing a General Collection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical ... Etc., Relating to the History and Antiquities. Legare Street Press, 18 July 2023.
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“The Story of Blackbeard | Queen Anne’s Revenge Project.” Queen Anne’s Revenge Project Natural and Cultural Resources, www.qaronline.org/blackbeard-history-old
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“BLACKBEARD | Historic Marker.” William G. Pomeroy Foundation, www.wgpfoundation.org/historic-markers/blackbeard/
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“The Notorious Riverfront of Marcus Hook.” Delco Historic Sites, delcohistoricsites.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-notorious-riverfront-of-marcus-hook.html
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David, Emilia. “The Mystery of Blackbeard’s Only Legitimate Wife.” Grunge, 4 Feb. 2021, www.grunge.com/326740/the-mystery-of-blackbeards-only-legitimate-wife/
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David, Emilia. “The Truth about Blackbeard’s Ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge.” Grunge, 21 Jan. 2021, www.grunge.com/316811/the-truth-about-blackbeards-ship-the-queen-annes-revenge/
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Kelly, Laura. “The Untold Truth of the Pirate Blackbeard.” Grunge, 25 Aug. 2020, www.grunge.com/239623/the-untold-truth-of-the-pirate-blackbeard/
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“Blackbeard: “the Fiercest Pirate of Them All.”” North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, 9 June 2011, www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2011/06/09/blackbeard-fiercest-pirate-them-all
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“10 Facts about Blackbeard.” The History Press, 19 Nov. 2018, thehistorypress.co.uk/article/10-facts-about-blackbeard/
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“Marcus Hook 17th Annual Pirate Festival.” AroundMainLine.com, 3 Sept. 2025, aroundmainline.com/happenings/marcus-hook-17th-annual-pirate-festival.html
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“Mary Ormond - Blackbeard’s Wife.” Thewayofthepirates.com, www.thewayofthepirates.com/pirate-life/mary-ormond/
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Ullian, David M. “What Everyone Should Know about Blackbeard the Pirate.” Amherst College, www.amherst.edu/users/U/dullian08/node/20554
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“The Ship’s Journey.” Queen Anne’s Revenge Project Natural and Cultural Resources, www.qaronline.org/history/ships-journey
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“Blackbeard: History of the Dreaded Pirate.” Queen Anne’s Revenge Project Natural and Cultural Resources, www.qaronline.org/history/blackbeard-history-dreaded-pirate
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Tucker, Abigail. “Did Archaeologists Uncover Blackbeard’s Treasure?” Smithsonian Magazine, Mar. 2011, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-archaeologists-uncover-blackbeards-treasure-215890/
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STRANGEREMAINS. “The Legend of Blackbeard’s Silver-Plated Skull.” Strange Remains, 2 Apr. 2018, strangeremains.com/2018/04/02/the-legend-of-blackbeards-silver-plated-skull/
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Bialuschewski, Arne . “Blackbeard off Philadelphia: Documents Pertaining to the Campaign against the Pirates in 1717 and 1718.” Pennsylvania State University, University of Pennsylvania Press, Apr. 2010, journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/59990/59808