Shudder. In 1718, Blackbeard had a boozy knees-up over several days with pirates Jack Rackham and Charles Vane on Ocracoke Island. On 22 November 1718 the Governor of Virginia (Alexander Spotswood ...

Long gone but by no means forgotten, Blackbeard's dreaded black flag ... his flag will fly on ferries between Hatteras and Ocracoke, Cedar Island and Ocracoke, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke, and ...

You can use the map below to find more accommodation ... 1718 is named after the year Blackbeard died. Ocracoke Island is part of the North Carolina oyster trail – bucket list time check!

HGTV included Ocracoke Island ... Take a ghost walk with a descendant of Blackbeard’s quartermaster, or catch a short boat ride to Portsmouth Island’s so-called ghost village.” ...