Written In Blood History

Discover the woman who commanded 70,000 pirates and owned the South China Sea. https://www.patreon.com/writteninbloodhistory Further Reading/Principle Sources: https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/mrs-cheng-ching-shih-pirate.htm http://www.theglobaldispatches.com/articles/the-pirate-ching-shih https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-chinese-female-pirate-who-commanded-80000-outlaws https://library.um.edu.mo/ebooks/b35720116.pdf Credits Photo Credit: "Pirates: An Illustrated History of Privateers, Buccaneers & Pirates from the Sixteenth Century to the Present" (Londond, 1996). P.230. Book note mentions that, "this fanciful depiction is from History of Pirates of all Nations published in 1836" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"I can’t do it. I’ve got to get into something that brings me hard, solid gold in my hand." https://www.patreon.com/writteninbloodhistory Further Reading/Principle Sources: Hatch, Thom. 2014. The last outlaws: the lives and legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Photo Credit: CJDiJulius.myportfolio.com Media Credit: The Marty Ray Project Also check out Marty Ray's podcast here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am extremely fortunate to have the chance to interview Mr. Donald Cooke. His story picks up after the Ayatollah has seized control of Iran. And so enjoy this sequel of sorts, told from an eye witness to the dramatic events surrounding the Iran Hostage Crisis. https://www.patreon.com/writteninbloodhistory Photo Credit: https://www.britannica.com/event/Iran-hostage-crisis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“We made the Shah what he has become. We nurtured his love for grandiose geopolitical schemes and supplied him the hardware to indulge his fantasies. Now, his regime is coming apart under the pressures of imported modernization.” https://www.patreon.com/writteninbloodhistory Further Reading/Principle Sources: Milani, Abbas. 2012. The Shah. New York: St. Martin's Press. Photo Credit: CJDiJulius.myportfolio.com Media Credit: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soularflair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXv2WLR9IEI&ab_channel=JudeTsang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJkDKeij1CY&ab_channel=APArchive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5NLb55uwgU&list=PLE2YFd8t5FbNW4ELDUB4bZjMCrvcQIXhg&index=5&t=0s&ab_channel=ThamesTv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Dozens of stowaway microorganisms lurked on board, and Mir had developed the distinct aroma of sweaty men locked in a small house with cognac." https://www.patreon.com/writteninbloodhistory Further Reading/Principle Sources: http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/krikalyov_sergei.htm https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-last-soviet-citizen Credits Photo Credit: https://www.rbth.com/history/330415-last-soviet-citizen-cosmonaut Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Only fancy to yourself, an old German Baron, with a large brilliant star on his breast, three French aides-de-camp and a large, spoiled Italian dog, and none of all that company could speak a word of English.”  https://www.patreon.com/writteninbloodhistory Further Reading/Principle Sources: Lockhart, Paul Douglas. 2010. The drillmaster of Valley Forge: the Baron de Steuben and the making of the American Army. New York: Harper. Credits Cover Art Credit: Courtney DiJulius Music Credit: Dario Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Most of all the blood, my arms are up to the elbows in blood. That is the most terrible thing that lies in my soul.” Patreon Further Reading/Principle Sources:Taubman, William. 2017. Khrushchev: the man, his era. Credits:Cover Art Credit: Courtney DiJulius Music Credit: Dario, Song of the Volga Boatmen - Red Army Chorus - Leonid Kharitonov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I stayed alive while most of my contemporaries, my classmates at the Academy, my friends with whom I had worked in the party organization, lost their heads as enemies of the people."  Patreon Further Reading/Principle Sources:Taubman, William. 2017. Khrushchev: the man, his era. Credits:Cover Art Credit: Courtney DiJulius Music Credit: Song of the Volga Boatmen - Red Army Chorus - Leonid Kharitonov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Surely, in a building that had 1,942 keys, there were people who knew how to get down to these cellars without the permission of the authorities..." Patreon Further Reading/Principle Sources: https://www.messynessychic.com/2014/08/26/unmasking-the-parisian-phantom-of-the-opera/ https://www.oldstyletales.com/single-post/2018/09/25/The-Phantom-of-the-Opera-Historical-Inspirations-Literary-Analysis-Film-Adaptations----a-Spooky-Spotlight-on-the-Gothic-Novel> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Although born a slave I always felt that I was a man and ought to be free, and I would be free or die.”   Patreon Further Reading/Principle Sources:Lineberry, Cate. 2018. Be free or die: the amazing story of Robert Smalls' escape from slavery to Union hero. Credits:Cover Art Credit: Courtney DiJulius Music Credit: Dario Tartagni Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices