Gardiners Island
Island in Suffolk County, New YorkWikipedia
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Search complete. 9 mentions across 6 episodes found for "Gardiners Island".
Sep 18, 2026
Greg PliskaHOST
Documented
A.J. JacobsHOST
... and that is Captain William Kidd, who hid a portion of his loot on Gardiners Island near Long Island, New York in 1699, and it was recovered after his trial, or at least part of it.
A.J. JacobsHOST
Some of it might still be out there.
A.J. JacobsHOST
The legend is there remains-
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Kidd intentó borrar sus huellas.
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Enterró parte del tesoro en Gardiner's Island, cerca de Nueva York, posiblemente con la intención de utilizarlo como moneda de negociación ante las autoridades.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Esperaba poder negociar su regreso a la legitimidad, pero los vientos políticos habían cambiado.
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Sus poderosos patrocinadores lo abandonaron.
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Su cuerpo quedó colgado con cadenas sobre el Támesis como espectáculo público durante años.
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Sin embargo, a diferencia del breve y brutal reinado de Barbanegra, la ejecución de Kidd se convirtió en la base de siglos de mitología sobre tesoros.
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La idea de que había enterrado riquezas en Gardiner's Island, de que existía un mapa del tesoro pirata, de que en algún lugar de América había oro esperando ser encontrado.
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La mayor parte era ficción, historias inventadas por escritores como Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Kidd tried to cover his tracks.
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He buried part of the treasure on Gardiner's Island near New York, possibly intending to use it as bargaining leverage with the authorities.
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He hoped he could negotiate his return to legitimacy.
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But the political winds had changed.
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speaker_3NARRATOR
There is almost no historical evidence that pirates actually buried their treasure.
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The few documented cases are exceptional.
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Captain William Kidd supposedly buried treasure on Gardiner's Island, although the exact truth about what was buried and why remains unclear.
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Generally speaking, buccaneers and pirates were not investors in the future.
GeorgiaHOST
What he hadn't realized was in this time British law had outlawed piracy and when he eventually arrived home people were out for blood.
GeorgiaHOST
He was forced to ask for a pardon from the government saying his crew had forced him to turn to piracy and then he sailed to Boston stopping to bury treasure on Gardiner's Island and Block Island along the way.
GeorgiaHOST
Eventually Kidd was actually arrested and he was hanged back in England for his crimes on the 23rd of May 1701.
GeorgiaHOST
His story went down as folklore, each new generation telling the next.
speaker_4HOST
And then there's Captain William Kidd, a commissioned privateer who crossed the line into piracy.
speaker_4HOST
Before he was executed in London in 1701, he actually did leave a cache of loot on Gardiner's Island in New York, hoping to use it as a bargaining chip to save his life
speaker_5HOST
Right, which the authorities quickly dug up
speaker_4HOST
But rumors persist that he left massive hoards off the coast of Madagascar And there is actual proof.
David PurdyVOICE_ACTOR
"You certainly can, Nicholas, old boy.
David PurdyVOICE_ACTOR
We'll have a high old time treasure hunting up and down Wall Street and Maiden Lane, although they do say Gardiner's Island is the place to search."
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
When they had all eaten as much as they could, the wishing table disappeared, and as they sat talking before the fire, Anne Caraway suddenly remembered Nicholas's present and gave it to him.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
Untying the red cord, Nicholas drew from its wrapping a flat red book with A Visit from St. Nicholas printed on the cover.