William Kidd
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Oct 28, 2026
Bulldog DrummondVOICE_ACTOR
Oh, yes, of course.
Bulldog DrummondVOICE_ACTOR
Just how do these modern descendants of Captain Kidd operate? Instead of ships, they use automobiles, Denny.
Bulldog DrummondVOICE_ACTOR
Instead of cutlasses, they use sort of shotguns and submachine guns.
Bulldog DrummondVOICE_ACTOR
Otherwise, the methods are exactly the same.
Mark Alan GreenHOST
Ruckus included many men of great influence in the early days of the city, and thereby, they were able to act with almost complete impunity.
Mark Alan GreenHOST
There's speculation that Ruckus was founded on the spoils of a much more famous pirate, Captain William Kidd.
Mark Alan GreenHOST
This theory is supported by the legend that Captain Kidd hid much of his plundered treasure up the sparsely populated waterways of the Kennebecases River.
Mark Alan GreenHOST
Early loyalists who received land grants at that area discovered the treasure and promptly put it to use, establishing the first generation of Ruckus.
Mark Alan GreenHOST
Ruckus became a force to reckon with in St. John, but somewhere along the way, a rogue captain took control of the General Smith.
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Mark Alan GreenHOST
Kind of thing that it is such a horrible event in human history that their descendants end up paying the price for it in the afterlife.
Mark Alan GreenHOST
I'm not sure, but that's happening.
Mark Alan GreenHOST
And then like every maritime place, you've got to have a legend of Captain Kidd's gold.
speaker_11UNKNOWN
Yeah.
Paul PerryGUEST
And so we went to Madagascar for three months and found Captain Kidd's ship.
Paul PerryGUEST
I'll send you some photos.
Karen NoeHOST
Yes, absolutely.
Karen NoeHOST
We
Paul PerryGUEST
found Captain Kidd's ship and got some gold coins off that and other things.
Paul PerryGUEST
And...
Paul PerryGUEST
Then I got tired of that.
Christopher FeinsteinHOST
The pattern was common enough that Washington Irving wrote it down in 1824 as The Devil and Tom Walker.
Christopher FeinsteinHOST
It's set a few miles outside of Boston, near an inlet where Captain Kidd's pirate treasure was said to have lied buried under the oaks.
Christopher FeinsteinHOST
Tom, a miser, meets the devil in the woods.
Christopher FeinsteinHOST
And in Irving's version, he looks like a woodsman covered in soot.
Nate HaleHOST
When Joseph returned to town and told one of his friends about what he had just seen, his friend grinned at him and told him that he had just met the Jersey Devil.
Nate HaleHOST
Yet another legend claims that the infamous pirate Captain Kidd buried treasure in Barnegat Bay.
Nate HaleHOST
According to this legend, Captain Kidd beheaded one of his own men and left his skeleton with the treasure to guard it forever.
Nate HaleHOST
So the story goes that this headless pirate became best buds with the Jersey Devil, and ever since the two of them go out patrolling the marshlands at night Other legends claim that the Jersey Devil sometimes cavorts with a mermaid.
Nate HaleHOST
There's even another story that claims the Jersey Devil once sat down to have a ham and egg breakfast with a local judge.
Joan McDonaldGUEST
On Saturday, October 31st, from 9 a.m. until 10.30 a.m., the Croton Point Park Halloween Hike will take place at Croton Point Park at Croton on Hudson.
Joan McDonaldGUEST
Anyone ages six and older can join park staff and the Village of Croton historian, Mark Cheshire, on a special Ghosts and Pirates hike to explore Croton Point's spooky history particularly the legends about Money Island, where supposedly Captain Kidd was said to have buried treasure.
Joan McDonaldGUEST
The hike lasts one and a half to two hours.
Joan McDonaldGUEST
Meet at the gate to the RV park where parking is available.
DaveHOST
Yes, as well as the whims of fate.
DaveHOST
Captain Kidd famously started off as a British privateer.
DaveHOST
Well, that's how most of the pirates started.
DaveHOST
And he was headed off to the Indian Ocean to chase down...
AlistairNARRATOR
An interesting and unfortunate episode followed.
AlistairNARRATOR
French merchants in Tonkin found themselves subjected to exactions, extortions, and attacks by Pavillon Noir, or Black Flags, who were generally considered as pirates, but certainly not of the familiar Captain Kidd variety.
AlistairNARRATOR
The French suspected, or at least alleged, the Emperor of Annam, or perhaps the officials of China, were backing the Black Flags, but these quasi-piratical gentlemen had to be eradicated if French commercial aims were to be satisfied.
AlistairNARRATOR
A naval officer was sent with a small force to restrain them, under strict instructions not to shoot, and not to attempt a war of conquest.
AlistairNARRATOR
An interesting and unfortunate episode followed.
AlistairNARRATOR
French merchants in Tonkin found themselves subjected to exactions, extortions, and attacks by Pavillon Noir, or Black Flags, who were generally considered as pirates, but certainly not of the familiar Captain Kidd variety.
AlistairNARRATOR
The French suspected, or at least alleged, the emperor of Annam, or perhaps the officials of China, were backing the Black Flags, but these quasi-piratical gentlemen had to be eradicated if French commercial aims were to be satisfied.
AlistairNARRATOR
A naval officer was sent with a small force to restrain them, under strict instructions not to shoot and not to attempt a war of conquest.
Andrea JanesGUEST
Of course, anything maritime connected to that.
Andrea JanesGUEST
So you're thinking of Captain Kidd's buried treasure.
Andrea JanesGUEST
And it is true that Captain Kidd ostensibly buried treasure on Liberty Island.
Andrea JanesGUEST
It is true that the statue is on the base of what is an old fort.
Andrea JanesGUEST
It was called Fort Wood.
Andrea JanesGUEST
Which is great for ghost tour guides, but I have to put a caveat.
Andrea JanesGUEST
Just because this is The Times doesn't mean it actually happened.
Andrea JanesGUEST
But according to an 1891 article, apparently two soldiers went looking for the buried treasure of Captain Kidd near this fort on Liberty Island.
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