When you think of a pirate, you probably imagine a dirty, bearded man with a sword, a tricorne hat, maybe a peg for a leg or a hook for a hand, and of course, an eye patch. It seems weird though ...

BATAM, Indonesia—My relationship with Mr. Black, the ex-pirate with a nephew who’s a real pirate, ends in breakup. He’s too cagey, I’m too pushy. By the end, we’re not only furious with ...

When people think of pirates they often think of eye patches, peg legs, the fictional Captain Hook and Jack Sparrow, or the many other myths about pirates. This fall, visitors to the Houston ...

With much help from Hollywood, we tend to glorify old-style pirates. Commentator Andrei Codrescu wonders if someday in the distant future we will treat terrorists with similar affection.

Did pirates actually have parrots as pets or hooks for hands? Author of "The Republic of Pirates," Colin Woodard explains where our idea of what pirates looked like came from.

The stories of women pirates, legendary and real, who took to the seas for plunder, power, freedom!

A year spent flying around a pirate ship with a hook for a hand was something of a challenge, even for Isaacs, no stranger to movie gadgetry.

Saturday marks the 308th anniversary of the sinking of the pirate ship, Whydah, after one of the worst storms in history hit the boat off the coast of Cape Cod.

Clements teaches people about the pirate life at the Real Pirates Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. But it wasn’t until a year ago Stephanie found out about Gasparilla.

Then came Captain Hook, thirsting for revenge against Peter Pan for cutting off his right hand and forcing him to wear an iron hook. Jack Sparrow, portrayed by Johnny Depp in the "Pirates of the ...

Annamaria Glisson of the Marcus Hook Preservation Society, which sponsored the Pirate Feast, said the event was the first in what she hopes will be a longstanding tradition for the borough.