Did pirates really bury their treasure? I'm Adam from Ripleys.com and this is your Weird Minute. We all know the mythology of pirates, a sea-roving gang of bandits who pillaged and plundered before burying their ill-gotten gains in the sandy soil of a remote island, the location of which is only known to them.
Believe it or not, this practice was exceedingly rare among pirates. The most notable barrier was Captain Kidd, who hid his treasure near Long Island. He was soon arrested, and the treasure was easily found and recovered. The treasure burying scheme gained popularity in the fictional novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Walking the plank is another freebooter myth. Blindfolded prisoners forced to walk off a ship was the invention of Daniel Defoe.
the author of Robinson Crusoe. Instead, they would either whip prisoners to death, maroon them on an island for dead, or keelhaul them. Keelhauling entailed tying a victim up with rope and dragging them under and around the ship. either drowning them or slicing them apart on the shells and barnacles on the ship's hull. For more, or not, visit ripleys.com, rate the Weird Minute if you haven't already, and tune in tomorrow for another Minute of Odds.