Pirate captains and their crews were violent, even ruthless. Part of this was a necessity. But some captains went beyond the normal, creating an art out of atrocity. Captain Blackbeard and Charles ...

Pirate captains and their crews were ... creating an art out of atrocity. Captain Blackbeard and Charles Vane, both household names to this day, were such captains, employing cruelty in a ...

we look at the grisly life and crimes of real pirates. Thought to have grown up in the East End of London, Charles Vane was known for his sadistic streak towards crew and enemy alike. In one ...

Pirate captain Charles Vane is the last person we wanted to see leave Black Sails, and we certainly didn’t want to see it happen at the end of a rope. But Charles Vane is dead. He was hanged by ...

We know very little about the early life of Charles ... Captain Holford, who recognized Vane and outed him. There was a reward on Vane’s head, and he was carried into Jamaica and tried as a pirate.