Dan Seavey, the Great Lakes Pirate

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Dan Seavey, the Great Lakes Pirate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfs8-zWzhn8

The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
18 Apr 2022
runtime 14:28

Trade, of course, attracts crime, and on the open water, pirates. In the early 1900s a man who looked little like a character from pirates of the Caribbean made a name for himself in that ancient profession.


Dan Seavey
(March 23, 1865 – February 14, 1949)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Seavey

hijacked the schooner Nellie Johnson on the 11 June 1908
Seavey was later arrested on the charge of piracy


Dan Seavey appeared as a character in a couple of TV shows

Dan Seavey Warehouse 13 Wiki
https://warehouse13.fandom.com/wiki/Dan_Seavey

Murdoch Mysteries Dan Seavey
https://murdochmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Dan_Seavey