Out from the waves, a vessel appears. It hoists a black flag, with an insignia of a white skull above two crossed bones. Pirates. For a long time, pirate expert Peter Leeson thought this situation ...

the world's only pirate treasure chest, and one of two surviving 17th-century Jolly Roger flags (that familiar black flag featuring a skull and crossbones). At the center of the museum ...

The USS Kidd's pirate flag, the infamous skull and crossbones that hearkens back to the Golden Age of Piracy that spanned the 17th and 18th centuries, is the only one the U.S. Navy has ever ...

Across the football world, the Jolly Rogers flew at half mast, including at Davis Wade Stadium, where an actual pirate flag appeared out of the fog, paying tribute to the late, great ball coach.