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Randy Gnatowsky aka Constable Heartless is a retired police office and captain of Blackbeard's Crew, a 501(c)3 non-profit focused on 18th century historical reenactment and education.

In this episode:

• All the new on this year's Hampton Blackbeard Festival
• Randy's other life running polygraph tests and how what you hear on the internet isn't true
• How Randy was elected captain without even being at the meeting
• The rebuilding of their ship, the Adventure, and reenactments of Blackbeard's final battle.

Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture.  Your host Phil Johnson (comedian, musician, and pirate geek) interviews the most interesting people in the pirate subculture: Actors, Authors, Historians, Musicians, Artists, Festival Founders, Clothing and Prop Designers, Treasure Hunters, Archaeologists, and more. 

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