Welcome to the 32nd episode of Wild Society!

Around 8 p.m. on March 20, 1974, a man in a white Ford Escort cut off a maroon Rolls-Royce limousine as it drove down a London road. A man in the limousine got out to stop the Ford Escort’s driver who was now walking toward the limousine, thinking he was a disgruntled motorist. From six feet away, the Escort’s driver pulled out a gun and shot the man. The gunman's mission to kidnap Princess Anne had begun.

In 1998, Amy Lynn Bradley went missing from a Royal Caribbean cruise liner. After investigators found no evidence of suicide or falling overboard, the case became a world-wide mystery. Did Amy simply decide to run away? Or was something sinister at the heart of her disappearance?

In the 1600’s pirates roamed the seas of the Caribbean in hunt of treasure and goods to be stolen. It was unheard of for females to be pirates. Most women on the ship were there to cook and clean for the crew. Anne Bonny and Mary Read pushed cultural norms when they became pirates aboard John “Calico Jack” Rackham's ship. Fighting alongside the men, the women were successful in overtaking many ships, often times leading the operations. Although they both had unusual upbringings, the women made themselves known as two of the most famous badass female pirates in history.

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Princess Anne Sources:

• Smithsonian Magazine
• BBC News
• Wikipedia
• Wikipedia
• Audio Clips

Amy Lynn Bradley Sources:

• Film Daily
• History Daily
• The Charley Project
• Wikipedia

Anne Bonny & Mary Read Sources:

• Britannica
• Smithsonian
• The Way of the Pirates
• The Way of the Pirates
• All That’s Interesting
• Wikipedia
• Wikipedia
• Wikipedia
• Wikipedia