Angie Ambers: The Mystery of the Two Skulls

08/15/23 • 39 min

This is the story of two skulls.
It's actually the mystery of two skulls and a long, extraordinary investigation to find the identity of two people.
It is a tale that features one of France's most famous explorers, pirates, shipwrecks, kidnappings, ambushes and, of course, murder...

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The pirates of the 1700s were democrats.
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Many were former slaves.
Others were indigenous natives.
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