[Visual: Outside exterior of the Pirate House restaurant, Savannah GA]
It has been rumored that Captain Flint, a fictional character in Robert Louis Stevensons novel Treasure Island passed into eternity in an upper room within the establishment at 20 East Broad Street.
[Visual: Captain Flint appears ]
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“Darby, bring aft the rum “
It is also whispered, Stevenson author part the of famed novel at the Pirate House, Savannah. The only thing incorrect with this scenario is Captain Flint is a fabrication of the mind and there no confirmation Stevenson had ever been to the city.
[Visual: the pirate tunnel within the restaurant]
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What we do know about this house is, it was constructed in 1753 or 1794. These underground passageway, which is shown here were employed to seize unsuspecting persons for employment aboard pirate ships.
[Visual: video of Blackbeard’s Queen Ann’s Revenge]
When you call upon Savannah, GA you will probe the city’s rich history as you break bread with the likes of Blackbeard, Sam Bellamy and others. Who knows, you too may make the acquaintance of a ghostly swashbuckler from a bygone era?
[Visual: image of Savannah’s Trolley of the Doomed]
At Ghosts and Gravestones take an excursion with us as we travel the dark side of Savannah. Ascend aboard our famous Trolley of the Doomed and commence your path to the underbelly of this most haunted city! See you soon…