
26 Dec 1935

Captain Blood
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
The charges were false. The terror was real.
Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters in American history. For those accused of witchcraft by their neighbors and friends, there was little chance of clearing their names; the mass paranoia that ravaged through the community took the lives of 19 innocent men and women.
Ann Putnam
Samuel Parris
Tituba Indian
Thomas Putnam
Lizzy Porter
Annie Putnam
Sir William Phips
Elizabeth Parris
William Stroughton
Rebecca Nurse
Bridget Bishop
Israel Porter
John Proctor
Sarah Good
May Walcott
Sarah Osborn
Joseph Putnam
Nathaniel Putnam
Hannah Morse
Abigail Williams
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Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
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