William Kidd
publication date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 (part of Winter 2012)
category: 
Piracy
clue: Legends of this Scotsman's buried treasure survive to this day, and make him almost as famous as the other "Billy the Kid."
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Richard Slominsky, Joanna Woods, Denise Sawicki, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Erik Bates, Aaron Shurtleff, and Ryan Dunn
A Pirate's Life for Me: Yo ho ho ho, and a bottle of rum... This week features some of the deadliest and most notorious dread pirates ever to sail the high seas, to celebrate the launch of Pirate Paradise on Funeratic.Similar Goos
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