Pirates of the Salish Sea | Mossback's Northwest

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, outlaws, smugglers and pirates were a constant headache between Olympia, Washington, and Victoria, BC, preying on ships and settlers, trafficking in humans and drugs, and even bringing gunplay to the island communities of the Salish Sea. This episode will look at couple of these infamous and elusive rogues, like opium smuggler and Chinese trafficker Lawrence Kelly who gave authorities fits for decades, and the robber, thief and scoundrel Henry Ferguson (Wagner)—called the Flying Dutchman—whose water-born crime spree ended at the end of a rope. ** Watch more episodes of Mossback's Northwest: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL18y1vgsGPLb3VLSg4y7E-PKU_A1uMu23 ** Donate to Cascade PBS: https://secure.cascadepublicmedia.org/page/176149/donate/1 ** Listen to the Mossback podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL18y1vgsGPLZKaystzJzeKwpZa2un63im Follow Cascade PBS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cascadepbs/ ** Watch more from Cascade PBS: https://video.cascadepbs.org/ ** Follow Cascade PBS online: https://www.facebook.com/cascadepbs/ https://www.instagram.com/cascadepbs/ https://www.tiktok.com/@cascade_pbs https://www.threads.net/@cascadepbs #history #seattle #pacificnorthwest #pnw