May 8, 2025 - Pirate Sam Mason

🏴‍☠️ Sam’s Take: “Tempests and Turmoil: When the Skies Mirror Society”

Post author:carterfsmith
Post published:May 8, 2025
Post category:Uncategorized

May 8, 2025 Ahoy, mates. The recent storms that ravaged the Mississippi Valley have left a trail of destruction, claiming 24 lives and causing damages estimated between $80–$90 billion. Scientists…

Carter F. Smith

Retired Criminal Investigator, Criminal Justice Professor

After 22 years in military and federal law enforcement, I turned to the archives—where I found Sam Mason, a Revolutionary War veteran turned river pirate, waiting in the footnotes of forgotten trials. My work bridges past and present, tracing how crime, justice, and power collided on the frontier. I’ve written on gangs, organized crime, and early American law in both academic journals and books like From Patriot to Pirate and The Trial of Sam Mason. Mason was no myth—just a man shaped by war, whiskey, and weak borders. And I’ve spent years chasing his story downstream.