Does anyone remember a blog c. 2001-2002 purportedly written by a European woman hiding out in the Caribbean/Central America from the well-positioned family she had run away (and stolen) from? What was her pseudonym? What was the name of the blog? Is there any trace of this story (and any resolution on the question of its veracity) left on the web? [more inside]
posted by kowalski on Jun 29, 2009 - 5 answers

Please help me come up with a story twist! I need an idea for a highly valuable, secret cargo smuggled on-board an oil tanker. Difficulty: no warheads or drugs. [more inside]
posted by np312 on Dec 19, 2008 - 38 answers

What were people who emerged from the cliffs of Cornwall and Dover to steal bounty from wrecked ships in the 1700s called? [more inside]
posted by t0astie on Jan 23, 2007 - 35 answers