Over the centuries, privateers and piracy at sea with well documented accounts of their swashbuckling has provided countless generation's endless enjoyment. Legendary figures such as Blackbeard have evoked images of blood curdling exploits. Not condemned for their brutality but exalted to heroic prominence. This is the previously untold story of a sequence of events that brought disaster to many residents of the Cornish coastal town of St. Keverne. It may upset some readers with some disturbing revelations but can inspire those who seek something for nothing to take an honest path. The Manacles reef juts out for half a mile from the coastline and is only seen at low tide. So as the story begins you will discover how greed and poverty go hand in hand to wreck passing ships upon the rocks. Who would have imagined it would lead to one of the most horrifying episodes ever recorded.