Horror stories are so much creepier and way more chilling when they come from true events – and the story of William de Soulis is a creepy legend for the ages.
Local folklore insists that Soulis was a disciple of "the Wizard of the North" Michael Scot (yes, hilariously, like the one from The Office) and a masterful practitioner of the dark arts. To strengthen his magical abilities and his dominion of the physical world, it's said Soulis made a deal with the Robin Redcap. Some said it was a goblin; others claimed this particular redcap (also called Redcomb or Bloody Cap) was a manifestation of the devil himself.
Either way, the Robin Redcap demanded a steady supply of souls (and their blood, one imagines, since the 'Red-cap' is largely due to soaking the cap in it), and Lord de Soulis was only too happy to oblige. The nobleman had a sinister streak and an evil predilection for, uh, "non-consensual relations" with those he ruled over.
Needless to say, the populace was looking for any opportunity to rid themselves of his sociopathic presence. And while history maintains that he had some claim to the throne of Scotland, engaged in a plot to obtain it, was caught, confessed, and spent his life locked up in Dumbarton Castle, the legend goes in a different direction.
Elizabeth Lynn Linton's 1861 collection called Witch Stories claims he was "boiled to death...in fitting punishment for his crimes". Other accounts claim he was wrapped in lead before facing the cauldron. Still others insist he was walled up in the Hermitage Castle, where his ghost and the Robin Redcap still haunt today.
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