Castle of the Damned: Part One - The Necromancer's Bargain

Mar 11, 2026

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The Devil WithinThe Castle of the Damned — Episode One: The Necromancer’s Bargain

Episode Overview

In 1987, an archaeological team investigating Hermitage Castle in the Scottish Borders made a discovery that would disturb historians, archaeologists, and paranormal investigators alike.

Hidden beneath the castle’s great hall was a sealed chamber, untouched for centuries.

Inside they found ritual symbols carved into the stone, shelves of forbidden texts, and a lead coffin covered in Latin inscriptions.

Something inside had been trying to claw its way out.

And according to medieval records… it once belonged to William de Soulis.

This episode investigates the dark legend of William de Soulis — a fourteenth-century nobleman whose obsession with forbidden knowledge transformed his castle into what historians now believe may have been a ritual laboratory for necromantic experiments.

We explore:

The strange library of occult texts inherited by the de Soulis family
William’s documented experiments attempting to communicate with supernatural entities
His alleged bargain with an entity known only as “The Teacher”
The gradual transformation of both the man and the castle itself
Reports of supernatural architecture within Hermitage Castle — rooms and corridors behaving impossibly
The violent events surrounding William’s death in 1320
The extraordinary measures taken by monks to seal his body in lead and stone