Ringcroft of Stocking & The Mackie Poltergeist

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In 1695, a small rural, farming community of southwest Scotland was shaken by strange events at the farmhouse of Ringcroft of Stocking. What began with the shuffling around of livestock, soon escalated into unexplained noises, stones thrown through the air and voices that no one could trace. Neighbors and ministers all flocked to witness the disturbances, but none could find a cause and no amount of prayers could bring peace to the household, who lived under siege for almost an entire month, before, as suddenly as it started, the disturbances stopped, leaving nothing but unanswered questions and a pile of smouldering ashes.SOURCES Telfair, Alexander (1695) A true relation of an apparition, expressions, and actings of a spirit which infested the house of Andrew Mackie, in Ringcroft of Stocking… . Scotland, UK. Maxwell-Wood, J. (1911) Witchcraft & Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland. J. Maxwell & Son, Scotland, UK. Kirk, Robert (1815) The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns & Fairies. Eneas Mackay, Scotland, UK. Henderson, Lizanne (2006) The Survival of Witchcraft Prosecutions and Witch Belief in South-West Scotland. Scottish Historical Review, Vol 85, Issue 1. Edinburgh University Press, Scotland, UK. Henderson, Lizanne (2019) Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment. Scotland, 1670–1740. Scottish Historical Review, Vol 98, Issue 2. Edinburgh University Press, Scotland, UK. ------ For almost anything, head over to the podcasts hub at ⁠⁠darkhistories.com ⁠⁠ Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: ⁠⁠http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories⁠⁠ or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories⁠⁠ The Dark Histories books are available to buy here: ⁠⁠http://author.to/darkhistories⁠⁠ Dark Histories merch is available here: ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3GChjk9⁠⁠ Connect with us on Facebook: ⁠⁠http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast⁠⁠ Or find us on Twitter: ⁠⁠http://twitter.com/darkhistories⁠⁠ & Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/⁠⁠ Or you can contact us directly via email at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ or join our Discord community: ⁠⁠https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf⁠⁠ The Dark Histories Butterfly was drawn by Courtney, who you can find on Instagram @bewildereye Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.5	In 1695, a small rural farming community of Southwest Scotland was shaken by strange events
1:07.9	at the farmhouse of Ringcroft of Stocking.
1:16.0	What began with the shuffling around of livestock soon escalated into unexplained noises,
1:19.8	stones being thrown through the air and voices that no one could trace.
1:24.0	Neighbours and ministers all flocked to witness the disturbances, but none could find a cause and no amount of prayers could bring peace to the
1:28.1	household who lived under siege for almost an entire month. Before, as suddenly as it started,
1:34.8	the disturbances stopped, leaving nothing but unanswered questions and a pile of smouldering
1:40.4	ashes. This is dark histories where the facts are worse than fiction.
1:48.7	Hello and welcome to Dark History, Season 9, Episode 15.
1:53.4	I'm your host, Ben, as always.
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