- Legend of Bloody Mary
Feburary 1, 1978
Mary Worth is said to have lived in Massachusetts in the 17th century. Her face was hideously disfigured by dark red scars. Children in the Village called her "Bloody Mary," and followed her through the streets chanting her name over and over.
During one of the colony's witch scares, Mary was accused in being in league with the Devil, and was hanged. One night, not long after Mary's execution, a group of children decided to play at conjuring. They set up a mirror against the wall and sat in a semi-circle around it. Then they all began to chant, "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary." When they had chanted the name for the 99th time, Mary appeared in the mirror. Her face was more hideous than ever, and her hands had turned into claws. She reached through the looking glass to tear the children's faces.
Shrieking and screaming, the terrified children tumbled out of the room. Although Bloody Mary disappeared that day, her spirit remains, waiting for someone to call her name.
Variations:
In some places the children chant, "I do believe in Mary Worth," or "Bloody Mary come get me!" In other parts of the United States the spirit's name is Mary Whales, Mary Johnson or Mary Lou. Some folklorist believe there is a connection between the Bloody Mary Legend and the Chicano Legend of La Llorona, a weeping ghost who wanders forever searching for her children whom she murdered. The number of times to chant her name varies also. It ranges from 5 to 100. In some places they mention her as half human and half animal, while in others she will be either the wife, daughter or sister of Satan. Other's believe that it's not Mary you call - But the Devil himself. Some claim it was the Christian church who made her up to stop children from entering spell casting, instead of the beginning of their prayer "Hail Mary," the chanting starts with "Hell Mary." Could it be true that this person ever really existed? Many have sincerely claimed to have seen her or have had some sort of experience in the action of calling her name.
I myself had a experience calling out to Bloody Mary. I was at a boyfriends house at the time, with a very large group of our friends. We were drinking, eating and most of all-having a great time! I decided to put some "scare" into the group and lit candles, made a pentagram on the living-room floor, {just for show},and started talking about the paranormal. I then convinced them all to join me in the bath-room in the ritual of calling her to us.
I told my best friend at the time to barricade the door-for I didn't want anyone trying to escape! I began with the calling, saying "Bloody Mary come get us!" It was believed that by the 13th try, she would appear. Now I was very serious doing this, and when I reached #13, we ALL saw something I still have no explanation for! The mirror in the bath-room seemed like boiling water! I mean we could SEE the bubbles and even hear the sound of when they would "Pop!" Naturally, we all fled that bath-room in a hurry!
Years later, I met up with half of the group at a show. We were all just talking, and catching up, when that dreadful night was mentioned. All still claim to have seen the same thing. Now let me explain this; NO ONE said, "Oh look bubbles!" Or anything at the time. We saw, we ran and that was it! We practically all said at the same time what we had seen when out of the bath-room.
From: Nina
Of course, it is also said, that it's not Mary who actually appears when you call, but any spirit that's in the area that's being done so.
- BLOODY MARY Ghost Story
It was a Friday night. Me and my two best friends were having a sleep over. We were on the net, and decided to read up on Bloody Mary. As we read, we got the idea "Why don't we try this". So we all went into the bathroom. We each had a candle in front of us. We were holding hands. Then on the count of three, we chanted Bloody Mary come and get us. We said it about 13 times, then we saw something so terrible, and frighting, we all began to scream. There standing right behind us, was a woman , drenched in blood, staring at us. We all quickly ran out of the bathroom. So we could be in the light.
Now to this day, me and my friends still talk about it, and remember her terrible face.:(
Crystal Laforce
Kapuskasing,Ontario
- My Bloody Mary Story Urban Legend
One weekend, my best friend (Whitney) and me were on the computer reading about Bloody Mary and we decided to try it out because we thought it wouldn't work. So Whitney and I went to my room in my closet and looked into the mirror with a candle lit and said "Bloody Mary" about 30 times. We started to get scared, we didn't know my mom was in the room and then she went in my closet and yelled "RAHH" and we thought it was Bloody Mary because we saw my moms reflection in the mirror! We got so scared that we almost pissed in our pants. So we ran as fast as we could and turned on the light and there we saw my mom laughing her head off! We started to laugh as well when we realized it was just my mom.
Cassandra Filion
Kapuskasing, Ontario
