This is the real story of Bloody Mary. You’re probably wondering if she is real or just an urban legend. Well, the truth is that she’s real. Or at least she was real. The legend of Bloody Mary is based on a true story.
According to the legend, you have to stand in a bathroom, with one candle lit and say the name “Bloody Mary” into the mirror three times in a row. It is only the bravest of children who would attempt to do this, because the story says this will summon her ghost.
If you see her ghostly face in the mirror, it could have one of the following terrible consequences:
1. Your eyes being ripped out and your face horribly scarred.
2. Being found dead with claw marks all over your face and body
3. Disappearing mysteriously from the bathroom and ending up trapped in the mirror with the ghost for eternity.
You could also be driven insane or drop dead on the spot.
Bloody Mary Legend
The history of the chanting game is based on mixed up legends and history that, over the years, have become the main basis for the story surrounding the urban legend.
The most common story told is that Bloody Mary was a witch that lived over 100 years ago who dabbled in the black arts. She was found out and executed.
The second story is more modern – a local woman was involved in a fatal car accident, and her face was horribly scarred before she died. She reappears in the mirror when summoned with that same horrific face.
There is another suggestion that the name “Mary Worth” was derived from a victim of the Salem Witch trials.
The fourth story is that Bloody Mary is based on a historical figure – Queen Mary I of England.
Mary Tudor
It is largely believed that the origins of the names “Mary Worth” and “Bloody Mary” came from a slight mix up of characters from history. Mary I, Queen of England, or Mary Tudor, who reigned during the Tudor period was also commonly known as “Bloody Mary”.
She was a Catholic and earned the nickname “Bloody Mary” when she ordered the violent execution of numerous Protestants and burned countless people at the stake for heresy during her 5-year reign. She also was unable to have children and suffered two phantom pregnancies, this is why it is speculated that the variation involving chanting “I stole your baby” became tangled up with the legend.
Mary Worth
They say that Mary Worth was a witch who lived in Chicago around the time of the Civil War. She used to catch runaway slaves and keep them chained up in her barn. Then, she would use them in her diabolical black magic rituals. Eventually, the locals took the law into their own hands and burned Mary Worth at the stake. Her charred remains were supposedly buried in St Patrick’s Cemetery.
Mary Worthington
They say that, in the 1960s, there was a beautiful girl named Mary Worthington who was very vain. She loved to look at her reflection in the mirror. One day she was involved in a terrible car accident and her face was horribly disfigured. No one could bear to look at her. She couldn’t even stand to look at herself. One day, when she accidentally caught a glimpse of her reflection in a mirror, she committed suicide.
Mary Whales
Mary Whales was a young woman who was run over by a truck and killed while she was waiting on a street corner. Her face was horribly mangled in the accident. To summon her, you say “I believe in you, Mary Whales”.
Elizabeth Bathory
Another possible origin is the legend of Elizabeth Bathory, a Hungarian noblewoman who lived from 1560 to 1614. She was also known as “Countess Dracula” or “The Bloody Countess”. She is believed to have tortured and killed many young girls because she wanted to bathe in their blood. She believed it would preserve her youthful beauty. She killed more than 600 victims in all, using hot pokers, an iron maiden, pins, blades, and freezing water. Eventually, her crimes were exposed and she was walled up alive in her castle in Slovakia. Of course her name was not Mary but somehow the stories of this cruel woman have been inserted into the legend.
Mary Weatherby
Mary Weatherby was a woman who was stabbed to death by her husband. They say that if you go into a dark room and say her name three times, her mutilated face will appear in the mirror and she will chase you with a bloody knife.
Mary Lou
Mary Lou was a girl who lived in the USA in the 1950s. At her senior prom, she was crowned prom queen. Someone decided to play a trick on her and set off some firecrackers. Her dress caught fire and Mary Lou was burned alive.
Mary Johnson
Mary Johnson was a witch who was burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials. To summon her, everybody sits in a circle and holds hands. The room must be completely dark. You repeat together, “Come, Mary Johnson, come!” A dim light will appear over the head of one person.
Hell Mary
Hell Mary is a reversed allusion to Hail Mary. There is one legend that claims if you go into a dark room, look into the mirror and chant “Hell Mary” 7 times, the mirror will run red with blood and you will see the face of satan.
Svarta Madame
In Sweden, there is a version called “Svarta Madam” (Black Madame). She appears in the mirror if you say “I don’t believe in you, Svarta Madam” 12 times. She has black skin, green hair, red teeth and glowing yellow eyes.
Queen of Spades
The Queen of Spades (or Dama Pika) is the Russian version of Bloody Mary.
Veronica
Veronica is the Spanish version of Bloody Mary.
Kuchisake-onna
The Japanese have their own version, called Kuchisake Onna or The Slit-Mouth Woman.
Candyman
The Candyman urban legend was inspired by Bloody Mary.
How do you play Bloody Mary?
What you need is one candle, a strong heart and a big bathroom with a large mirror.
Turn out the lights, place your candle down and light it, stand and look into the mirror, chant slowly “Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary”. And see what happens…
If nothing happens try spinning around three times and then look into the mirror. You may just catch a glimpse of her terrifying face.
Try it out if you dare, but don’t blame me if you find yourself trapped in a ghostly netherworld with the ghost of Bloody Mary forever!
There have also been a number of horror movies and TV shows based on the legend of Bloody Mary:
Supernatural – Bloody Mary
Episode S01E05 of Supernatural featured a young woman named Mary Worthington who lived in Indiana. When she was 19 years old, someone broke into her apartment and murdered her. The killer cut out her eyes with a knife and she died in front of a large mirror. She tried to spell out her killer’s name in blood, but only managed the letters T-R-E. A surgeon named Trevor Sampson was suspected but nothing was ever proven and her murder went unsolved. Her body was cremated, but her spirit was trapped in the mirror.
Dead Mary
In this horror movie, a bunch of young people spend the weekend in a remote cabin in the woods. They decide to play a game called “Dead Mary” in which they summon an evil witch by repeating her name three times in front of a mirror.
Urban Legends 3: Bloody Mary
This movie features a young woman named Mary Banner who dies on Prom Night when a prank goes wrong and she gets locked in a chest. Her body was never found and, 35 years later, her ghost returns for revenge.
girl: bloody mary, bloody mary, bloody mary…
mary: *groans* not again… CAN’T YOU IDIOTS LEAVE ME ALONE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
she looks like the grinch lmfao, who else sees that
When I was in first grade I had to pee and these two six graders came in and turned off the lights and they told me to flush the toilet when I was done and wash my and and whip them at the mirror,So I did that, and Bloody Mary came out and started attacking the two girls. I was lucky enough to run.
BTW I’m a girl.
i was in elementary when this happened ok here it goes it was 11:30 so we stuck out of our houses (me and my friends)and we stuck in school so we decied to try it we sent aa boy to try it first so we told him to say bloody mary three times in the mirror so he did it and then we were waits half an hour and he didnt como out of the bathroom we got scared so we just left himm there because we thought he left the bathroom queitly and went home so we get ready for school the next day and when i go to the bathroom i see him died in the floor i screamed so loud that all my classmates came to the bathroom and saw what i saw him on the floor he had no eyes and was coved in blood and then i said bloody mary is real i am NEVER trying bloody mary!!!!!
HOLY S***!!!! PARDON MY FRENCH BUT THIS SCARY!!!
that is very scary!!
one of my favorite urban legends!
i was at my 2nd elementary school going potty when two girls turned out the light, flushes the toilets 3 times (only 2 of them) and chanted the bathroom seemed to shake and then the two girls screamed and i hid under the sink (not a good idea when the mirrors above u)she looked hideous and had blood dripping from her eyes, in the next instant the girls were gona and all that lay was a heep of blood where they stood i screamed, i was in first grade at the time when they found the girls they were cut up and burned and scarred, they were in a locked closet in the janitors room
I kno a friend of mine she did this game n i never seen her again i knew this caus when i said my friends name i saw her afraid into a mirror @.@
This is creepy! Don’t try this, it’s extremely dangerous.
Wow, I tried this. DON’T DO IT! MY MATE DIED AND ANOTHER IS PARALYZED! Don’t try it!
If that doesn’t work, say Bloody Mary, I have your baby and she will come 0_0
Ive tried this a thousand times before and it didnt work lol(:
The story goes that a girl died years ago and they tied a rope attached to a bell on her hand. If the corpse moved the bell would ring. later that day Mary was buried. The bell rang that night but when the people dug her coffin up no one was there. All they found where finger nails and blood scrapes at the top of the coffin. Now whenever you spin around three times saying “Bloody Mary” then singing “Bloody Mary is horribly dead. she will come and scar your head. If you dont believe in ghosts your wrong! Bloody Mary hear this song!” she will appear in your mirror and scrath your face as many times as it takes for you to die.
Me and my friend went to a hotel party nd we did it nd when we were done we put a dollar on a bible nd put it in the bathroom. We kept checkin on it. The last time we checked the dollar was gone nd the bible said “i will get u”. When we went to sleep, the girl who did it had scratches on her arms and it was dry blood. true story!!!
i have done this thing before. I didn’t see her but I did have scratches all the way down my back. But I didn’t feel it when it happened. I don’t know if I should believe it but it is as scary as heck. Have ya’ll seen the movie?? Now that was a good movie.
acualy u can usualy only summon ghost and spirts through witchcrat or blackmajic, i kno ive done this…. and yes ghost can hurt u, but there not called ghost there called demons…. peps yes do make up stories, and fill the left out peices with their imagination… and yes if u do chant bloody marry in a mirror so many times she will apear, but she wont unless u blieve in her…. truly acualy believe in her, not dat u think u do, u acualy have 2…. so 4 those who dont see her, u dont truely believe u just think u do…. u can say sometin 2 me about it, ive always got sometin 2 come back…. but, ive done it, and im still here 2day, so she didnt kill me… bloody marry, bloody marry, bloody marry, bloody marry, bloddy marry,bloody marry, bloody marry, bloody marry, bloody marry, bloddy marry, say it in a mirror in the dark with one lit candle, more is ok, but use one, and believe, and ull see her… just try not 2 freak…
When I was little, I was all scared and wussy, but my friends tried this at my sleepover and I could hear them screan from the bathroom. I was laughing my head off.
Uh creepy but also true. I tried it out with my friends but nothing happened cause we didn’t have a candle lit and 2, my friend Anyamarie did it and I haven’t seen her since I’m not lying so don’t bs 0-0
look, it could be real, it could be fake, it could be only certain times she shows up, eg ghost whisperer-bloody mary special, first time, complete failiure, she tryed in some basement. sencond time, at bloody marys house, success, it might be the place to! but if you ever do bloody mary and im there, expect me to wuss out. i would pee my pants, although if i had to i would sit on the toilet, you know……….
actually, the truth about ghosts is that they don’t/can’t harm u unless that’s what u want. if u summon them u might be able to talk to them, but dont get them angry cuz then maybe they CAN really hurt/kill u. and dont make up stories about them, like u did to Mary.
The true story about bloody mary is that her high school friends locked her in a chest on prom night and forgot about her
there wuz a lil girl walking down a hallway of an old hotel when a man stabbed her in the back of the head. if u just read this comment, then her dead body will appear in ur bedroom doorway unless u post this comment on 3 other sites.
bloody mary was mary worth she got molested by her father and he wouldn’t fess up about her being pregnant so she had to go to trial. they thought the dad was the devil and sentenced her to death so they put a mirror in front of her and all the townspeople came up and stabbed her still keeping her alive though the last one to stab her was her dad and he’s the one that ended her life all because he didn’t want to step up and confess. later he got a scythe and killed all the townspeople because he went mad because mary haunted him. she still haunts the people who chant her name :) YOU’RE WELCOME :D
My friend told me that Bloody Mary visits her every night and talks to her about the Baby… it was creepy