Urban Legends: Bloody Mary

STORY: Go into a room with a mirror and turn all the lights off. Bathrooms seem to be perfect for this since they almost always have a mirror and are usually dark at night with the lights off and the door closed. Light a candle, look into the mirror and start chanting "Bloody Mary" or "Hell Mary" . A version of the legend says you should begin in a whisper as you chant your voice should grow louder and louder into a scream. You have to chant "Bloody Mary" 13 times. You should see Bloody Mary behind your left shoulder or in the mirror after the thirteenth time.

Beware though, she has been reported to drive the person mad, scratch their eyes out, pull the person into the mirror with her or even kill the person calling her. This is an old legend, it has been around for ages and is a popular slumber party ritual done by girls as well as boys.

ORIGIN: The legend is said to be a witch who was executed a hundred years ago for plying the black arts, or a woman of more modern times who died in a local car accident in which her face was hideously mutilated. Some confuse the mirror witch with Mary I of England, whom history remembers as "Bloody Mary." The confusion occurs since this murdering British queen killed young girls so she could bathe in their blood to preserve her youthful appearance.

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