While holding a lit candle, go into a pitch dark room that has a large mirror, then turn
off the lights.
Spin around three times in front of the mirror while slowly chanting ‘Bloody Mary.
Bloody Mary.
Bloody Mary.’
Chant the name 3 times, then, look in the mirror, and you will see the terribly scarred
and scary pale face of Bloody Mary staring back at you with evil glowing eyes.
Bloody mary will scratch scratch at your face till it becomes as severely scarred as her
own, bloody mary will bite your face off, bloody mary will rip your eye balls out.
But bloody mary does not only maim and kill, she is also a foreteller.
On the night of Halloween, stand in front of a mirror in a dark room, and chant 3 times,
Bloody mary, I believe in you.
Then look in the mirror, and the face of your future husband will pass.
There are many different rituals on how to conjure her in the mirror, often including
doing things like whispering ‘I stole your baby Bloody Mary’ three times or for the
truly brave out there, firmly locking the door before starting the chant.
But who is Bloody Mary anyway and did she ever really exist?
And what is the story behind the freaky chant about the baby?
there are quite a number of variations about who is really behind bloody mary, the woman
in the mirror.
One of these variations says that bloody mary was a woman named Mary Worth.
Mary Worth lived a long time ago.
She was a very beautiful young girl, but very vain.
She would stand all day long in front of her bedroom mirror, admiring herself, convinced
there was no other as pretty as she was.
One day, Mary Worth had a terrible accident that left her face so scarred and disfigured
that nobody would look at her.
Fearing that she would lose her mind if she saw what she looked like, her friends and
relatives did not allow her to see her own reflection, and kept anything mirror-like
away from her.
One night, when Mary was alone, unable to fight the curiosity any longer, she sneaked
into a room that had a mirror.
As soon as she beheld her new face, she broke down into tears.
Mary was so heartbroken that she killed herself.
But her spirit was trapped in the mirror, vowing to disfigure anybody that came looking
for her in the mirror.
Another variation claims that bloody mary is actually based on the real life Mary Tudor
1 of England, who is best known for having religious dissenters burned at the stake during
the Marian persecutions.
Mary Tudor was the daughter of the notorious King Henry the 8th, who is most famous for
putting his wives to death whenever he grew tired of them.
Mary went through a lot of awful things throughout her childhood.
She was the only child of Henry the 8th, by his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, to survive
to adulthood.
She became the Queen of England at the age of 37.
And during her 5 year reign, she sentenced 240 male and 60 female protestants to death
because they refused to follow the Catholic religion.
The 300 protestants were burned at the stake.
This aggressive action by Mary Tudor, earned her the title bloody Mary.
In addition, Mary Tudor was unable to have a baby.
She had 2 false pregnancies, also known as ghost pregancies.
This happens when a woman's intense desire to become pregnant, causes her body to exhibit
the symptoms of pregnancy, while she isn't really pregnant.
Mary was devastated and humiliated by her false pregnancies.
She did not live long after that.
And now, according to legend, to summon the angry spirit of Mary Tudor, you have to look
in the mirror in a dark room, and say; Bloody Mary, I stole your baby.
If you chant this 3 times, you might end up trapped in the dark room with the angry spirit
of Mary Tudor, and what may proceed after that may not be pleasant.
The third Variation, says that bloody mary is the real life Elizabeth Bathory, a Hungarian
royal in the 1500s.
Elizabeth Bathory was also known as the Blood Countess or countess Dracula, and remains
probably the most prolific female serial killer in history.
It is said that over 600 girls mysteriously died and disappeared in her castle.
These girls were almost all of noble birth and had been sent to her castle for learning
and advancement.
Elizabeth was reported to have tortured the girls by doing things which include, sticking
pins into the girls, tearing at their flesh with heated tongs, submerging them in freezing
water and beating them, often on the soles of their feet.
A few of the accounts claim that Elizabeth ate the girls’ flesh and bathed in their
blood.
She had an unusual and seemingly unquenchable thirst for killing, and got away with it for
a long time, because of her vast wealth.
She was eventually confined to a room, where she stayed till her death.
Thus, according to legend, Elizabeth Bathory’s thirst for young blood continued even in death.
So, when you play the scary bloody mary game, and see a pair of malevolent glowing eyes
staring back at you, just know it could be one of these three women.