It had been two years since the Kietzes moved into their new home. The house was old and had its own character. The number 6 on the house address was falling off of the house now reading 1891 instead of 1861. The family had one daughter named Maddison who attended the local junior high. One of her friends, Jamie, lived at the end of their street. Maddison liked having friends over, but she always had a strange feeling about the old house. Sometimes at night she would hear strange noises coming from the basement. The noises sounded like a baby crying. Her parents told her that it was her imagination playing tricks on her. She tried to ignore the sounds, but something told her things were not right.
As school let out for their fall break, Maddison was excited because she was hosting a slumber party for her girlfriends. Maddison had planned the whole weekend with activities for the girls to play. The girls came over that Friday after noon. They decided to play outside and later watch scary movies and eat popcorn, since Halloween was just one week away. Maddison had two movies to choose from: Halloween and The Amitiville Horror. Deep down inside Maddison did not want to watch The Amityville Horror because she was scared to be in the house and did not want to have any other types of illusions added to her imagination. Lucky for her, the girls chose Halloween. Jamie turned off all the lights and the girls crowded together in the living room as they watched the movie.
After the movie, the girls decided to play truth or dare. Karen, Amy and Becca all wanted to play but Jamie and Maddison wanted to play a board game. Since the vote was three to two, the girls played truth or dare. Amy went first. She asked Karen, "Truth or dare?" Karen replied "Truth." Amy paused for a moment and then asked, "Everybody knows you kissed Jimmy, but was it a French kiss?" All the girls started to giggle and waited, excited, to hear Karen's answer. Karen said, "Does it matter? It was a French kiss." Becca took a pillow and hit Karen in the head. "You know I liked Jimmy," said Becca. The girls played the game for a while laughing and giggling. Becca asked Jamie, "Truth or dare?" Jamie replied, "Dare," with a taunting voice. Becca thought for a moment, and said "Okay, Jamie, I have a good one for you. I dare you to go in the bathroom with only this candle and look into the mirror and chant Bloody Mary thirteen times." The whole room was silenced. The girls had talked the previous week about Bloody Mary at lunch time. Everyone was shocked that Becca would even suggest it. After the weird moment of silence, Becca said, " I double dog dare you!" Jamie was frightened of what could happen to her and about all of the things that Maddison had told her about the house.
Jamie took a deep breathe and said. "You're on, Becca!"
Maddison tried to talk Jamie out of doing the dare, but Jamie knew the other girls would make fun of her for a long time. The girls were discussing the myth while Maddison was talking to Jamie. Jamie knew that nothing would happen, but she was still scared. Amy and Karen were making "boo" noises at Jamie. Jamie grabbed the candle and headed for the bathroom. The girls followed. Jamie went into the bathroom and shut the door. The girls stood outside the bathroom and listened to Jamie repeat the words Blood Mary. Around the seventh time Jamie had repeated the words, Maddison heard the sound of the baby crying from the basement. Chills ran down her spine. She told Jamie to stop. All of the other girls were looking around to find out where the noise was coming from, when they heard a loud scream come from the bathroom. Jamie was screaming at the top of her lungs. Maddison tried to open the door but the door was locked. Jamie continued to scream for help. Maddison's dad came running down the stairs and found all the girls hysterical. He kicked the door in and found Jamie's lifeless body on the floor. Her face was covered in blood and on the mirror were the words Bloody Mary written in Jamie's blood. Maddison called 911 while her dad tried to revive Jamie.
After the ambulance left, the police interrogated all the girls individually. They all told the same story, but nobody in the town believed them. The newspaper the next morning reported that Jamie's face was shredded and fingernails were found in her skin. The fingernails did not match any of the girls or the father. All of the girls had to attend intense counseling session, but they never recovered from the trauma. The Kietz moved away only weeks after the incident. As time went by, the old house waits for its next victims.
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Arthor's Notes
I read a couple of different versions of the "Bloody Mary" myth. I created the setting and the characters. I tried to make the story sound as real as possible. I thought this would be a fun story to add to my story book. When I was a kid, I experienced a situation that was similar to this one. However, nobody died when the words Bloody Mary were chanted.
I think this is a story that everyone could probably relate to. I can remember hearing this story when I was in grade school. I believe that this is one of the most common myths around Halloween. I think this myth has been around for years and is kind of scary if you are a child. In my research Bloody Mary was said to be a lot of different things. One of the most common answers was that she was a witch or a Queen. As Halloween approaches, it is fun to read stories that scare us.
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