By: Clint Ingram
Lets all scoot closer to the
campfire.....I have another story to tell you that will make the hairs
on you neck stand up. Its the story of Bloody Mary and I heard this one
from my grandmother who grew up in her hometown. As a child, my
grandmother remembers going over to her grandmother's house for tea and
listening to all the adults gossip about evil Bloody Mary. My
grandmother always thought the adults were exaggerating until she was
old enough to read the newspaper articles herself about the cruel
things Bloody Mary did. Of course there are no more survivors left from
that old town besides my grandmother so nobody can back up anything she
says about Bloody Mary. But I know my grandmother and I definitely
believe she is telling the truth. So here we go...
Bloody Mary was a witch who lived in a little cottage deep in the woods and practiced dark magic for a living. She was known to cause grief for her neighbors, making their children sick, causing livestock to die and crops to dry up amongst other events. The witch did a lot of horrible things but mostly she was ignored until little girls started disappearing from the town. Of course, everyone's suspicions turned to the witch but she denied everything. The families were so desperate to find their children that some went to her creepy house to search for them. Of course there was no proof that she took the girls but things started to get more suspicious when all the villagers noticed she was getting younger and more attractive.
Then one night, the miller's daughter woke up out of her sleep and was walked outside following a humming sound. The miller's wife was downstairs in the kitchen when she saw her daughter in a trance walking towards outside. She screamed and woke up her husband and together they tried to restrain their daughter but couldn't hold her back. The daughter walked to the edge of the town and by now all the neighbors heard the screams and followed to help the parents rescue their daughter. One of the farmers pointed towards a light in the edge of the woods. They realized it was Bloody Mary glowing while she pointed a magic wand and put an evil curse on the miller's house.
The townsmen all saw her and grabbed their weapons to put an end to her evil. When she saw the people running towards her, her concentration on the spell was broken and she tried to run back into the woods. One of the farmers loaded his gun with a silver bullet and shot Bloody Mary in the hip where she fell to the ground. All the angry villagers carried her limp body back to the field and burned her at the stake. As she was burning, she muttered an evil spell to all the townspeople. If anyone said her name out loud in front of a mirror, her evil spirit would come back and get revenge by causing the one who spoke her name to die horribly.. After she was dead, the villagers went to her cottage in the woods and found the graves of the missing little girls and discovered she was using their blood to make her younger.
From that day on, anyone who chants Bloody Mary three times infront of a darkended mirror will call the spirit of the witch. She will then tear the bodies of her victims to shreds and rip their souls from their mutilated bodies. They will be trapped forever in the mirror and their souls will burn in agony like she once did.
I retold the story from an adult point of view talking to the children sitting around the campfire. I told it like it was a real event that happened back in the day to someone close to the family to make it more believable. I have always been fascinated by the story of Bloody Mary and one of my favorite movies is Candyman which is based on the Bloody Mary story. Bloody Mary is such a classic horror story that never gets old and makes children lose sleep everytime it is retold. Of course every generation adds or takes out details but this site seemed to be credible and have the original details. I am not used to hearing about the witch part of the story but I did not change any details in this version.
Bloody Mary was a witch who lived in a little cottage deep in the woods and practiced dark magic for a living. She was known to cause grief for her neighbors, making their children sick, causing livestock to die and crops to dry up amongst other events. The witch did a lot of horrible things but mostly she was ignored until little girls started disappearing from the town. Of course, everyone's suspicions turned to the witch but she denied everything. The families were so desperate to find their children that some went to her creepy house to search for them. Of course there was no proof that she took the girls but things started to get more suspicious when all the villagers noticed she was getting younger and more attractive.
Then one night, the miller's daughter woke up out of her sleep and was walked outside following a humming sound. The miller's wife was downstairs in the kitchen when she saw her daughter in a trance walking towards outside. She screamed and woke up her husband and together they tried to restrain their daughter but couldn't hold her back. The daughter walked to the edge of the town and by now all the neighbors heard the screams and followed to help the parents rescue their daughter. One of the farmers pointed towards a light in the edge of the woods. They realized it was Bloody Mary glowing while she pointed a magic wand and put an evil curse on the miller's house.
The townsmen all saw her and grabbed their weapons to put an end to her evil. When she saw the people running towards her, her concentration on the spell was broken and she tried to run back into the woods. One of the farmers loaded his gun with a silver bullet and shot Bloody Mary in the hip where she fell to the ground. All the angry villagers carried her limp body back to the field and burned her at the stake. As she was burning, she muttered an evil spell to all the townspeople. If anyone said her name out loud in front of a mirror, her evil spirit would come back and get revenge by causing the one who spoke her name to die horribly.. After she was dead, the villagers went to her cottage in the woods and found the graves of the missing little girls and discovered she was using their blood to make her younger.
From that day on, anyone who chants Bloody Mary three times infront of a darkended mirror will call the spirit of the witch. She will then tear the bodies of her victims to shreds and rip their souls from their mutilated bodies. They will be trapped forever in the mirror and their souls will burn in agony like she once did.
I retold the story from an adult point of view talking to the children sitting around the campfire. I told it like it was a real event that happened back in the day to someone close to the family to make it more believable. I have always been fascinated by the story of Bloody Mary and one of my favorite movies is Candyman which is based on the Bloody Mary story. Bloody Mary is such a classic horror story that never gets old and makes children lose sleep everytime it is retold. Of course every generation adds or takes out details but this site seemed to be credible and have the original details. I am not used to hearing about the witch part of the story but I did not change any details in this version.
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American Folklore © S.E. Schlosser 1997 - 2005
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Picture of Frightened Woman
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