Ghost stories

Bloody Mary Returns

Spooky Montana

A Montana Ghost Story

Retold by S.E. Schlosser

My stepmother was vile.  I guess most kids think that when their father remarries.  But in this case, it was true.  She only married Father because he was rich, and she hated children.  There were three of us – me (Marie), my middle brother Richard and my youngest brother Charles.  We were the price my stepmother Gerta paid for being rich.  And we were all that stood between her and inheriting Father's money when he died.  So she took steps against us. 

     She sent my youngest brother Charles away to boarding school overseas.  It had a good, scholarly reputation, but it also had the reputation for being a hard school that was full of bullies and strict discipline.  Not a place where a delicate child like Charles, who had been sickly as a baby, would thrive.  He was miserable there.  Somehow, Gerta contrived to keep him there for all but the summer holidays, and when he came home the first year he was pale and thin with dark circles under his eyes that looked like bruises.  He cried – he actually cried! – when Father told him he had to go back to the school.  But Father didn’t listen to him.  Gerta thought it would be good for Charles to go there, and so Charles went.  

  I did everything I could – encouraging letters and daily phone calls – until Gerta said it was too expensive and restricted calls to five minutes once a month.   I even got Father to book me a ticket to Europe so I could visit Charles.  Gerta was enraged when she found out.  Her blue eyes went so cold it made chills run up my spine, and her pink mouth thinned into a bitter line that bade ill for me since I had dared to interfere.  Two days before my plane left for Europe, the school called and told us that Charles had climbed up to the tallest tower and flung himself off.  He was dead. 

     Father was shocked, of course, and Gerta was quietly triumphant.  For a few months, Father paid more attention to Richard and myself then he had since our mother died.  But Gerta was beautiful and had winning ways about her that soon drew my Father’s attention away.  And now that one of her hated step-children was dead, she focused on another.  Poor Richard was next. 

     Richard was a sturdy chap who was about to enter high school, and he was really into sports.  He would have thrived at the boarding school that had killed Charles.  So Gerta sent him to an arts school instead.  He hated it, but Gerta had told Father he had “talent”, so there he went.  (You’d think my Father would have learned his lesson with Charles!)  But Richard was a survivor, and he grimly practiced piano and violin when he would rather have played soccer and football.  But Gerta was clever.  She introduced Richard to a couple of high school boys who were everything Richard craved to be – rich, popular, on the football team.  And into drugs.  Gerta made sure Richard had a very large allowance, and kept increasing it as Richard was drawn deeper and deeper under the influence.  Until one day Richard overdosed, and Gerta only had one step-child left.  Me.

     I was sure (sure!) that Gerta knew Richard was doing drugs in his room that day.  She knew he was ill and possibly dying in there.  If she’d “found” him even ten minutes sooner, his life would have been saved.  So said the doctor, and I believed him.  But Father wouldn’t believe me.  He was angry whenever I said anything against Gerta, and told me to hold my tongue.  Still, I knew I was next, and I was sure that Father would not live long after willing his fortune over to his wife.  I decided that if Gerta got too bad, I would run away and live secretly with my aunt in New Jersey until I turned 18.  

     From the moment Richard’s body was found in his room, I forced myself to be a model child.  My homework was done on time, I was polite to Gerta and all her friends, I went on all the family excursions with Gerta and Father – even the dangerous ones like shark-fishing.  You can be sure that I took care to be “sea-sick” indoors and stayed away from the edge of the boat.  Gerta was clever with her tricks.   Everyone thought it was an accident the time we were out shopping and I fell onto the subway in front of an oncoming train.  I managed to roll out of the way on time, but it was way too close for comfort. 

       I had almost decided to run away when my father brought me the sad news that my aunt in New Jersey had died suddenly in her sleep, poisoned by person or persons unknown.  I was appalled. How had Gerta known?  But she had – I could tell from the smirk on her face. 

      I went to my room that night and locked myself in to think.  I could run away, but the money wouldn’t last long.  And I’d need to finish high school or my chances of getting a good job were nil.  Besides, Gerta would still be out there somewhere.  If she could hire someone to poison my only living relative (besides Father), she could hire someone to kill me, whether I was living at home or not. 

      There was only one thing I could think of.  And it was a terrible thing.  A family secret passed down from my Mother’s side for many generations.  It involved a witch named Bloody Mary, who had once tried to kill my many times great grandmother and use the child’s blood to make herself young and beautiful forever.  The witch had been stopped by the child's father (my many times great grandfather) in the nick of time, and the witch had cursed him as she burned at the stake.  Cursed his mirror, and the mirrors of all the men who had condemned her to death at the stake, so that anyone saying her name in front of those mirrors would invoke her vengeful spirit. 

       The story had gotten mixed up over the years, as it was passed down first in their village and then all over the country.  These days, school kids everywhere scared themselves silly chanting Bloody Mary’s name in front of darkened mirrors during sleepover parties, and nothing happened to them.  So no one really believed in the curse.  Of course, no one knew the real story of Bloody Mary.  That was a deep secret handed down by the villagers of long ago.  But I was a direct descendant, and I knew how to summon the witch.  You had to use a mirror owned by someone in the direct blood-line of one of the original families that lived in Bloody Mary’s village.  And the witch's name must be spoken by candlelight a certain number of times in their native tongue.  

       It was an evil thing to do, I knew.  But it was the only way to save my life.  It was either Gerta or me.  If I didn’t fight back, I was dead.  So I took my hard earned money and went out to a specialty store to buy hand-dipped, beeswax candles.  Black ones.  I followed my mother’s directions carefully, placing them at certain intervals around the living room so that they reflected in the huge mirror behind the couch.  Then I lit each one, speaking the spell passed down in my mother’s family.  And I waited.  Father was away on a business trip, and Gerta was out at a party with her latest boyfriend.  She came home late, and scolded me for staying up to study.   Her voice was playful and light – I hated that voice.  It made her sound like she was nice.  But there was also a note of suspicion underlying her words, and she stared hard at the flickering black candles. 

       “Holding a séance, little Marie?” she asked, emphasizing the word little, knowing I hated when she called me that. 

        “I just like working by candlelight,” I said mendaciously, turning a page in my text book. 

        Gerta frowned.  “You know, little Marie, I think it’s time we had a talk,” she said, walking over to the mirror behind the couch and primping her hair. 

        “Yes,” I said softly.  “We should.  You killed my brothers.  And my aunt.  But I won’t let you kill me.”

          Gerta laughed.  “As if you stood a chance against me!” she said, fluffing her long blond hair up behind her shoulders. 

         I spoke the name of Bloody Mary in the native tongue of my ancestors.  Once.  Twice.  Three times.  Inside the mirror, the image of Gerta burst into flames, and another face looked out.  It was the malevolent face of a twisted old crone, ruined with age, and altogether evil.  I ducked behind the chair as Gerta gave a scream of sheer terror, her eyes fixed on the witch.  As I watched from my hiding place, heat burst forth from the mirror, blistering her beautiful alabaster skin.  I could hear the flames roaring as the witch laughed evilly and held out her arms toward my step mother. 

      “Gerta,” crooned Bloody Mary.  “Come to me, Gerta.” 

        And she took my step mother into her arms. 

        Gerta’s terrified scream was suddenly cut off.  The flames disappeared as suddenly as they had come.  When I peeked out from behind the couch, Gerta and Bloody Mary were gone. 

       I called Father at his hotel the next morning to tell him that Gerta hadn’t slept at home.  (Well, it was true!)  He wasn’t pleased.  He called a few of her friends from his hotel room, and quickly discovered she had been carrying on with another man.  With several, if the truth be known.  Father hated infidelity.  He flew home at once to confront Gerta, but she was still missing; presumed run away with one of her flames. 

      Somehow, Father managed to divorce Gerta without ever trying to find her.  And since she had no family in the area except us, everyone accepted the cover story, and no one ever tried to locate her.  Gerta was gone for good.  And Father and I were safe at last. 

You can read more ghost stories in Spooky Campfire Tales and Spooky Montana, by S.E. Schlosser. 

Comments

this story was GREAT! i liked it a lot i liked how he stood up for himself n i liked also were he kills Gerta i love it! its scary too! AAHHHHHH!! =)

that story was great and it was scary too but i still liked it

LOL good story!!!!!

This wasn't scary at all!!!!!!!!!!!

wow so there is the real story greta got killed yay

This story was really good. It was kinda scary.

OMG I LOVED IT AND IT WAS NOT SCARY

Iloved the story.can youmake a second one

This story was like so awesome!It was scary and exciting,too.We loved it.I hated when Gerta killed her two brothers.:(
It had a nice beging and ending.:)peace!

a really scary story and it will be brillant to read on hallwoween night

i didnt read the story but its good!!

Story was good

i liked it a lot i know how the stepmoms can be because stepdads are like that too. she neede that because of all the harm she made.

wow nice

its ok not that scary more boring at the end

I love your scary stories

OMG! i ♥ this! it iz so0o0o0 co0l! nice storii!!

this storie was good and very scary i mean a step mom killing her kids 4 money that was kinda origanil but the end was great

Hey! OMG your story was fantastic i loved it i think all the people that read it think that too.

that was wicked and wierd at the same time but i still liked it but although it was not scary lol

hi

Hi~ I am korean..
I am finding scary story

this wasnt scary!! it was good tho...but not scary in the least little bit

this story is really great it realy keep me in ♥

loved it

This story is great i love it

that was a good story

Omg - Fabulous! Could be a bit more scary though! Im glad Greta died =]

is this a true story and it is quite scary!!!

I'am not scared of one scary movie nor story

that bloddy mary story was interesting but not to scary!i would like to hear it at night. but not just any night. a dark, scary,starless,and stormy night. i would like to scare the crap out of some of my friends. ye hehehehehe. mwa ha ha ha!!!

The story is so good! I am having some friends round for a halloween party and I am going to tell them the stiory!

I really liked it. Except it wasn't that scary. It's perfect, actually. Scared my cousin a lot. You should make a second one, and probably scarier and more... intense. Saddening at the part where in the brothers died.

awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

i love bloody mary it is very scary. but i dont care

SCARYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

omg this srory was really good it wasnt that scary though. :) :) :) :)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought this story was so strange not scary but strange.

i love this story

this was wack

this is a good story. but it wasn't as scary as i thought it was

i ve heard about the whole bloody mary thing but its weird how saying it in the mirror and everyone will actually do it but nothing will happen but they will say it did. The story was great because it tells the truth about everyhting. It was sad that charles commited suicide because of gerta. its a good thing she was gone.

this story was REALY SCARY

wow. that was a great story! cant wiat to read another

lol this is sooooo funny i am telling my friends 2morro!!! :) ♥

this story was GREAT but not scary at all try to make it scarier

I loved this story especially at the end when she bursts into flames :-)

cool

That wasn't scary

omg this story is good but def not scary

this is scary

kewlll

this story is good but not so scary

this wasnt scary but it was cool to read but kinda boring so to speak

IT WAS REALLY GOOD I LIKED IT IT WAS THE FIRST STORY I READ ALL THE WAY THROUGH

THIS STORY WAS A GREAT STORY WHO EVER WROTE THIS KEEP WRITING STORYS LIKE THIS AND U WILL HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.***

this story was nice.....
but i still dont blieve in bloody marry even if every body around me do!
cauz ite heck...........its just for fun????????
that what i think about.....

this story was nice.....
but i still dont blieve in bloody marry even if every body around me do!
cauz ite heck...........its just for fun????????
that what i think about..... :)

It was the best story ever especially reading it at night in the dark room. Now that would be scary.=)=)=)=)Bloody Mary rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thiz waz a gud story but it waz not scary nd i wondered if Bloody Mary iz real Happy Halloween kidz

thys story wuz straight but not so scary to me

THAT WAS SO NOT SCARY I HAVE HEARD BETTER ONE'S THAN THAT...!!!

this story is not scary.
But is it true?

omg this was the best story but i mean a mother killing her kids for money. cant wait 2 tell peopleeeeee about it they will be AMAZED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey this story is a great story but I think you should leave Bloody Mary in the story for a little longer

wow this story is scary.i cant wait to read another one and see what happends

it was kinda scary but i think it was fake.

WOW this is very scary ILOVE IT♥ forreals.

omg!! that was a good story but not that scarry but still it was sooo awsome i♥it

It was pretty good. i thought it was scary but i've heard scarier

wow this is a great story but i didn't understand it without reading the origanal bloody mary!

Good story do u write professcionally?u should publish that!lol i like it!keep the stories comin

omg that was good but it needs a little more scare..it was too sad

that is so cool i lv it

this story was like so awsome you should write another 1 . yea/

cool i am 9year old and veeery scaaaaared!!

i would freak if i was marie maybe faint or have like a total breakdown

i am 11 that is not scary

it was good

the last story was also good but this was not so scary nothing scares me

this story was..... terific i am only 8 and im not scared of her but her other name is daedly mary............ by faryal

♥im 5 years odl and i read the story all by myslef and it's not scary at all!♥

wow,that was way crazy,loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

that waz cool !it wazent scary

OMG I LOVED THIS STORY,it was so cool and interesting

i am 10 thatwasn't scary at all!

booooo

how can you print this i want to scare my friends?!

omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow that was very scary they should do an even scarier one whooooohoooo was tat fun n cool

it was kinda scary at the end

that was a great story! even though it wasnt scary!!!!!

that total rock it so cool how you use the old bloody mary to get revenged

it was really coooooooooooooool

it was so scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow nice read it during skool awsome and scary

that story wuz so stupid i dont believe in that stuff ya digg

it is a cool story but is is also scary!!!!!!!!!

I think this story not scary

wow is so not true

it was scary cause i tried bloody mary in the room and i saw her spirt why dont u try it.!

I liked this story. Is it true?

luv it this story is soooooo coooooool!!!!!!!!

Hey I love this stuff I'm so intrested in this stuff please make some more!!!:}

great story

The story was good but it wasnt scary at all... sorry


omg ilovvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee it

it was nice and scary

this was so cool

ey i loved it, make another 1, this 1 iz like SO cool =D ♥^__^♥

this was one of my fave!!!!!!!!!!

dear whoever u r,
have u ever played a game with the real B.M.If not y?

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII lovvvvvveddddddddd it alot

OMG IS THAT STORY REALLY REAL? I WAS SO SCARED WHEN I WAS READING IT SO WAS MY FAMILY X JODIE HOUGHTON

Good Story!!! Bloody Marys Creepy!!!

I loved the story

omg really scary i shared it with my class due to been a teacher

I loved this story and it was so profound and very nail-biting. Thanks for killing Gerta...she deserved it, that no good, rotten stepmother!

since i looooooooooooove scary stories i love this story

That story was so cool and scary because BM (Bloody Mary) came out of the mirror!!!

From Lillie!
P.S:I can see ghosts but ssshhh that's a secret!!!!!

i think i got goose bumps

i like the story,its great!

It was a awsome stori I just wished richard and charles didnt have to die

AWESOME

I do not think this is scary and I am 9 years old!

i'm only 12, and that story, isn't even scary at all!psh, ha! even my little 7 year old cousin wouldn't even be scared-at all!

love it it was not that scary but it was still cool i hope u get the chills

wow good not that scary tho :) :) :) :) :) :) ♥♥♥

that was a good story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 once bloody mary actually did a
good thing!!!!!

Are you sure that Bloody Mary is real? Have you seen her? My friend said "that she is real." I do believe that she is real.

OMG great story. I love it. I am at a slumber party right now so that sure scared them. LOL THANKS

it was kind of scary but i liked it alot. lol :d

wow thats a good story!!!

this is a great story it was scary and i enjoyed it.

great story andwho ever says it sucks is retarded

IM scared of Bm ppl in ma school say dat bm used 2 live in my scool cause dat scool used to be her house and a hospital now dey say it now hauts in da


BAThroom but boys wen in and never ever came back n now the boys in the bathroom here them say justin justinnnn !!

hey now that was a good story but it doesnt sound all that true...but you should still write a book about that someday!!!!!!=)

great story my fav part was the end when mary was calling her name to come would have been awesome if gerta came back from dead and killed her and her father for what they done to her but over all story was great

i love this story but it is not real

i love this story but it is not real

This story was NOT scary at all.

Brilliant Storie

Not scary, but i like it a lot. Im only 11. I bet my little 7-year-old bro will be scared,tho.

this story rocks!~

THAT STORY WAS ALRIGHT IT WASNT RELII DAT SCARY U CUDA WROTE BETTER

this is one of best scary stories I have read.

ITS SO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

this story is sooooooo great.i luv it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!COOL STORY!how did she not be sad about her dead aunt & brothers,scared by her stepmom and bloody Mary?

not scary

WOW!WHAT A COOL STORY.IT WAS LIKE AWSOME DUDE:)
ME AND MY FRIEND WERE LIKE WHAOOOOOOOOOOOO:O
AWSOME DUDE:)

i loved this story it was so scary

i thought this story kept me on my feet i loved it. it was totally awesome

it wasnt very scary

OMG the story was great but kind sad how the boy did ya i was reely sad. But Berta was so ugly im like ya alil sad know it happens oga buy

Hey ya'll! What's up? I thought this story was really good but I mean everybody makes mistakes. Everybody has those days and everybody know what I'm talking about Everybody gets that way! Peace!
XOXO,
Miley

lalalalaa(:
i was sceeeerd.
great story btw !

dis story is awsome i

omfg that was scary!!!!

OMJ*
GOOD STORY BUT IM GLAD GERTA DIED. AND DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE in the blood line TO CONTACT ANY SPIRIT when you try bloody marry!!!!!

that was really good...i enjoyed it...thanks

i am only 12 years lod and i am still scard of monsters and bloody mary.and i sleep with my mom and dad still

it was very infusiasked but it was horrible her killen the kids if i had step children i would not do that i would be nice to them it was funny how bloody marry got the lady well me and my freinds have been doing the cours at school we only seen he ones but the middle tolit at horton was lighting up really scary do u think?

omg that was alsom i ♥ed it lol☻☻2☻☻☻

NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!! SSSCARY

good story,not scary though:):(:/

Very intriguing, I enjoyed it a lot

stupid, strange, but SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so scary and i will hate if she called me little kayla LOL!!!11!1!!!111!11!11!!11!!1!11!!11!11!!1!!11!!1!!1!11!11

thAT WASS boring

how the heck do you find the mirrors!

Love it! Thanks for sharing!

WOW COOL STORY!!!!

i really loved this book

this story was the scaryest story that i have ever read u should read it 2 u will love as much as me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


We read this story and it was really really really very very very boring and not scary at all!

OMG IT WAS A SUSPENCE BUT NOT SCARY I V BLOODY MARY I TRIED THE CANDLES BUT IT DOESNT WORK AT ALL SO YEA
KEWLL

this was not scary at all i hated it but keep going you all are awsome at writing keep going!!!!!!!!!!

that was a good scary story! i have never found a story that accually interested me

NOT SCARY AT ALL!!!!!! BUT IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

boooooooo

I liked that but even though you cant sound effects would be better!!!! It's awsome though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I thought it wasnt scary but it was definatly good! OMG I tryed bloody mary and she never got me! yea!!

THAT STORY WAS BORING NOT EVEN SCARY

loved the story-who wrote it?

Very interesting story that makes you imagine the plot...

it was a really scary story for me and my 3 year old brother and i listen to real scary stories and they r really scary and i mean really scary. alexis and andres

WOOT gerta got killed!i can amagine what it looked like and OMG scary,sad, irony,and true!WOOP

i love this story this was my favorite when i was yunger

I love the story of Bloody Mary return, I ♥ to read ghost stories continued making really awesome!

Awsome love it !!!!!!! =)
=)

OMG!!!!LOL!!!! THAT IS AN AWSOME STORY NOW I KNOW THAT SHE DOESNT DO ANY THING UNLESS UR IN CANDLE LIGHT!!!

this story was interesting...

WWWWOOOOWWWW THIS STORY IS REALLY COOOLLL BBBUUUUTTT NNNNOOOOTTTT SCARYYYY!!!!!!!

:D WOOOW :(

the story was asome!!!
and the end was amazing!!!!!!!! peace

that was brilliant

this story was scary for my little cousen this story was cool!!!!

nice

HEY PEOPLE THATN WAS LAME AND WAS NOT SCARY

that was lame and so not scary well bye

that story was koo!!!!!!!!!

this story was so random but totally awesome. i loved it, it was the most extraodanary story. now i know why bloody marry doesen't work when i do it in my house or in school with my friends. cool story!

alrigh.but i dont scare easily and im ten yrs old

OMG!!!!!!! THAT WAS SOOOOO NOT SCARY BUT IT GAVE ME COLD CHILLS BUT I LOVED IT SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAD I PRINTED IT OUT

horible worst story ever

Thiz story was good i enjoyed reading it i have 2 say tat ur a great author wow.

Ok,
not to be mean but the storie was offle!!! i hated it...Not really but it wasn't scary! sorry im 9 years old and i adore violince!

this story is not scry but kixnda good!!!!!

wow i was so scared

this storie was not scary but it was awsome i liked it but i hope they make a second one but it better be cool like the frist one my favorite part was when the step mother got killed and got sent to bloody mary and the girl was fighting for her freedom the part that was sad is when gerat killed the boys but the good thing is she died and will never come back won't even return thats wat i need to say peopleeeeessssss

pretty good!
(not scary!!)
cool!

Great Story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a really good story but i dont know if it really could hppen probably not!

i couldnt be bothered to read it so next time try to put it on audio so poor people dont have to read it the r old

This was a really crappy scary story I'm not scared by Bloody Mary

the story is nice

wow!!!! its really not that scary. well a little bit but its good

wow!
i love ghost stories this is awsome dude!
well done!

THIS STORY WUZ KIND KREEPY BT DA BEST PART WUZ DA ENDN' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AGAIN AWSOME STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SCARY STORIES , MYSTERY, RULE!!!!!!!!!! DO I HATE READIN'!!!!!!!!

Wow like it, I have seen the episode its supernatural! When you said it it makes a lot more sense but I think you changed it! Well done! XD

this sucked

this story was so stupid

so cool not scary love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG THIS IS SOOOOOOOO COOL BUT IT COULD BE JUST A LIL BIT MORE SCARIER! LOL BUT KEEP ON TELLING MORE GREAT STORIES!

that storie was just great and i mean great i love that storie

THE STORY WAS AWSOME I LIKE WHEN BLOODY MARY KILLED GETRA

this story was wikid awsome dude. P.S,it was scary too!!!!!!!![loved it. love, alc(lexisnichole clark)

wow that was amazing i loved it!!

i wasnt scared and thats why my pant r wet

this story was interesting but deff. not scary!

This wasnt scary but it made sense and it was really cool.

omg this was kinda scary

i love the part where Gerda went with bloody mary that was great.
that was scary and i loved it.:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :0 :( :( :()

Heh, heh, heh. that b*tch got what was coming to her!

that was ssooooooooooooooo good!make more. its sad that charels & richard died! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Greta!

OMG I LOVE YOU STORY IT WAS GOOD AND AWESOME BUT I WISH I HAVE A GOOD SCARY STORY

I really really like yoir scary stories

lol that was awesome

WOW!! that is so cool!! so awsome that Girta is good as gone!!! woohoo!!! LOL i think im a little to hyper!! Heehee!!

it was so awesome and scary i love scary movies scary stories.

the was awsome and i loved the part where bloody mary came in that mirror it put chillsssss down my throat and back i hope mt ansetser did not burn her(bloody mary)body!!!!!!!!!
:( :) :( :) /:( :) :( :) :( :) :( :) :(

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhwoow

this story was cool. I cant wait till the next one comes out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this story wuz awsome

omg!!!!!!! this story was of the hook! dam but it was scary at the same time.

cool and not really scary

OMG that was the koolest story ever!!!!!! I ♥ it :)(:

AAhhAHa!!!!!! sSsSoooOO sCarY......NoT.....Da Story Iz Gud Bt Itzz Nt Scaryyyy....YYuuuuYU NId To Go To Skullll Nd Learn Wt A Scariii Story Issss.....HaHaHaHaHaHaHa.........JJJKeeeE!!!!!.......

>>>tc

so dum you really beleave that crazy person!!!lier

boringg!!!!!

OOOOOOOO I OOOOOOOOOH!!!!! IM GONNA HAVE NIGHTMAres though............ O WELL!!!! IM A GHOST HUNTER IM USED TO IT!

OMG i loved the story and i heard that you go to a bath room alone and turn off the lights and say bloody mary 3 times and she comes alive and hurt you

That was sooooo NOT scary Its a good story but that was not scary at all .You need to learn what a scary story is.!!!!!!!!!!

omg it was awsome i lovvvvvvvvvvvvve it#1!

OMG!!!!!!!! i love the story.it was scary and PERFECT i want to read another one right now

omg first time mary rules XD

not scary

OMG the best story ever! i lv it it is kinda scary lolx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

omg i thought it would freak me out but this was good

HAY NICE JOB

i liked this story but it wasnt as scary as i thought it would be ! !

wow i bet my 5 years old sister knows a scarerier story!

This stori was interesting i loved it but is was so0o0o0o0o0o0 not scary make scarier stories!!!!

this not scary at all! i didn't like it! But i do beleive in BLoody Mary!

I enjoyed it...but you know children do this "Bloody Mary" thing because its a myth or legend... I wonder who really "Bloody Mary" is?

that was a good story people should read it

i didn't like it

haha. Stupid hag.
Got killed
serves her right

It was a good one

poooooooooooooop crap poop

that was very scary!!!!!! I wouldn't read that alone in the dark

its real

this story was like a fether pillow very soft

nice but this is not scary you cant say you are mary you cant even spell it right

so cool

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRREAT STORY!!!!!! LUVD IT!!!

U spelled evil wrong.

yes i agree it wasnt scary but beautiful story..... it thaught it was gerta who is bloody mary....(at first i read it)

omg so getto

omg this is soooooo alsome loven it

I LOVED IT!!!!!!! MAKE A SECOND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is an awsome story

i loved this story it was scary and awesome and i hope you can make a sequel for this sequel. im going to go buy your book

oh! it was great story!
spooky!!!

this story is so what ev

wow not scary but its true wow now thats scary

wickied story. i emo n i got scared

aawwweeeesssssoooooommmmmmmeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!

this is so scary.1 mor e night wit bloody mary

I love this story, but for a second i thought marie was actualy bloody mary

woow

Dat was cool... Not as scary. My friend and I thought. WE know a better Bloody Mary one.

That was rubbish and quite boring and not scary at all

this wasmt scary at all sorry. im still bored. nothing ever scares me.

SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats a very good story ...:]

Thats a very good story ...:]

that was awesome can i date you?

Wow this was amazing!!!

ok that was good but not scary one bit. that was awesome when BLOODY MARY did her magic! :)

thats was wwwwwwwooooooooowwwwwwwww man

it was not scary at all

it was ... AWESOME!

I'm really into scary stories, even if they don't scare me, and I thought this 1 was awsome!

i wish i was marie

that was so kool but not as scary as mine stouy of
bloody mare

this is so not scary

cool

THAT WAS PREETY CHILL BUT IT WAS LONG

the story was awesome i just hated that the 2 brothers had died but what i want 2 kno is what happened 2 the step mother

it was so scary

this was not scary....bloody mary isnt even real....we tryied this at a birthday party.........sosoooooo sooooo not reall!!!!!!

OMG THIS WAS THE BAST BLOODY MARY STORY TOLD YET!!! IT EVEN GAVE ME THE CHILLS!!!!!!!

GREAT STORY! i like it but 2 bad 4 da bros ya kno well l8rz!

that story was soooooo cool i liked the last bit when bloody merry cam from the mirror U SOO SHOULD MAKE A SECOND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so boring it was CRAP made me go to sleep!!!!!!!!!!!!

cool storie so wicked loved it

This was pretty scary but I ♥ed it! Make more! •_•

Hey I love this story and it was so scary and I am glad she stuck up for her self and this story is so great (lol)!!!!

OMG thats was soo scary that i couldnt finish it im so scary and wen i reading my mouse(the arrow)began to move as i was readin this story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

hey this is an awesome story .

most stories are scary. not this one. but it was still good,i still enjoyed it!

it was not a bit scary and im not even 10 im 9

i loved it my sis is so scared

the story of bloody mary always scared me

that was soOoOoOoOo ScArY!AWSOME

Omg, so not scary i think itll have to happen in real life to no how its is :)

i loved it !

it was great and a littel scray for my age /9/... i know that story is not even true/so wat it a littel creepy /but the creepest one is LA LLORONA or LA LLORONA KILLS HER KIDS/////////////SPOOKY

it was kind of dum and good /spooky at the same time

BLOODY MARY BLOODY MARY
BLOODY MARY......

MAke another.

Dude, that totally wasn't scary! But dude! I TOTALLY LOVED IT!

this story is so so so so so so so so so so so so so scare I wanted to buy it for 50$

I LOVE THE STORY IT IS THE BEST STORY EVER EVEN THOUGH IT WASNT SCARY AT ALL BUT ITS PERFECT FOR HALLOWEEN

i love bloody marry i got to do that o my step mom lol i hate her to lol

good not scary but good good beganing and end

yo
this is the real thing!!!1 i did bloody mary and its not real
for normal people
but i did it and it worked
cause i see dead people

thats a heck o a story that was kind of scary thanks for sharing

thats a heck o a story that was kind of scary thanks for sharing

I LOVE THAT STORY

its great

Wow that was creepy i am sooo sending that to my friends in an email!!!

need more scary put its cool

good story

i luv it i think it was sorta scary i luv bloody mary i wis she was real!!!!!

this is not scary at all

I LUVVED DA STORIE EVEN THOUGH IT WASNT ALL DAT SCARRY BUT ENYWAYS IT WAS AN AWESOME STORIE ND I LIKED IT VERY MUCH

this story was awesome i just couldnt stand being away i scared the eff word out of my friends i cant belive they thought it was really real and we slept in a tent that night and when i woke up in the morning they were gone and i was like what the h*ll and they were in my room and i sceamed at the top of my lungs and they all woke up i scared the crap out of them

story is so creepy

I LOVE THIS STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND THIS STORY WAS SCARY

this story was LAME!!!not scary at all!!! STUPID:(

oh my god i am going to have a night mare

lol that was fuuny gerta got wat she desirved bloody marie acually did a good thing for once

o

F**K yeah that was awsome your the master of fright!!!!!!!!!...........

liked it. a different twist on the whole 'bloody mary' tale

that story was awsome =).....
you neeed to come up with a nother one =)

I read this and didn't think it was even that scary!!!! My friend read it first and told me that it was really creepy but I just thought it wasnt all that scary!!! lol!!!!

this was a good story not so much scary but still i liked it

boreding story i hate it

great story

that was ok it wasn't scary at all im lookin for a story to tell my class for halloween this is not my number 1 but if i dont find anything else it definetly will be!!! :D

wow i really read all of it wow it was awsome but it wasnt scary !

this stori was awsome

This was a o.k. stori

This was awright

wat's up this story was off the chain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This story is amazing. I took it into my school at Longridge Towers School in Berwick to show my English class.

it was carzy but not scarey

thi story wasent scary at all

Hey! I LOVED the story!!LOL!

it is awesume!!!!!!!!!!

awesome dis story is so cool

omg that was the stupidest story ever it wasnt even scary

Great story im only 11 and it didnt scare me at all

SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good sotry omg

lol

so boring

It was not scary but I was interested.

hey....these are boring ...i like scary stories

This was the coolest story ever. Me and my friends tried it but it didnt work im glad knowing wat couldve happend scarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry

WHO EVER THINKS THIS IS SCARY IS A LITTLE TINY MOUSE NO AFENCE BUT IT WASNT SCARY TO ME

this story waz da bom i lik luv it tht waz some feaky stuff

OMG OMG OMG. so cool..hehehehehehehehehe!!!i wannna read it ova n ova again. but, make it a lil scarier. dere was no HEAD GETN CHOPPED N STUFF =( OH WELL :)

lily-it was ok to me but im the scary monster i dont get scared of everything but this scared me a little

Larissa-yea it was pretty scary but i have heared way more scary stories than that one but,yea cool.

This story was awesome.Wow. I havent heard a good one in while

HEY!OMG! I LOVED THIS STORY I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY THAT DIDNT WORK AT SKOOL...

not to great

not scary :(

wow this story was tight

..Intresting..not as 'scary' as I would of assumed. The idea, however, is very creative. Poor thing the two brothers lost their life...

scaryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

I AM SO READING THIS STORY ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT

Scary story, but a good one too! I might tell this at school tomorrow

this thing was so not scary it was f***ng hilarious d**m straight

it is spectaculer

that was so true trust me ive seen her before

I live in Montana!OMG!SO CREAPY!

This is the best story ever! It is NOT scary at all. I loved this story soo much. I read Bloody Mary and Bloody Mary Returns to my little sis. She freaked! = D

awesome stori

wow that was awsome not really scary tho.:(
and go to fake when bloody mary reached her arms out and gerta burst into flames

this was a _w_e_s_o_m_e_
- - - - - -

This story is awsome!!!!!!!

that was a great story.lol you should make another one.that was a scary story.I wish I was Bloody Mary.

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