Scary stories

Bloody Mary

excerpted from Spooky Pennsylvania

retold by S.E. Schlosser

She lived deep in the forest in a tiny cottage and sold herbal remedies for a living. Folks living in the town nearby called her Bloody Mary, and said she was a witch. None dared cross the old crone for fear that their cows would go dry, their food-stores rot away before winter, their children take sick of fever, or any number of terrible things that an angry witch could do to her neighbors.

Then the little girls in the village began to disappear, one by one. No one could find out where they had gone. Grief-stricken families searched the woods, the local buildings, and all the houses and barns, but there was no sign of the missing girls. A few brave souls even went to Bloody Mary's home in the woods to see if the witch had taken the girls, but she denied any knowledge of the disappearances. Still, it was noted that her haggard appearance had changed. She looked younger, more attractive. The neighbors were suspicious, but they could find no proof that the witch had taken their young ones.

Then came the night when the daughter of the miller rose from her bed and walked outside, following an enchanted sound no one else could hear. The miller's wife had a toothache and was sitting up in the kitchen treating the tooth with an herbal remedy when her daughter left the house. She screamed for her husband and followed the girl out of the door. The miller came running in his nightshirt. Together, they tried to restrain the girl, but she kept breaking away from them and heading out of town.

The desperate cries of the miller and his wife woke the neighbors. They came to assist the frantic couple. Suddenly, a sharp-eyed farmer gave a shout and pointed towards a strange light at the edge of the woods. A few townsmen followed him out into the field and saw Bloody Mary standing beside a large oak tree, holding a magic wand that was pointed towards the miller's house. She was glowing with an unearthly light as she set her evil spell upon the miller's daughter.

The townsmen grabbed their guns and their pitchforks and ran toward the witch. When she heard the commotion, Bloody Mary broke off her spell and fled back into the woods. The far-sighted farmer had loaded his gun with silver bullets in case the witch ever came after his daughter. Now he took aim and shot at her. The bullet hit Bloody Mary in the hip and she fell to the ground. The angry townsmen leapt upon her and carried her back into the field, where they built a huge bonfire and burned her at the stake.

As she burned, Bloody Mary screamed a curse at the villagers. If anyone mentioned her name aloud before a mirror, she would send her spirit to revenge herself upon them for her terrible death. When she was dead, the villagers went to the house in the wood and found the unmarked graves of the little girls the evil witch had murdered. She had used their blood to make her young again.

From that day to this, anyone foolish enough to chant Bloody Mary's name three times before a darkened mirror will summon the vengeful spirit of the witch. It is said that she will tear their bodies to pieces and rip their souls from their mutilated bodies. The souls of these unfortunate ones will burn in torment as Bloody Mary once was burned, and they will be trapped forever in the mirror.


Bloody Mary Returns: When her evil stepmother kills both her brothers, a young girl must fight for her life using every resource she has at her disposal.

Read the full legend of Bloody Mary in Spooky Pennsylvania by S.E. Schlosser.

Comments

so freaking scary. i peed myself.

me 2

so scary

so not scary!

creepish

This is really creppy

i guess i can read this in adv. drama

i was soo scared this story is like sooo true when i went to da bathroom i saw bloody mary in the mirror

whateva i have already tried it and i dont work bloody mary isnt even bloody real

weak

crazy

eh, it was ok.

wow yea it is creepy i got chills

this is creepy

werid

wateva dis is so not scary

um i treid everything with it its not scary i call her name in the dark looking a the mirror i saw nothing

this is just like that movie hocus pocus.

this is retarded...so not scary.

wth? i cant believe u guys believe dis STUPID crap its not reaL!!!!!!!!!!! my frnds tried it nd notin happened. quite lyin.

Its really not that scary

this isnt really that scary i dont really belive in this stuff

wow...creepy

i ma scared

dont beleve it

Yeeeah buddie..
it was scary but not scary enoough to pee my pants!!
hahah.. loved it

that is sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

not scaryyyyyyyyyyy. (:

this is so fake gosh how could yall believe it i tried it before and nothing happened! duh :) stupids!

that video was FREAKY!

i peed myself

i like bloody marys:)

actually bloody mary was really a countess who lived in europe hundreds of years ago. she was thought of as extremely vain and one day when she slapped her servant and got her blood on her hand she noticed it made her skin "prettier". she was arrested later after finding tubs filled with blood and dead bodies everywhere. it's funny how rumors can spread ;)

w.e she is so real

WTF?

ive heard alot of stories but this storie dosnt sound very real plus ive tried bloody mary and it dose work i had scratces all over mi face my friend was there as werll lol

this is stupid it is so not scary at all!ive heard this tale forever and still don't believe it!

tat gave me the chills

creeeepy!!!!

wow i f**in did this and it worked!!!!

that is not real...this is sooo stupid..you foliks are so crazy

This story is so elizabeth bathory!

I was so scared I ran into my friends arms when I did it

DiS STUFF iS S0 LAME.

this is boaringggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!

not scary

It was not really and I thought it was good and I saw a movie about this.

dudes thkis freaked me out i cudnt go go in the bathroom 4 a week chills n trust me it wasnt pretty

Wow :P so scary right???????????????????

I read from an email-chain letter: a story called Bloody Mary, too. That version was pretty short, and pretty freaky, but I like he old time-y setting of this one; especially about Mary being a witch this time!

Super wicked ... :)

Yeah. I'm terrified.

I thought you had to call her name 13 times in stead of 3 ????

Didnt work for me!

that is ddddddddduuuuuummmmm

yo this is not scary =(

DUMMMMMM!!!!!

this story is freakin awesome

I thought you had to say it 40 times.

soooooooooooooooooooooooooo stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WTF!! this is soo stupid!!! who da h**ll is soo stupid 2 fall 4 this????!!! LAAAAAME!!=P

AHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is so so so so so creeepy

this is sooo scary!!!!!!!!!

it never works

it so scary i went in the bathroom i saw her in the going to the bathroom

wow so so lame!

creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepyyyyyyy

so creepy

I've heard many stories about bloody mary and they sound more realistic than this 1 !!!!

So not scary nothing scares me do anything todays halloween and nothing can ruin it i am 11 years old and ive wached Orphan its rated R ive watched over 30 scary rated R movies in 1 year

too scary

well her name wasn't bloody mary..but she was a real countess that murdered little girls/young women, and bathed in their blood because she believed it would make her younger..they made a movie about it..it's called stay alive...the place they filmed it as was really her castle..and background is real...

scary

this is sooooooooooooooooooooooooo stupid i cant belive people actullay belive in this.ur crazy

I got my sister to do it and nothing happened

I heard you the story like this...

She tried to take 3 girls at once (bffs) and they held hands and whispered her name 3 times and their love 4 each other killed her!!!!!!

Legend... is that you get 2 of your bffs and stand in front of a dark mirror and whisper her name 3 times and the mirror will shatter!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

It is so scary!!!!!!!!!!!!

that was cripieeeeee

I actually feel sorry for her... & even though it's halloween night i'm not scared D:

this is 4 the prsn who sed they have seen 30 rated r moves in 1 yere im 10 yeres old and ive sene over 1000 scary movies even house of 1000 corpses is not scary.

and people hoo belive this needs to go back to kindergarden.

stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha not true whatever!! lozers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fake but great story

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