Everybody heard of Bloody-Mary's legend, that's for sure. Even my favorite TV SHOW: SUPERNATURAL had an episode about this legend (and I loved it).
If you google "Bloody- Mary" you'll see many things related to her, including the story of that Countess named: Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed.
* Elizabeth Báthory was a countess from the renowned Báthory family of Hungarian nobility. Although in modern times she has been labelled the most prolific female serial killer in history, her guilt is debated. She is nevertheless remembered as the "Blood Countess" or "Blood Queen."
She and four collaborators were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls, with one witness attributing to them over 650 victims, though the number for which they were convicted was 80. Elizabeth herself was neither tried nor convicted. In 1610, however, she was imprisoned in the Csejte Castle, now in Slovakia and known as Čachtice, where she remained bricked in a set of rooms until her death four years later.
Later writings about the case have led to legendary accounts of the Countess bathing in the blood of virgins in order to retain her youth and subsequently also to comparisons with Vlad III the Impaler of Wallachia, on whom the fictional Count Dracula is partly based, and to modern nicknames of the Blood Countess and Countess Dracula.
But I'm not talking about her, but this "Bloody-Mary": Bloody Mary is a ghost or witch featured in English folklore. She is said to appear in a mirror when her name is called three times or sometimes more while in a dark room, depending upon the version of the story, often as part of a game or dare.
One of the more common ways participants attempt to make her appear is to stand before a mirror (usually in the dark) and repeat her name 3 times, though there are many variations including chanting more than 3 times, chanting at midnight, spinning around, rubbing one's eyes, running the water, or chanting her name thirteen times with a lit candle. In some versions of the legend, the summoner must say, "Bloody Mary, I killed your baby." In these variants, Bloody Mary is often believed to be the spirit of a young mother whose baby was stolen from her, making her mad with grief, eventually committing suicide. In stories where Mary is supposed to have been wrongly accused of killing her children, the querent might say "I believe in Mary Worth." This is similar to another game involving the summoning of the Bell Witch in a mirror at midnight. The game is often a test of courage and bravery, as it is said that if Bloody Mary is summoned, she would proceed to kill the summoner in an extremely violent way, such as ripping their face off, scratching their eyes out, cutting their head off, driving them insane, bringing them into the mirror with her or scratching their neck, causing serious injury or death. Some think if she doesn't kill the one who had summoned her then she will haunt them for the rest of their life. Other versions tell that if one chants her name thirteen times at midnight into a mirror she will appear and the summoner can talk to a deceased person until 11:08a.m., when Bloody Mary and the dead person asked to speak to will vanish. Still other variations say that the querent must not look directly at Bloody Mary, but at her image in the mirror; she will then reveal the querent's future, particularly concerning marriage and children
Well, i always loved this legend and always had the wish of testing it, at least once, but I never had the courage for doing it so.
Since 1997 I had this fascination, but also fear. I remember that I played with my friends also about CANDY MAN (forget that song by Aguilera), also front of the mirror, but onviously nothing came.
In 1997, my mother always left me at a club, where they took care of kids and teens while the parents would work, my mother put me there for some months, and there we could play games, make friends, and also do our homework with some teachers, and just at night our parents came pick us up.
My friends and there liked these stories, and once I was defied, with 3 other friends to go inside the restroom and call "Candy man" 3 times front of the mirror with the lights off while the boys would be waiting outside.
hehe, it was funny. We had courage of doing it so because it was afternoon, and because we thought it would be funny.
I went inside the restroom with my friends and then we closed the door (didn't lock because it was a public restroom), turned the lights off and then called 3 times CANDY MAN.
after calling his name, we immediately ran to the door to get out of there, but the boys held the doorknob pulling it, so you imagine the scene: we were pulling to open and they were pulling to close it.
One of my friends turned the light on and I started crying that I wanted get out of there, I was really scared and thought I'd pee myself.
When they opened the door, they made fun of me because of it. My friends were also scared and had hated the game, but I was the one who really was 1000% scared with that.
after that day, no more I went inside the restroom and no more I played this kind of game.
the years passed, of course, and no more i thought or read about Bloody Mary, until i bought the first season of SUPERNATURAL, and saw an episode related to her.
I got addicted for this serie as soon as I watched for the first time (so much i have all of them) XD.
I never forgot what happened in 1997, but after watching SUPERNATURAL, I decided try it again.
I went like: "Well, once none man with red eyes showed up in the mirror to cut my eyes out, I can try again"... and beside... I was 11 in 1997, and now I was 22...I mean "C'mon..."
Halloween was always my favorite time of the year, so I decided that on that Halloween, I'd call Bloody-Mary.
I even told my mother about it, explaining the legend and what i'd have to do, and she told me that at her house, i'd not do that.
I laughed a lot! you had to see her face when she said that.
I asked her if she believed in that legend, and she just told me that at her house, i'd not do that.
During the months leading up to Halloween I read a lot about this legend (the legend always changes when people tell), so many described the right way of doing it, using candles, doing at midnight.... (even on supernatural there was light involved, when that little girl does that and her father dies).
I read a lot and then I decided to do this at October 30, midnight (So i'd be doing that on Halloween).
We live in a house, so my parents wouldn't be paying attention on me all the time, mainly because i told my mother i'd do that in Halloween, not one day before it, and i believe that my mother had even forgotten about that.
I was excited and anxious to do that, mainly because i'd be my way to bury 1997 forever, because that fright i'd never forget.
On october 30 i prepared everything for midnight, and when the hour came, I went inside the bathroom on the second floor with a candle and the lighter.
As soon as i went inside the bathroom, I lit the candle and placed it front of the mirror, on the sink's bench, locked the door (because there's a version of the legend which says that you must lock the door, and that after calling her name, you must turn the lights on and unlock the door as faster as possible, otherwise she'd kill you)and then turned the lights off.
I just could see my "strange" reflex on the mirror... I was there, locked up in the bathroom, at midnight, Halloween, alone, just with a candle on and about to say those words... it was... insane.
But obviously i moved on and said 3 times: "bloody-mary, bloody-mary, bloody-mary".
My eyes were fixed on the mirror all the time... my blood was kinda freezing and my heart was faster than words could describe.
After calling the name, i must have stood there facing the mirror for about 20 seconds, I don't know, so I uncloked the door and left the bathroom running, didn't even turn the lights on.
I could scream or something like that, because face my parents wouldn't be nice, mainly my mother.
Obviously i didn't see anything: there was no other reflex on the mirror, i didn't feel anybody's presence there and didn't feel anybody touch my shoulder either.
Blood-Mary is just a legend, but It's a great one.
the adrenalin that i felt in that moment is indescribable... I can say that was better than speed with some ferrari or any of these insane cars.
You feel the fear through you body and your heart pounding, pouding, pounding... it was the best Halloween i've ever had in my life.
I suggest you to try it someday, just for fun, you'll understand!
BLOOD-MARY is great on Halloween, but remember, it's for fun, to you have a good time, feel some fear, just like when you go on a hollercoaster, you know you'll scream, feel your stomach woozy, your blood cold... but even so you'll have fun, so you go for the fun.
you can try this game alone (what's amazing), or with some friends, just don't go too far.
If in some moment you really feel scared, stop it, don't go ahead because the last thing you want is have some heart attack, right?
If you play with a friend, and she gets really scared, do the same thing: stop and most important, don't make fun of her because of it.
What they did to me and my friend back to 97 wasn't funny, i really got scared with that and i remember the difficulty that was for me to go inside a bathroom alone, no joke! Imagine what's like you ask for your mother go wth you in the bathroom :S
Well... that's past! I'm sharing this with you because you guys don't know who i am, and probably my friends don't remember this anymore, mainly because no more i saw those kids after 97, but i never forgot.
You know your limit, but that's a good Halloween game.
I wasn't alone at home, my parents were there, but sleeping... i read that's better doing this when you are alone at home, and you have a big house... maybe doing this... who knows...? the result may be different of my result, you may end up seeing something.
If it happens... I'm sorry, there won't be a way out for you, because as far as i know... if Bloody Mary really exists, obody lived to tell how she looks like.
Check the first season of SUPERNATURAL. They even say that she may drag you inside a mirror.
Friday, July 29, 2011
MY EXPERIENCE WITH BLOODY-MARY
Everybody heard of Bloody-Mary's legend, that's for sure. Even my favorite TV SHOW: SUPERNATURAL had an episode about this legend (and I loved it).
If you google "Bloody- Mary" you'll see many things related to her, including the story of that Countess named: Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed.
* Elizabeth Báthory was a countess from the renowned Báthory family of Hungarian nobility. Although in modern times she has been labelled the most prolific female serial killer in history, her guilt is debated. She is nevertheless remembered as the "Blood Countess" or "Blood Queen."
She and four collaborators were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls, with one witness attributing to them over 650 victims, though the number for which they were convicted was 80. Elizabeth herself was neither tried nor convicted. In 1610, however, she was imprisoned in the Csejte Castle, now in Slovakia and known as Čachtice, where she remained bricked in a set of rooms until her death four years later.
Later writings about the case have led to legendary accounts of the Countess bathing in the blood of virgins in order to retain her youth and subsequently also to comparisons with Vlad III the Impaler of Wallachia, on whom the fictional Count Dracula is partly based, and to modern nicknames of the Blood Countess and Countess Dracula.
But I'm not talking about her, but this "Bloody-Mary": Bloody Mary is a ghost or witch featured in English folklore. She is said to appear in a mirror when her name is called three times or sometimes more while in a dark room, depending upon the version of the story, often as part of a game or dare.
One of the more common ways participants attempt to make her appear is to stand before a mirror (usually in the dark) and repeat her name 3 times, though there are many variations including chanting more than 3 times, chanting at midnight, spinning around, rubbing one's eyes, running the water, or chanting her name thirteen times with a lit candle. In some versions of the legend, the summoner must say, "Bloody Mary, I killed your baby." In these variants, Bloody Mary is often believed to be the spirit of a young mother whose baby was stolen from her, making her mad with grief, eventually committing suicide. In stories where Mary is supposed to have been wrongly accused of killing her children, the querent might say "I believe in Mary Worth." This is similar to another game involving the summoning of the Bell Witch in a mirror at midnight. The game is often a test of courage and bravery, as it is said that if Bloody Mary is summoned, she would proceed to kill the summoner in an extremely violent way, such as ripping their face off, scratching their eyes out, cutting their head off, driving them insane, bringing them into the mirror with her or scratching their neck, causing serious injury or death. Some think if she doesn't kill the one who had summoned her then she will haunt them for the rest of their life. Other versions tell that if one chants her name thirteen times at midnight into a mirror she will appear and the summoner can talk to a deceased person until 11:08a.m., when Bloody Mary and the dead person asked to speak to will vanish. Still other variations say that the querent must not look directly at Bloody Mary, but at her image in the mirror; she will then reveal the querent's future, particularly concerning marriage and children
Well, i always loved this legend and always had the wish of testing it, at least once, but I never had the courage for doing it so.
Since 1997 I had this fascination, but also fear. I remember that I played with my friends also about CANDY MAN (forget that song by Aguilera), also front of the mirror, but onviously nothing came.
In 1997, my mother always left me at a club, where they took care of kids and teens while the parents would work, my mother put me there for some months, and there we could play games, make friends, and also do our homework with some teachers, and just at night our parents came pick us up.
My friends and there liked these stories, and once I was defied, with 3 other friends to go inside the restroom and call "Candy man" 3 times front of the mirror with the lights off while the boys would be waiting outside.
hehe, it was funny. We had courage of doing it so because it was afternoon, and because we thought it would be funny.
I went inside the restroom with my friends and then we closed the door (didn't lock because it was a public restroom), turned the lights off and then called 3 times CANDY MAN.
after calling his name, we immediately ran to the door to get out of there, but the boys held the doorknob pulling it, so you imagine the scene: we were pulling to open and they were pulling to close it.
One of my friends turned the light on and I started crying that I wanted get out of there, I was really scared and thought I'd pee myself.
When they opened the door, they made fun of me because of it. My friends were also scared and had hated the game, but I was the one who really was 1000% scared with that.
after that day, no more I went inside the restroom and no more I played this kind of game.
the years passed, of course, and no more i thought or read about Bloody Mary, until i bought the first season of SUPERNATURAL, and saw an episode related to her.
I got addicted for this serie as soon as I watched for the first time (so much i have all of them) XD.
I never forgot what happened in 1997, but after watching SUPERNATURAL, I decided try it again.
I went like: "Well, once none man with red eyes showed up in the mirror to cut my eyes out, I can try again"... and beside... I was 11 in 1997, and now I was 22...I mean "C'mon..."
Halloween was always my favorite time of the year, so I decided that on that Halloween, I'd call Bloody-Mary.
I even told my mother about it, explaining the legend and what i'd have to do, and she told me that at her house, i'd not do that.
I laughed a lot! you had to see her face when she said that.
I asked her if she believed in that legend, and she just told me that at her house, i'd not do that.
During the months leading up to Halloween I read a lot about this legend (the legend always changes when people tell), so many described the right way of doing it, using candles, doing at midnight.... (even on supernatural there was light involved, when that little girl does that and her father dies).
I read a lot and then I decided to do this at October 30, midnight (So i'd be doing that on Halloween).
We live in a house, so my parents wouldn't be paying attention on me all the time, mainly because i told my mother i'd do that in Halloween, not one day before it, and i believe that my mother had even forgotten about that.
I was excited and anxious to do that, mainly because i'd be my way to bury 1997 forever, because that fright i'd never forget.
On october 30 i prepared everything for midnight, and when the hour came, I went inside the bathroom on the second floor with a candle and the lighter.
As soon as i went inside the bathroom, I lit the candle and placed it front of the mirror, on the sink's bench, locked the door (because there's a version of the legend which says that you must lock the door, and that after calling her name, you must turn the lights on and unlock the door as faster as possible, otherwise she'd kill you)and then turned the lights off.
I just could see my "strange" reflex on the mirror... I was there, locked up in the bathroom, at midnight, Halloween, alone, just with a candle on and about to say those words... it was... insane.
But obviously i moved on and said 3 times: "bloody-mary, bloody-mary, bloody-mary".
My eyes were fixed on the mirror all the time... my blood was kinda freezing and my heart was faster than words could describe.
After calling the name, i must have stood there facing the mirror for about 20 seconds, I don't know, so I uncloked the door and left the bathroom running, didn't even turn the lights on.
I could scream or something like that, because face my parents wouldn't be nice, mainly my mother.
Obviously i didn't see anything: there was no other reflex on the mirror, i didn't feel anybody's presence there and didn't feel anybody touch my shoulder either.
Blood-Mary is just a legend, but It's a great one.
the adrenalin that i felt in that moment is indescribable... I can say that was better than speed with some ferrari or any of these insane cars.
You feel the fear through you body and your heart pounding, pouding, pounding... it was the best Halloween i've ever had in my life.
I suggest you to try it someday, just for fun, you'll understand!
BLOOD-MARY is great on Halloween, but remember, it's for fun, to you have a good time, feel some fear, just like when you go on a hollercoaster, you know you'll scream, feel your stomach woozy, your blood cold... but even so you'll have fun, so you go for the fun.
you can try this game alone (what's amazing), or with some friends, just don't go too far.
If in some moment you really feel scared, stop it, don't go ahead because the last thing you want is have some heart attack, right?
If you play with a friend, and she gets really scared, do the same thing: stop and most important, don't make fun of her because of it.
What they did to me and my friend back to 97 wasn't funny, i really got scared with that and i remember the difficulty that was for me to go inside a bathroom alone, no joke! Imagine what's like you ask for your mother go wth you in the bathroom :S
Well... that's past! I'm sharing this with you because you guys don't know who i am, and probably my friends don't remember this anymore, mainly because no more i saw those kids after 97, but i never forgot.
You know your limit, but that's a good Halloween game.
I wasn't alone at home, my parents were there, but sleeping... i read that's better doing this when you are alone at home, and you have a big house... maybe doing this... who knows...? the result may be different of my result, you may end up seeing something.
If it happens... I'm sorry, there won't be a way out for you, because as far as i know... if Bloody Mary really exists, obody lived to tell how she looks like.
Check the first season of SUPERNATURAL. They even say that she may drag you inside a mirror.
