Bloody Mary

    Some of my friends and I cramped ourselves into a small bathroom in my friend's House when we were young. We ended up saying Bloody Mary (more like chanting it)waiting for anything to appear. Most of us got to scared and were screaming and before anything could appear we knocked each other down trying to get out of the bathroom and then I flipped on the light. And everything was better. Many people have the same experience my friends and I had while growing up.

    Bloody Mary is the children's game of summoning an evil and vengeful witch of the same name. This is done by standing in a bathroom, with one candle lit and calling the name "Bloody Mary" into the mirror three times in a row.

It is only the bravest of children who would attempt to participate in this game.

• eyes being ripped out by the witch.

• found with claw marks all over body.

• disappear mysteriously from the bathroom and end up in the mirror with the witch for eternity.

• view the horrifying image of the witch appear in the mirror.

• driven insane or dropping dead on the spot at the appearance of the witch in the mirror.

• suffer terrible claw marks all over face.

• Calling out "I stole your baby Bloody Mary" into the mirror.

• Calling out "I killed your baby Mary Worth" into the mirror.

• Calling out "I believe in Mary Worth" into the mirror.

• Turning around between one to one hundred times in front of the mirror.

• Blowing the candle out and calling out to summon the witch in the dark.

• Mary Worth

• Mary Whales

• Hell Mary (for the appearance of Satan)

• Bloody Mary Worth

• Mary Worthington

• These names are not so commonly used. The main name used is Bloody Mary.

    The most common story told is that Mary Worth was a witch that lived over 100 years ago who dabbled in the black arts. She was found out and executed. However this does not tie in with a child or baby which is often mentioned in the ritual of summoning her.
    The most common story told is that Mary Worth was a witch that lived over 100 years ago who dabbled in the black arts. She was found out and executed. However this does not tie in with a child or baby which is often mentioned in the ritual of summoning her.

It is believed that by taking part in this game, and summoning the witch, it would have 

one of the following terrible consequences:

Some variations of the game are:

There are also variations on the name Bloody Mary:

    The history of the children's game Bloody Mary is a difficult one to extract from the large amount of mixed up legends and history that over the years has become the main basis for the story surrounding the game.

The other story accompanying the ritual is a local woman was involved in a fatal car accident nearby, her face horribly mutilated. She reappears in the mirror when summoned with that same horrific face.

    It is largely believed that the origins of the names "Mary Worth" and "Bloody Mary" came from a slight mix up of characters from history. There is a lot of speculation as to the names being taken from Mary I, Queen of England who reigned during the Tudor period. Mary Tudor was also commonly known as "Bloody Mary".

Her nickname of "Bloody Mary" became attached to her when she violently executed and burnt people at the stake for heresy throughout her reign of a little over 5 years.

She also was unable to bear children and suffered two phantom pregnancies, this is where it is speculated that the Bloody Mary game involving chanting "I stole your baby" or "I killed your baby" became tangled up with the now known Bloody Mary game.

    One thing we do know for sure is that the ritual of spinning and chanting has evolved from quite a long time ago, when young girls participated regularly in rituals such as this to find who they would marry and when they would marry. There is also the addition of mirrors which were known as being portals to another world, especially during Victorian times.