Hometown Bloody Mary Ledgends

   There are millions of little cities and towns all over the world, and they all seem to have their own versions of the Bloody Mary Legend. We've set up a form so that readers can tell us about the Bloody Mary Legend in their own hometown.

   Keep in mind, these 'Legends' submitted are from all of you reading the site. I'm going to be rewriting them a little to fit the format on this page, but the content WILL NOT be changed. If someone writes in a legend that you think is crazy or absurd, it doesn't matter. I'm going to put it up as it was told to me.

   As they come in, we'll be adding them to this page so you all
can see them. If you're from one of these towns, and you have something you'd like to add to the submitted legend,  just submit a new form with YOUR information, and I'll change the legend accordingly.

   More and more of these come in all the time, It's a shame that MOST of the ones that I get, I can't use. You should see some of these. I mean, they're obviously in English, but the words being used don't seem to connect to form anything cohesive that can be used on the page. Then you get the ones that use the 'F' word, every other word... I mean, this site is FAR from G rated, but I try to keep it in the PG to PG-13 range.

   What really kills me, are the ones that don't have their city, and state or whatever. This whole Bloody Mary Legend Archive experiment is based on WHERE exactly these legends come from, and how they're similar to legends in other locations. It COMPLETELY defeats the purpose not to include the exact locations. If that information isn't included, we can't archive the legend. I don't need street addresses here, but at least a town. Someplace that we can find on a map, lol.

Anyway I'm rambling again... Here are the legends.



Arkansas
City: I have no idea (Didn't tell me)
 
Back Story: Bloody Mary is a woman that had a kid, someone kidnapped
her kid and killed it
.


Ritual: Say her name in the mirror five times with the lights off. (You may also say, "I killed your baby.")
 
Result: She will scratch you. Now, If you change the ritual and say, "I killed your baby," she will kill you.
   
Personal Note: I would suggest that you start with the first one. You know... Just say her name 5 times, and work your way up to the 'baby' thing. Ya know? Just in case.
 
Thanks: Thanks To 'Bailey' from somewhere in Arkansas for submitting this legend.

California
City: Clearlake
 
Back Story: "Legend has it that Bloody Mary was a sweet woman. She would not hurt a kid or anything. One night she tucked her kid in and went to bed. Someone took her kid while she was sleeping! She woke up in the morning and looked everywhere for her kid. She could not find her kid nowhere. Two years later, people found her kid buried in her back yard. So, all of the people in Mary's town went to her house to take revenge They knocked her out and buried her alive, so she took her revenge!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 
Ritual: "This one probably no one has heard it before. When your parents are gone and no one is there, you turn off all the lights. Then you light candles all over and not just any candles. They have to look bloody in the dark. Then, go in your closet, put up a sign saying  'Bloody Mary Zone'. Go in and only have one candle that is any color but red. Then spin around 5 times and say Bloody Mary 10 times and then say I killed your baby!!! BOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 
Result: "She will say I am sorry but I have to do it! Mary will say you will be marked forever and for all eternity!!! And she will throw up blood on you. And eat you. If you make it you will have a scar on your back of your neck. It will say you are a surviver!!!!!!!!!!"
   
Personal Note: No comment. :/
   
Thanks: Thanks To 'DIZZY' from Clearlake, California for submitting this legend.  I also want to thank you for submitting it in ALL CAPS AND EXCLAMATION POINTS AND EVERYTHING ... It made it fun to translate for use on the page. Now, I'm gonna go to to the bathroom, and see if I can't get someone to vomit blood on me after apologizing.

City: Colton
 
Back Story: Her back story was the story that is known but not common.  It was based on two people.  The witch that was burned at the stake, and then it turned into the woman that died a horrific death in a car crash.
 
Ritual: The usual ritual that I grew up with was using a flashlight and put it under your chin in a darkened bathroom while looking at the mirror and chanting, "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary."
 
Result: You are to have seen the face of a woman that was covered in blood.
   
Experience: "I did see it once but that was because I was so siked out that my brain percieved the head of a bloody
 woman in the mirror."

   
Thanks: Thanks To 'Elaine' from Colton, California for submitting this legend.

City: San Bernardino
 
Back Story: The story says that she got drowned in the bathtub on the night of her school reunion because her children got taken away from her.
 
Ritual: Well first off, you go into the bathroom look straight into the mirror with the room dark as possible and say her name 3 to13 times.
 
Result: She would appear, and just stare at you, or you will see her behind you by your left shoulder. To make her go away, you would have to turn the light back on, or throw water on the mirror.
 
Other Submitted Information: "i tried it and i was terrified i also said i have you baby bitch and she scrathc my arm i even have the scar to prove it."
   
Thanks: Thanks To 'Brian Arndt' from San Bernardino, California for submitting this legend. When filling out his name on the form, he typed, "Brian arndt duh!!!!!" This leads me to believe that he thought that I was stupid for not knowing who he was.
   
Apology: I am sooooo sorry, Brian for asking the question about your name. I mean, I REALLY should have known that it was you all along. Actually, I know EVERYBODY on the other side of the country, and I can predict who is submitting a form at the exact moment it happens. I should have let on that I knew who you were. My bad. :(

Florida
City: I have no freakin idea, once again.
 
Back Story: I'm gonna quote this submission verbatim. "She hated her sisters and they were always mean to her and she hated them. I read that for some odd reason alot of people were protesting and she killed over 100 of them thats how she had got renamed bloody mary."
 
 
Ritual: Go into the bathroom. Turn out the lights. Run the water. Spin around 3 times saying "Bloody Mary."
 
Other Submitted Information: "Well what we did was. Turned off the lights. and said her name 3 times. i (Amber) didnt see anything at all. But it appeared to my friend Sierra that she saw a black shadow at the top of the mirror. Supposably in the shape of a head and shoulders."
   
Thanks: Thanks To 'Amber & Sierra' from some crazy unknown place in Florida for submitting this legend. *shakes head* You kids and your drugs. :p (I kid, but seriously, I appreciate you sending it in.)

Idaho
City: Pocatello (Ashley from Pocatello said that I'm silly for not knowing where Pocatello is. Granted, I AM silly, but that's not the reason.)
 
Back Story: Mary was Wiccan. The Mormons tortured her in an attempt to make her give up her beliefs, and confess to a string of murders. They ripped off her finger nails, raped her with a stick wrapped in barb wire, tied her to a chair with nails sticking out of it, and finally killed her with an iron maiden.
 
Ritual: Chanting her name. (No mention of a mirror in this submitted legend)
 
Result: Well, supposedly Mary is supposed to appear in the mirror..
 
Experience: "This didn't happen to me, but it happened to my friends cousin. We were camping out and my friends cousin went into the camper bathroom. I could hear him chanting "Bloody Mary". About a minute later, he came out screaming like a two year old after they canceled Barney."
 
Thanks: Thanks To 'Ashley' from Pocatello, Idaho for submitting this legend.

Illinois
City: Shiloh
 
Back Story: Mary was just a young women who was getting ready to be wed. Her mother-in-law to-be didn't like her at all. So then on their wedding day her mother-in-law brutally murdered her. She got blood all over herself and on Mary. That's how she got her name.
 
Ritual: You turn off all the lights in a bathroom. Light 1 candle and put it on the counter. Chant her name 3 times as you spin around.
 
Result: She will apear in the mirror. If she is angry at you for summoning her she will try to break out of the mirror, and if she does, she will kill you. I'm not exactly sure how ,though. If she's not angry, she will talk to you, or pull you in if she likes you. This way you two could talk for all eternity.
 
Thanks: Thanks To 'Cedes' from Shiloh, Illinois for submitting this legend. So, there's a chance that Bloody Mary may like you, and just hang out to shoot the shit for a while? That's pretty cool.

Indiana
City: Shipsweana
 
Back Story: No information submitted.
 
Ritual: Chanting her name. (No mention of a mirror or bathroom in this submitted legend)
 
Result: Well, supposedly Mary is supposed to appear in the mirror..
 
Experience: "This didn't happen to me, but it happened to my friends cousin. We were camping out and my friends cousin went into the camper bathroom. I could hear him chanting "Bloody Mary". About a minute later, he came out screaming like a two year old after they canceled Barney."
 
Thanks: Thanks To 'Jess' from Shipsweana, Indiana for submitting this legend. (For all those reading this, although I appreciate the submission, but we need more information on these from here on out.)

Kentucky
City: Campton
 
Back Story: "Not sure, nobody ever mentioned anything.  Except that she was a little girl. The rumors of Bloody Mary usually speculated at the old elementary school building."

 
Ritual: "Spin around the mirror three times and say "Bloody Mary". At the end of the three times, say "i've got your baby".

 
Result: "Girls in the bathroom have said that blood appeared on the floor.  of course, this was years ago.  They also say that she appears and tries to drag you into the mirror."
 
Personal Note: I wish there was more information about this one. The elementary school angle is different, yet the "I've got your baby" is similar to the one from my home.
 
Thanks: Thanks To 'Fayth' from Campton, Kentucky for submitting this legend. TWICE :P

Louisiana
City: Boothville
 
Back Story: Years ago, a tornado hit Venice High School. As the story goes, Mary was killed in the tornado, and now has a vendeta against all the girls that use the bathroom in the school.
 
Ritual: Say Bloody Mary 3 times in a room with the door closed and the lights out. It has to be dark! (It may not even be necessary to chant here name. Apparently, girls are afraid to go to the restroom alone, and they see her when they're fixing their hair and make up in the mirror. Now, they just wait until they get home to go to the bathroom.)
 
Result: She pops up and trys to scratch you!
 
Thanks: Thanks To 'Josee Arnold' from Boothville, Louisiana for submitting this legend.

Massachusetts
City: Haverhill
 
Back Story: I don't know a lot about our Mary story, just that it was something you did on Halloween night.  I remember reading a book saying that it was supposed to be the actual Queen Mary, but I'm not sure if that was a fictional book.
 
Ritual: Stand in front of the bathroom mirror (or any other mirror) and say "Mary, Bloody Mary," 10 times.
 
Result: Mary is supposed to come out the mirror with hands dripping with blood, and try to strangle you.  I don't think she's supposed to succeed, because the next part says that she leaves her bloody hand prints around your neck.
   
Thanks: Thanks To 'Amanda' from Haverhill, Massachusetts for submitting this legend. 

Michigan
City: Jackson
 
Back Story: A long time ago there was a little girl named Mary. She must have gotten in an accident because she went into a coma. At this time doctors didn't know what a coma was, so they thought she was dead. They buried her alive! Every night Mary's mother thought that she heard a scream coming from Mary's grave, but no one believed her.
 
Finally, one day Mary's mother convinced them to dig up her grave. When they did, they found scratches on the top of the coffin and Mary's fingernails were all bloody.
 
Ritual: Go into the bathroom. Turn out the lights. Run the water. Spin around 3 times saying "Bloody Mary."
 
Result: You might get killed!!
 
Other Submitted Information: "There are many different things that I have heard that will happen when you say "Bloody Mary" in the mirror. The most popular one here is that you will see Mary in the mirror walking down a case of stairs. She may be holding a knife. If she is, you must turn on the lights or she'll kill you. Also she could be holding a rose or teddy bear, and then she won't kill you. 
 
Mary's "so called" grave is also here in Jackson. I have been to it. It's out in the woods and you have to walk through a lot of trails to get there. When you finally do, you have to walk up a big hill and there is a big tombstone on top that just says Mary. There are also other  tombstones, too. Mary's grave was removed recently because the coffins were beginning to stick out of the ground."

     
Personal Note: I live in the Waterford/Clarkston area. That's not too far away from Jackson. I wouldn't mind seeing this 'so called' grave. If anyone from the Jackson area can confirm this, and/or give me some directions on where it is, I'd appreciate it. Also Chelsea or anyone from the area, If you see this thing, please take a picture of the grave next time you see it. I'd love to have a picture of it for the site!
   
Thanks: Thanks To 'Chelsea' from Jackson, Michigan for submitting this legend. (Lots of good info here. Great job!)

New York
City: New York City
Ritual: Chant "Bloody Mary" 13 times.
 
Result: She is supposed to come out and slash you with a knife.
 
Personal Experience: "My cousin and I had done this, and it was totally weird!! My
 cousin had me stand in the bathroom, and chant "Bloody Marry" 13 times. Then, my cousin said that I had knife marks over my face, and that I was screaming, " get out now!!" and "Don't hurt my baby!" She said, " Bloody Mary go away" 3 times. Then, the door slammed shut (it was open before), and i heard someone scream. Then, we both ran out of the bathroom and turned the lights on.
"

     
Thanks: Thanks To 'Marissa' from New York, New York for submitting this legend. 

Ohio
City: Meigs County
 
Back Story:  The Legend I heard was that Mary was a young girl who had a child while she was in high school. In this time that was forbidden unless you were married. The town shunned her and even her parents kicked her out. She tried to Explain who the father was but no one would listen, no matter how much she tried explaining. The man she was blaming
 became scared even though no one believed her. He found Mary and tried to kill the baby but mary got in the was and he stabbed her. The legend goes that she was alive after being stabbed long enough to see the man kill the baby and leave. Now she searches for the man that killed her and her baby. 
 
Ritual: There are two rituals.
1. One is you light 3 white candles to represent the holy trinity. You turn out all lights and chant "Bloody Mary dont be mad, we want to hear your story, so sad."

2. The next ritual is that you light three black candles and three red candles to represent to unholy ones. Turn out the lights and chant "Bloody Mary I killed your baby"
 
Result:

1. The first part is that mary will appear and smile at you and you are supposed to be able to ask her a question.

2. The second ritual is that you are able to see Mary and she look angry and reaches out with the knife that kiilled her and she tries to stab you but can't because she is not of this world. But if you stand there long enough a pain starts to develop and scratches appear. Top make her leave in either ritual turn the lights on.
 
Experience: "I did this one time but I did the nice ritual and when she appeared I was so freaked out I couldn't ask anything. I flipped on the lights and haven't had the guts to try thwe second ritual. "
   
Thanks: Thanks To 'Legend Finder' from Meigs County, Ohio for submitting this legend. (Another one with a lot of great info!)

Pennsylvania
City: Carlisle
Back Story: "Sometime in the 1800s Mary got Scarlet (or yellow) fever, she
died and then was buried in the back yard, the rest is vague, but there
is a sense that nobody liked her. "