Where did the legend of Mary Worth come from?

This ritual serves to summon the vengeful witch, Mary Worth, who will then rip out the summoner’s eyes or claw their face. It is uncertain where the legend originates from, but one possibility is a witch named Mary Worth who, according to local tradition, lived on the Old Wagon Road in Chicago during the Civil War.

Why is Bloody Mary on the other side of the mirror?

Whatever the case may be, you don’t want Bloody Mary staring at you from the other side of the mirror. According to the legend, Bloody Mary was either a witch or a vengeful spirit. In at least one version of the story, she was a demon or the devil in disguise.

What do you say when you believe in Mary Worth?

“I believe in Mary Worth” is the key phrase according to one version, but others require the shouting of “Kathy, come out!” or the repetition of “Bloody Mary” into the mirror as many times as the ritual demands. (Sometimes Bloody Mary gets more of a script and is summoned by calls of “Bloody Mary! I killed your baby!”)

Is the Bloody Mary of legend a myth?

In one case (as this writer recalls from his childhood), Bloody Mary was a male demon with no name. There are speculations that the Bloody Mary of legend was actually an historical figure. The problem with this, however, is that most researchers can’t agree on the identity of the person.

This ritual serves to summon the vengeful witch, Mary Worth, who will then rip out the summoner’s eyes or claw their face. It is uncertain where the legend originates from, but one possibility is a witch named Mary Worth who, according to local tradition, lived on the Old Wagon Road in Chicago during the Civil War.

“I believe in Mary Worth” is the key phrase according to one version, but others require the shouting of “Kathy, come out!” or the repetition of “Bloody Mary” into the mirror as many times as the ritual demands. (Sometimes Bloody Mary gets more of a script and is summoned by calls of “Bloody Mary! I killed your baby!”)

Why did Bloody Mary come out of the mirror?

Or if you were really brave, you went in alone. This ritual was done with the purpose of luring out the spirit of Bloody Mary. Legend has it that she would come out of the mirror, angry because you called upon her, and would do a number of things ranging from screaming to stealing your soul to drinking your blood to clawing your eyes out.

What happens if you say Bloody Mary thirteen times?

If you go into the bathroom and look into the mirror with the lights off and the room completely black, and then say ‘Bloody Mary’ thirteen times, a woman will appear and scratch your face up/off. I was told that if you said “Hell Mary” seven times in front of a mirror in a dark room, you would see Satan’s image in the mirror.