The dark history that created bloody Mary

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Bloody Mary: mirror ritual, real history, and the brain science that makes us see her. Halloween urban legend meets folklore, queens, and countesses in one chilling deep dive. Discover Mary Tudor, Elizabeth Báthory, Mary Worth—and the eerie psychology that convinces us she’s really there. Explore more legends in the 🐉 Creatures & Monsters (Cross-Cultural) playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikECI8lazL0W7QESLTLZrYyMAk91giJx From summoning steps and variant chants to plausible “real” Marys and centuries-old love-divination games, this episode connects the myth to history and to Giovanni Caputo’s mirror-illusion studies. Was “Bloody Mary” a queen, a countess, a witch… or a misfired glimpse of ourselves? Watch and decide. 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 ⏳ CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro to Bloody Mary 01:37 How to Summon Bloody Mary 05:22 The “Real” Bloody Mary 09:32 Blood Countess 14:16 Mary Worth 19:14 The Murdered Girl: the urban legend 23:01 From Romance to Horror: the “future husband” mirror rite 26:47 Science of the Mirror: Caputo’s strange-face illusion 31:30 Psychology & Adolescence: why this rite survives 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 📚 SOURCES & CREDITS: • Caputo, Giovanni B. “Strange-Face-in-the-Mirror Illusion.” Perception (2010). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1068/p6466 • Caputo, Giovanni B. “Apparitional Experiences of New Faces… during Mirror Gazing.” Perceptual and Motor Skills (2010). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2466/pms.110.C.1125-1138 • Dundes, Alan. Bloody Mary in the Mirror: Essays in Psychoanalytic Folkloristics (2002). Project MUSE page: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/19631 • Dundes, Alan. “Bloody Mary in the Mirror: A Ritual Reflection of Pre-Pubescent Anxiety.” Western Folklore 57 (1998). (Accessible copy) https://www.scribd.com/document/460518874/Bloody-Mary-pdf • Mary I (Tudor) overview & Marian persecutions (~300 burnings). • Encyclopaedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-I • Elizabeth Báthory biography & historiographical debate. Encyclopaedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Bathory • “Is the Bloody Mary Story True?” Snopes explainer on Mary Worth, Mary I, Báthory, and ritual variants. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bloody-mary-story/ • Kelley, Ruth Edna. The Book of Hallowe’en (1919). Mirror-divination customs (future-husband). Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20644 (see chs. on mirror rites). Also cf. Current Superstitions (1896) for cellar-stairs mirror charm: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18992 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🌟 Unlock perks → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6v91210figZrnMvfnhZhw/join 🛒 Merch → https://mysteries-of-mythology-shop.fourthwall.com/ 🔔 Subscribe to Mysteries of Mythology → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6v91210figZrnMvfnhZhw/?sub_confirmation=1 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🌍 Full Playlists: 🔱 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikECI8lazL0KRV74iixNTZvwfsQZUdKn 🪶 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikECI8lazL060jCgPPLw6wukZEkvERyb 🐉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikECI8lazL0W7QESLTLZrYyMAk91giJx ⚔️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikECI8lazL0y80EqDGH_evhNOMGtsHr- 🦉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikECI8lazL0gT_TLccHNUFtKtxltBHTm 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🌐 Website: https://mysteriesofmythology.com/ 💬 Chat on Discord: https://discord.gg/erE273UZme 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteriesofmythology/ #BloodyMary #UrbanLegend #Halloween #Mythology #Folklore #MirrorRitual #Paranormal #ElizabethBathory #MaryTudor #Psychology