I love the way your earrings match the background. I never did scary as a child, so this is all new to me. I adore witches and vampires though. Vampire origins are fascinating, I bet you’d love the research x
Little girls LOVE to scare each other! I remember telling the scariest stories at sleepovers and having horror movie marathons and I absolutely did Bloody Mary, and the lore I'm familiar with is that you have to count to ten (I think?) and wait to see her- but no one ever managed to make it all the way to ten! I was also first introduced to Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark at a sleepover and those illustrations HAUNT me to this day! (But I still love horror so maybe that's a good thing!)
I’m so glad you did Bloody Mary! I remember her from when I was little in the 90s and I love urban legends so I found it a very interesting video. Plus the fact that it’s not terribly covered made it even more interesting for me ❤️
I did attend a few slumber parties but usually we had an appointed bedtime. I was used to going to bed at home at a decent hour because my parents insisted ,and most of my friend's parents did,too. So prowling around or being disturbing wasn't allowed after dark for too long. But we did tell a few "ghostly tales". Rawhead and Bloody Bones was one.,and that one about the guy with a hook for a hand...The Hook Man. Campfire stories were even scarier...thus urban legends got around and there were many versions of the same ones. The "South" has quite a variety of "haint" stories. Architecturally blue ceilings on porches were supposed to ward off evil. Don't know if that one worked ,but I have seen old houses with light blue ceilings a lot. Civil war ghosts are another one I heard quite a few tales about. My Mom said her maternal grandmother told them stories of houses where doors wouldn't stay locked,footsteps were heard at night, and the tenants would wake the next morning to find blood on the porch and going up the stairs ,where a poor unfortunate ,young ,dead soldier had his room. See what you can find on Trolls and Changelings the Supernaturals{Sam and Dean killed a mother on one of their shows, I think}...quite Scandinavian I think. Echidna is an Old World story that has been told more than once, and has a connection to Starbucks logo,and Melusine, also supposed to be a twin tailed mermaid. We could go down many trails with these...squeal!
We're in a covid pod with a few other homeschool families in our neighborhood, and I regularly host 4 or 5 little girls for sleepovers. Bloody Mary is still very alive and well for Jr high kids still!
I really love this series, I will watch every single part of it! I also wanted to ask you for more patricia briggsy, Charlaine Harrisses book recommendations... if at all possible with more emphasis on the detective part than the romance part. In any case thanks so much for sharing this I'm loving it!!!!!!
I am familiar with "Bloody Mary". When I was in 6th grade a bunch of girls tried doing this in the restroom at school during recess. I was in the bathroom up until the point the lights went out. I ran out of the bathroom and ended up having nightmares for about a couple of weeks afterwards. It was very hard to sleep.
When I saw your title, My first thought was Mary Magdalene! And the story of how she washed Jesus’ feet with her tears and dried them with her hair! Talk about hair lore lol
Not something I did growing up, but interesting! "La Llorona" is a Mexican/Guatemalan folktale. I am more familiar with the Guatemalan version, but I think that would be a fascinating one.
I grew up hearing about Bloody Mary but it was 7 times with the light on then you turn the light off and turn 7 times. Look in the mirror and you either saw your husband, Mary smiling or a skull and you would die before your 18th birthday.
Half-believed divination to find out who you would marry was very common in the Victorian era. And Bloody Mary is part of the vast body of "childhood folklore", which varies all over the world. When I was a kid, it was widely believed that if you cut open a golf ball and peeled away all the rubber bands, you'd find a rubbery capsule full of some kind of squishy substance. But you didn't dare cut it open, because the stuff inside was a deadly poison - it smelled terrible, and touching it or smelling it or even seeing it would kill you instantly. The story of Mary Worth sounded like the historical story of the Salem Witch Hysteria. (Which had nothing to do with witches. I am a Witch - a priestess of the religion of Wicca.)
Hey Torrin, not Bloody Mary related, but have you found ways of tying off braids without using elastic? I've seen some CosTubers exploring medieval hair stays and looked into remains like bog-bodies, natural mummies, and ancient graves to sus out how people cared for hair in the way back. It's pretty interesting that technology can tell us what herbs and oils were used in hair care, and some graves had wire spirals similar to the spin pins. Anyway, just curious if you have explored less damaging methods of tying off braids because my hair is so thrashed and I would like to take better care as the damage grows out.
You can use ribbon. I covered it in a vid at some point and Morgan Donner did a vid recently that covered it. Hers may be easier to find. I can't recall which of mine covered it.
Among pre-teen Hispanic girls, "Bloody Mary" has gotten conflated with La Llorona, the Weeping Woman. She was a beautiful young woman who lived in the poor part of town. But a rich young man saw her and fell in love. He married her and they had three children. But there was a rich woman who had wanted to marry the rich man, and she began pestering him to get rid of his low-class first wife, but she wanted to keep the kids instead of going to the trouble of giving birth herself. She killed the poor woman and threw her into the river. She also threw the kids into the river (which makes no sense). But any time anybody goes near the river, they hear a woman weeping, crying out "where are my children?" And sometimes the weeping woman kills the person who finds her. And if any child happens to see her, she'll take the child into death with her, to replace the children she lost. And if you see her, you're going to die. But if you call on Bloody Mary, and she is weeping tears of blood, you're even more thoroughly doomed. And sometimes she takes abused children to get them away from the abuse. And La Llorona is an awful lot like the Irish Banshee.
Hence the saying, "Saved by the bell".
Oh hell, is that where that saying came from??
@@tinmanluver35 Yes.
I love the way your earrings match the background. I never did scary as a child, so this is all new to me. I adore witches and vampires though. Vampire origins are fascinating, I bet you’d love the research x
Little girls LOVE to scare each other! I remember telling the scariest stories at sleepovers and having horror movie marathons and I absolutely did Bloody Mary, and the lore I'm familiar with is that you have to count to ten (I think?) and wait to see her- but no one ever managed to make it all the way to ten! I was also first introduced to Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark at a sleepover and those illustrations HAUNT me to this day! (But I still love horror so maybe that's a good thing!)
I really enjoy this series! The only thing I might suggest is some subtle, quiet background music to add to the vibe :D
Enjoying this series! :) Some folklore topic suggestions: Fae/Fairies, Will-o'-the Wisp, Loch Ness Monster, Mermaids
I’m so glad you did Bloody Mary! I remember her from when I was little in the 90s and I love urban legends so I found it a very interesting video. Plus the fact that it’s not terribly covered made it even more interesting for me ❤️
Well this took me back to Girl Scout camp. Great series!
I did attend a few slumber parties but usually we had an appointed bedtime. I was used to going to bed at home at a decent hour because my parents insisted ,and most of my friend's parents did,too. So prowling around or being disturbing wasn't allowed after dark for too long. But we did tell a few "ghostly tales". Rawhead and Bloody Bones was one.,and that one about the guy with a hook for a hand...The Hook Man. Campfire stories were even scarier...thus urban legends got around and there were many versions of the same ones. The "South" has quite a variety of "haint" stories. Architecturally blue ceilings on porches were supposed to ward off evil. Don't know if that one worked ,but I have seen old houses with light blue ceilings a lot. Civil war ghosts are another one I heard quite a few tales about. My Mom said her maternal grandmother told them stories of houses where doors wouldn't stay locked,footsteps were heard at night, and the tenants would wake the next morning to find blood on the porch and going up the stairs ,where a poor unfortunate ,young ,dead soldier had his room. See what you can find on Trolls and Changelings the Supernaturals{Sam and Dean killed a mother on one of their shows, I think}...quite Scandinavian I think. Echidna is an Old World story that has been told more than once, and has a connection to Starbucks logo,and Melusine, also supposed to be a twin tailed mermaid. We could go down many trails with these...squeal!
When i was younger i use to have a black scrying mirror that i would gaze into for hours watching my face morph.
I missed you! I realized I hadn't heard you for the whole summer!
The mirror and stealing youth thing makes me think of the Hollywood movie Grimm.
The grave bell also gave us the expression "dead ringer". Also, Cabrini Green is Chicago.
We're in a covid pod with a few other homeschool families in our neighborhood, and I regularly host 4 or 5 little girls for sleepovers. Bloody Mary is still very alive and well for Jr high kids still!
Caitlin Doughty (as a Mortician) does great content on home funerals
Good to see this in the comment section, fellow Deathling :)
I really love this series, I will watch every single part of it! I also wanted to ask you for more patricia briggsy, Charlaine Harrisses book recommendations... if at all possible with more emphasis on the detective part than the romance part.
In any case thanks so much for sharing this I'm loving it!!!!!!
Seanan McGuire's "hitchhiking ghost" stories, about the girl in the green prom dress.
I played bloody Mary as a kid. Scared the crap outta me lol. Fun to hear about it
Please do more of these
I am familiar with "Bloody Mary". When I was in 6th grade a bunch of girls tried doing this in the restroom at school during recess. I was in the bathroom up until the point the lights went out. I ran out of the bathroom and ended up having nightmares for about a couple of weeks afterwards. It was very hard to sleep.
When I saw your title, My first thought was Mary Magdalene! And the story of how she washed Jesus’ feet with her tears and dried them with her hair! Talk about hair lore lol
Not something I did growing up, but interesting! "La Llorona" is a Mexican/Guatemalan folktale. I am more familiar with the Guatemalan version, but I think that would be a fascinating one.
I grew up hearing about Bloody Mary but it was 7 times with the light on then you turn the light off and turn 7 times. Look in the mirror and you either saw your husband, Mary smiling or a skull and you would die before your 18th birthday.
omgomgomg new favorite youtube person
does the band have any plans for an album after lockdown?
Yes, we talked about it.
I'm super superstitious so I didn't play around with Mary XD i was also VERY afraid of the dark
Half-believed divination to find out who you would marry was very common in the Victorian era. And Bloody Mary is part of the vast body of "childhood folklore", which varies all over the world. When I was a kid, it was widely believed that if you cut open a golf ball and peeled away all the rubber bands, you'd find a rubbery capsule full of some kind of squishy substance. But you didn't dare cut it open, because the stuff inside was a deadly poison - it smelled terrible, and touching it or smelling it or even seeing it would kill you instantly.
The story of Mary Worth sounded like the historical story of the Salem Witch Hysteria. (Which had nothing to do with witches. I am a Witch - a priestess of the religion of Wicca.)
Hey Torrin, not Bloody Mary related, but have you found ways of tying off braids without using elastic? I've seen some CosTubers exploring medieval hair stays and looked into remains like bog-bodies, natural mummies, and ancient graves to sus out how people cared for hair in the way back. It's pretty interesting that technology can tell us what herbs and oils were used in hair care, and some graves had wire spirals similar to the spin pins. Anyway, just curious if you have explored less damaging methods of tying off braids because my hair is so thrashed and I would like to take better care as the damage grows out.
You can use ribbon. I covered it in a vid at some point and Morgan Donner did a vid recently that covered it. Hers may be easier to find. I can't recall which of mine covered it.
Among pre-teen Hispanic girls, "Bloody Mary" has gotten conflated with La Llorona, the Weeping Woman. She was a beautiful young woman who lived in the poor part of town. But a rich young man saw her and fell in love. He married her and they had three children. But there was a rich woman who had wanted to marry the rich man, and she began pestering him to get rid of his low-class first wife, but she wanted to keep the kids instead of going to the trouble of giving birth herself. She killed the poor woman and threw her into the river. She also threw the kids into the river (which makes no sense). But any time anybody goes near the river, they hear a woman weeping, crying out "where are my children?" And sometimes the weeping woman kills the person who finds her. And if any child happens to see her, she'll take the child into death with her, to replace the children she lost. And if you see her, you're going to die. But if you call on Bloody Mary, and she is weeping tears of blood, you're even more thoroughly doomed. And sometimes she takes abused children to get them away from the abuse. And La Llorona is an awful lot like the Irish Banshee.
Didn’t the Winchesters fight her? Got a lot of bad luck after breaking all the mirrors in a town.
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Am i the only one that wished you showed your finished bun?🥰 😘
I did! Lol.
@@torrinpaige yes! Now i saw it at 29:11 my bad lol. Thank you!!
You are such a beautiful woman 😘