Welcome to the places where we call out all the crazy creepy things that happen all over. We will dive deeper and give you a look into the stories of these horrors. Please understand there will be two mild deaths read if you are ok with that.
Most of us have heard of the game of Bloody Mary, but I’m sure if asked, most people couldn’t tell you the story behind the game. She is said to appear in a mirror when her name is chanted repeatedly. Originally the ritual was for unwed women to walk up the stairs backwards in darkness holding a candle and mirror. It was believed that if you did this, you would see your future husband in the mirror; if you were destined to be alone you would see a skull. Nowadays, the ritual is to go into a candlelit bathroom and chant Bloody Mary into the mirror 13 times. Bloody Mary will then appear in the mirror.
Historians don’t know for sure if Bloody Mary was a real person or not, but they do have some speculations. Some people believe that she is Mary I of England (daughter of Chatherine of Aragorn and Henry VIII). She had over 300 people burned at the stake in her reign of terror over England. This earned her the nickname of Bloody Mary. Another woman could be Elizabeth Báthory who allegedly killed over 660 women and girls and was accused of vampirism.
There is a legend about a lady Kuchisake-onna, the Slit Mouthed Lady. It originated in Japan, during the Heian period (roughly 1200-800 years ago). She was a beautiful woman who married a Samurai. She was unfaithful and her husband cut her mouth ear to ear giving her a permanent smile. After his horrible deed he said, “Who will think you’re pretty now?” Her ghost goes around with a mask and asks “Am I pretty?” If you say no she cuts your face to look the same as her’s; if you say yes she takes the mask off and asks again. After she takes off the mask and you say no, she will cut you, but if you say yes she will follow you home and end you. There is a theory that the only way to escape is to say something like you’re ok or you’re fine or not providing her a straight answer she should get confused and you may be able to escape.
This game has had many different names over the years; it has been known as everything from elevator to another world to just elevator game. The elevator game started to gain popularity in Korea After 2013. Most people think the game is based on a woman who went missing and the last place she was seen was an elevator.
How To Play:
- You are supposed to play this game alone
- You are also supposed to be in a building with ten floors
- Game works best if played after dark
- Before you start Make sure no one is in the elevator with you or the game won’t work
- Once your in the elevator alone press the fourth floor button once you get there do not step out of the elevator
- Remain in the elevator and press the button for level two
- When you reach the second floor repeat for the six floor
- Once your at six go back down to two
- Once you reach two again hit the button for ten
- Then press the button for the fifth floor
- After this a young woman may enter the elevator don’t look or speak to her she is not what she seems
- She may ask you “where you are going” do not answer her do not look at her
- Then you must press the first floor button
- One of two things might happen if you the elevator brings you back down to the first floor that’s good that means you can exit the elevator without looking back
- However if you are brought to the tenth floor you have the choice whether to get out of the elevator or not
- If you decide to stay on this floor and exit the elevator on the tenth floor you have entered the other world
- It will look identical to the real world and that’s how it fools you except for all the lights being off
- Remember what elevator you get off from because your gonna need to get back to the real world
- To get to the real world you must find the elevator you came out of and you must press the buttons in the same order did during steps two through eight
- Before you get off the elevator you must check very carefully that nothing is off about your surroundings and the room in front of you. The game may try and trick you if something is off by repeatedly pressing buttons in the order of steps two through to eight.
These stories or urban legends all have warnings and meanings, but it’s up to you to decide what you think the warning is. Enjoy some creepy tales and share these stories at your next sleepover. Enjoy.
