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. It is said that she used
to kidnap runaway slaves and keep them chained in her barn, doing who knows
what to them in her dark rituals.
The locals eventually became furious enough to take the law
into their own hands and burn Worth at the stake. The legend says her body was
buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery. Doubtful, since an infamous witch would have
never been laid to rest in a Christian cemetery. Instead, she may have been
buried on her farm, as one couple learned the hard way.
Many decades after Mary Worth’s execution, a farmer and his
wife bought her former property and, fully aware of the place’s history, built
their home on the very foundations of the barn in which Worth practiced her
black arts. Apparently not one to be scared by old legends, the farmer set out
to clear the land for an oat field.
During his work, he came across a square stone and moved it
to the door of the house, figuring it to be a good stepping stone. This proved
to be a mistake. Violent and often dangerous events immediately began to plague
the couple, with the wife finding herself locked in the barn or the house on
multiple occasions and plates crashing on the floor by themselves.
As the activity worsened, the farmer began to wonder if he
had inadvertently disturbed Mary Worth’s real gravesite. He tried to return the
stone to its original place in an attempt to end the disturbing phenomena, but
he never could find the exact spot. After several years of torment, the house
burned to the ground in 1986, supposedly due to arson.
There were later several failed attempts to build on the
property. A developer managed to eventually raise a group of houses, but the
one nearest to Mary Worth’s barn has since burned down once or even twice.
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i used to play this, too. nothing ever happened obviously, but it was scary fun. its nice to find out Bloody Mary's possible origins.
ReplyDeleteNot true
ReplyDeleteThis is not real and a fake. There is no scientific evidence of Bloody mary and this myth/ritual. You'll be on Angel Dust and you would have hallucinated this.
Pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteAnyone know where this is?? Downtown YoGo wouldn't mind checking out the buned out spots!
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