![]() ![]() On returning home, the victim experiences a "hatching" whereby parasitic baby spiders and/or ants burst out from under their skin. Possibly one of the more "believed" urban myths, this one tells the tale of a young person, often a traveller to a far-flung location, who is bitten by a spider and/or an ant. This year sees not one but two novels retelling versions of the legend: my own Say Her Name and an American version, The Summoning. The X Files and Supernatural directly tackled the Mary myth on screen. Mirrors and reflections, a regular fixture in uncanny literature play parts in Clive Barker's The Forbidden, which went on to be the film Candyman, while Ringu, by Koji Suzuki, substitutes a mirror for a television set. Some links have also been made to Queen Mary I as she suffered multiple miscarriages during her reign. This evolved into something more gory – groups invoking a bleeding spirit or witch called Mary. In the earliest versions, an unmarried woman would see the face of her future husband in the glass or a skull if she were destined to die before being wed. Perhaps the most famous modern myth, this tale suggests that if you are to look in the mirror and say "Bloody Mary" a specified number of times, something will happen. ![]() Here I present 10 of the scariest urban legends and examine their roots and influence. My new novel, Say Her Name is my version of the most famous urban legend of them all, the "Bloody Mary" curse. ![]()
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