Episode Fifty-Five Pt.2: Bloody Mary [feat. Back Away Slowly] Spooktober Urban Legends

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Spooktober continues, Fiends! We are back for the second part of our Bloody Mary episode.

Em of the Back Away Slowly Podcast has done an insane deep dive into urban legends and Mary herself, so it was only fitting that we summon her for this one. This second part gets into international variations of Mary, what the legend tells us, and our favourite portrayals in media.

Don't forget to watch out for our Mirror Folklore Pine Cones later in the month!

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S O U R C E S:

• American children's folklore by Bronner, Simon J
• Bloody Mary in the Mirror: A Ritual Reflection of Pre-Pubescent Anxiety Alan Dundes, Western Folklore Vol. 57, No. 2/3 (Spring - Summer, 1998)
• Cognitive Evolution and the Transmission of Popular Narratives: A Literature Review and Application to Urban Legends - Joe Stubbersfield, Emma Flynn, Jamshid Tehrani Psychology (PSY)
• https://mikesirota.com/myths-and-legends-haunted-bathrooms-around-the-world/
• Girls, Moral Panic and News Media Troublesome BodiesBy Sharon Mazzarella ·
• https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/sports-and-leisure/bloody-mary-folklore#full-article
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• https://fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explore-our-collection/highlights/context/sign-and-symbols/mirrors
• Ghosts in Mirrors: Reflections of the Self Elizabeth Tucker The Journal of American Folklore Vol. 118, No. 468, Emerging Legends in Contemporary Society (Spring, 2005), pp. 186-203 (18 pages)
• Linda Dégh, Legend and Belief. Dialectics of a Folklore Genre [2001]
• Orma. Journal of Ethnological and Historical-Religious Studies
• Indiana University Press, 2001
• https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2017/04/through-glass-darkly-mirrors-myths-and.html
• https://www.twowaymirrors.com/mirror-superstitions/
• Godinez, Mac (2023-11-29). "Violent Reflections: Bloody Mary in 1990s Pop Culture". University of Massachusetts Undergraduate History Journal. 7 (1). doi:10.7275/zmph-jf77.
• https://www.jesterbear.com/Wicca/BloodyMary2.html
• https://funeral.com/es/blogs/podcasts/covering-mirrors-after-death-meaning-and-modern-mourning

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