Episode Fifty-Five Pt.1: Bloody Mary [feat. Back Away Slowly] Spooktober Urban Legends

You know, a lot of people have asked very similar questions with what I do, and I have the very unfortunate answer.

I am no fun, 'cause I was researching folklore and ghost stories at such a young age that I adopted a better safe than sorry approach with these-

Mm-hmm

... ritual stories and Ouija boards.

And do I think that the ghost of a murdered girl will appear physically in my mirror? Not particularly, but I was a very pragmatic child, like, oddly so.

So when confronted with ritual games, and that includes...

I'd love to do a portion on ritual games in Asia in particular.

But when confronted-

Mm

... with those ritual games and Ouija boards, even at six, I was like, "The reward for this, if you can call it that, doesn't really outweigh the potential risk."

Yeah.

No, I, I totally agree.

I think I was, as much as I was a spooky kid, and, like, I, I think I've, like, shared on the podcast, I had an aunt that used to call me a ghosty wee girl, because she said-

[laughs]

... anytime the s- like, the conversation turned to ghost stories or haunted, hauntings or anything like that, it was like you could physically see my ears perk up, and I would be, like, sidling closer, even if I was far too young to be trying to listen.

Um-

A lot cuter than Doctor Doom.

[laughs] Your aunt did better than my parents.

[laughs] Um, who knows what they were saying behind my back? [laughs]

[laughs] Oh.

But-

Wee ghost girly.

What the hell? [laughs]

[laughs] I think it was similar to you, that I was like, I was far too afraid to, like, tempt fate, 'cause I'm like, "I know what happens to these people in these stories," and, um, I'm not having any part of that.

[laughs]