(slaps musically) - Hey, how's it going? Happy Monday. My name is Bailey Sarian, and today is Monday, which means it's Murder, Mystery & Makeup Monday! (theme song) If you are new here, hi, how's it going? My name is Bailey, and on Mondays I sit down, and I talk about true crime
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that subscribe button, 'cause I’m here for you on Mondays. I was up late the other night, and I was
thinking I should change up my intro, 'cause it's so repetitive, you know? The theme song stays. But I think I need to change it up. I just don't know what else to say, I just hit all the talking
points that I need to, you know? So before we jump into today's story, I do get to announce a little
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silver jewelries, jewelries. (laughs) Help me. Remember earrings? Earrings! I know I’m not wearing any right
now, 'cause I didn't want to-- I want to show you what I
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(stuttered spitting) I love it. I...
(claps) Welcome to my channel, but I love all things creepy, conspiracy, murder, mystery, makeup. Been obsessed with the illuminati
since, as long as I can remember, and I just knew I wanted to do a piece
that had the all-seeing eye in it. I just like it, it's badass, it's mysterious. I think it lets people know
that you're into some like, you're into that weird s--t, you know? And I like that. And the pendant itself is based off
of a planchette from the Ouija board. You know, the playing piece? It's the same shape as that,
that's what I was going for. Do I love a Ouija board? Absolutely not, you will never find me playing it. I don't mess with that stuff,
because like, I just, I don't-- Nuh-uh. I'm not opening any doors, you know? But I still love it. I knew I wanted to do a piece like
that, with the all-seeing eye in it. They've got weight to it, like I
could throw this at someone's head and it might hurt, it would like
hurt them a little bit, you know? Beautiful, I mean I love the
design on the side, it's just-- I'm obsessed with it, and I know that's biased because I helped make it with
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Love, it means more than you know, and I hope you guys like
the pieces as much as I do, if you don't that's okay,
I won't take offense to it. Okay, I will stop rambling, and
let's get into today's story. (tongue clicks) So, today's story I actually was
originally going to do around Halloween, because I was like "Oh it's spooky.", but then it turned out to not be a spooky story, it's just, it's interesting, how about that? Oh my god, I like bent over to pick something up and I swear I pulled a muscle, it hurts. Okay, so today's story is about Bloody Mary. Bloody Mary. Do you know Bloody Mary? Well, let me tell you. The ritual of Bloody Mary is
different depending on who you ask, but for the most part,
sometimes at slumber parties, Halloween parties, or just
a boring Wednesday night, adolescents, or children, would play
a spooky game called "Bloody Mary", what you do, is you go to
the bathroom, or a dark room, where there was like a mirror, some players would be holding a
candle, or just have a candle lit. While looking in the mirror, they say
the name "Bloody Mary" three to 13 times, the number varies depending on who you ask. So players of this game would look in the mirror and be like "Bloody Mary, Bloody
Mary, Bloody ma--!", you know? And allegedly, according to some players, a ghost would appear in the mirror, and looking back at you would be a woman
covered in blood, and she's p-ssed. Some of those who have
played the game Bloody Mary, have said that Bloody Mary appeared
and started screaming at them, cursing them, strangling them, or even
scratching some of their eyes out. Some have also said that the
woman who appears in the mirror is also holding a baby that appears to be dead, and that their own facial features
appear to melt in the mirror. So the roots of this mere
game known as "Bloody Mary" stretch back to a folk tradition practiced by young people in the 19th century. It was also said that if you
walked backwards up a staircase in a darkened house at
night, please don't do this, you might fall, hurt yourself, you know? But this was like a thing that
they used to do in the olden days, they would walk up a staircase in
the house backwards, in a dark room, and then they would look over,
passing a mirror as they went up, you would see a reflection in
the mirror of one of two things; the face of a person you were
destined to marry, or a skull. If a skull appeared, that meant
that you were destined to die before you got the chance to marry. This was another game kind
of similar to Bloody Mary. So a lot of people ask like,
"Well, who is Bloody Mary then?", now it really depends, again,
on who you're talking to. To some people it's a woman
by the name of Mary Worth, who may have been either a puritan woman, who was tried and executed
for witchcraft, remember? I'm gonna zoom you in really quick, I
feel like you're too far, come closer. So yes, some believe that Bloody
Mary is Mary Worth, remember? And then some others believe that Bloody Mary may be a woman who
was killed in a car crash, and then others believe that
she's Mary, the Queen of England, and became known as "Bloody Mary" for the executions she carried
out against the protestants, in an effort to restore Catholicism
to England, which one do you believe? We're gonna go with that last
one, Mary, Queen of England, because it has an interesting story to it. Mary was born on February 18th,
in 1516, in Greenwich, England. She was the only child of King
Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, and when Mary was 17 years old, her father decided to end
the marriage to her mother, and he said that the reason behind that was because he was frustrated that Catherine was not giving him a baby boy, a boy
to one day, you know, take the throne. King Henry VIII claimed that Catherine's
inability to provide a baby boy was a sign of God's displeasure, so naturally, this left Mary
feeling not good enough, she felt really bad about herself
because she wasn't a dude, and her dad let it be known that he
was disappointed he didn't have a son, so she's like "Thanks.". King Henry and his wife Catherine separated, Mary was then forbidden from
ever visiting her again, she was not allowed to see her mother. Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, he was really
interested in another woman named Anne, but she was not interested in
being his mistress, nay nay. So it's believed that's probably why
King Henry separated from Catherine and was just blaming the baby instead, he's like "God told me, Sorry.", but what I’m getting at is Anne and King Henry, they would end up going on to be married. Now Anne, she was actually friends to Catherine, her name's Anne Boleyn, I’m sure you've
heard of her, she was pretty famous. And there's so many layers to this story
so I’m trying to keep it simple, okay? Yeah, so this whole thing
is scandalous, scandalous, but not really because it's the 1500's and
people were like marrying cousins and stuff, so it was kind of like, I don't
know, I’m sure it really wasn't. So he marries Anne, and she becomes pregnant, yay! King Henry is like, "Please give me a baby
boy. Please give me a baby boy.", you know? But sadly for the king, it did
not work out like he had hoped, and once again he was just super disappointed because he had another daughter. They would go on to name their daughter Elizabeth. Now the king was worried that
his first daughter, Mary, would interfere with Elizabeth
inheriting the title of queen one day, and King Henry could not have
that because Mary, you know, was the daughter to somebody
he was no longer married to, so it just like, didn't look
good, so he didn't want that and he wanted to make sure that
Elizabeth would get the crown. So King Henry wanted to make sure that Elizabeth would indeed secure the title as queen one day, and in order to do this he pressed parliament to declare Mary as illegitimate and succeeded. Sorry Mar but you're out, bye Mar. In 1553, Catherine of Aragon, Mary's
mother, she ends up passing away, now at the time it was like
a very mysterious death and there were rumors swirling around that King Henry and Anne were both thrilled, like they would just love
the idea that she was dead, because she could potentially interfere
with just being king, they wanted her out. So once Catherine had passed away,
that's when Anne decided, you know, "I'm gonna try and like make
things right with Mary," "make some peace, make her like me.", so she attempted to do so, but
Mary just wasn't having it, okay? And I’ll tell you why, let
me tell you, let me tell you. Because there were rumors going
around that Catherine, her mother, may have been poisoned. Aqua Tofana. Yeah, because her death was very mysterious, nobody knew how or why she
died, it was just weird. So again, there's just rumors going around that it may have been the two
of them who had poisoned her. So Mary is believing this to
be more true, she was like "Dang, you guys don't even want me,
then you kill my mom. Now what?", well that's what I’m imagining,
sorry, I don't know, I wasn't there. So it was later determined
that Catherine most likely died from cancer of the heart, which
was an extremely rare condition and not understood by many. The doctors at the time had
no idea what caused her death, which is what led to
speculations, but at the time, again, Mary had no answers
as to why her mother died, so she was believing that her
mother was indeed poisoned. Because of this, it led to
Mary wanting nothing to do with the king and his new wife Anne. So later down the road, Anne would be accused
of adultery, incest, and high treason, and was beheaded by her husband, King Henry VIII. So there's a lot more to this side of the story, but today we're not talking
about King Henry VIII and Anne, we're talking about Mary, so. By this time, the damage to
Mary's name had been done, and she stood last in line for seat on the throne. Chances of her becoming, you know,
in charge was like slim to none. So since Mary's teen years, she had been
plagued with terrible menstrual pains, which had caused a lot of psychological
and physical stress in her life, which is super random, but like
everyone in town knew Mary's business and that she struggled with her period. It just came with a lot of judgment from people, she has cramps, she has pain, she
has mood swings, like everybody knew. (slight laugh) Could you imagine? Anyways, but Mary seemed to struggle with depression and anxiety because of all this, everybody having their own input on her. So despite the odds being stacked against her, Mary did eventually take the
throne in 1553, at the age of 37. Six years prior to this,
Henry, her father, had died. Mary knew that there was no time to waste and she felt this pressure to have a baby and give the people like another king. Mary was set to meet Philip II of Spain, who was King of Spain,
Portugal, Naples, and Sicily, so he was like super busy, he was a very busy guy. Two days after meeting Phillip, Mary
and Philip would go on to get married. Now Phillip was much older than Mary, it was said that he was really not that into her. It's not funny, it's sad. But like, it was just, yeah, he
didn't seem to be that into her, okay? But the marriage had been preceded
by a long negotiation process, like they didn't-- The royals don't get married because of love, they get married because it's
like a business, it's like chess. Are you watching "The Crown"? I know, I binged it like the
other week and it was so good, I had to just get that off my chest really quick. But Mary, she just wanted love, she wanted love, she wanted to love, she wanted to be in love, and because Mary just wanted love, she would become dependent on her new husband. Now Philip, he fulfilled the negotiated
duties expected of a royal marriage, and two months later Mary's greatest
wish came true, she was pregnant. Now back in the olden days, they didn't have-- We're spoiled now, we have this
thing called pregnancy tests, where you can actually find out if
you're pregnant or not, you know? But back then they didn't,
and doctors were not allowed to thoroughly examine a sitting monarch. Mary had the symptoms of a usual pregnancy, swelling of the breasts, morning sickness,
and her menstruation had stopped. Why is menstruation just like such a gross word? But it does make me uncomfortable, menstruation. It's just like-- Menstruation. I don't know, it's just... You bleed, you know? Now Mary's experiencing all these symptoms, but the public had remained suspish
of the queen's recent pregnancy. For some reason, they just
like loved hating on her. Now again, because there is no pregnancy testing, Mary really couldn't come out and be like "Hey look, here's my pregnancy
test. See, I am pregnant.", so she really couldn't defend herself. The people of Spain and England kept tabs on Mary with a very judgmental eye, as they always do. If you leave it up to us,
we're judgmental and mean. Each month, Mary's stomach grew a little bigger, and she would tell people that
she could even feel the baby move, but rumors were still going around
that she wasn't pregnant at all, and that Mary was secretly plotting to take some other woman's
baby and then call it her own. Now all of these rumors were definitely amplified by the constant comparison to
Mary's younger sister, Elizabeth, who was seen as the golden child. And again, since everybody seemed
to know about Mary's menstruation and that she had like
problems and pain and whatnot, the public thought that they
had a say in everything, I mean they still feel that
way to this day, you know? Why do I need to explain. You know how it goes, it's
the same, nothing's changed. That's the only thing that stayed
constant in history, rumors. Have you noticed? So everyone knew about her menstruation issues, because of this, it led to the rumors
of her not really being pregnant, they didn't think it was possible, and they thought that Mary
definitely seems like the type who would lie about a pregnancy and
steal a child, so they just ran with it. At this time, England was divided
between Catholics and protestants, but Mary was determined to reunite the country under the true religion by any means necessary. Shortly before Christmas
in 1554, she signed an act which would incite a legendary
series of executions, known as the "Marian Persecutions",
beginning in February 1555. An estimated 240 men and 60 women were condemned as protestant
and burned at the stake. So, most who were burned at the stake were popular preachers, farm laborers, or poor "ignorant" folk, who could
not recite the Lord's prayer, or did not know what the sacraments were. And if you didn't know, you got killed, scary. So, Mary believed it was her duty, by God, to bring a catholic prince into a catholic realm, and that if she failed to do any of this, she would suffer the wrath and
displeasure of the almighty. Mary was convinced that these
executions would scare people, and force them to turn their
backs on their old faith, and Mary wanted to set an
example of what would happen if they decided to not follow her suggestion. Now, when one of the royal family
members was about to give birth, they would go into like a confinement
for six weeks before their due date, their estimated due date, Mary
followed that, the regulation, okay? She went into confinement six weeks
before her estimated due date, which was around May 9th. By her side, she had a bunch of
her lady companions and servants, and she entered into like a private chamber, ready with a bunch of
equipment needed for the birth. They just kind of waited there
for the labor pains to kick in. Now tension during this time
was reaching an all-time high, because everyone was waiting, all those people who swore Mary wasn't pregnant, they were waiting to be proven wrong. Mary's advisor, his name was Simon Renard, he wrote a letter to Emperor
Charles V to give an update, and he said, "Everything in this kingdom
depends on the queen's safe deliverance." "If God is pleased to grant her a safe delivery," "things will take a turn for the
better, if not, I foresee disturbance" "and a change for the worse, on so great a
scale that the pen can hardly set it down.". May 9th came and went, no baby in sight. Mary had now agreed with her ladies like, "Oh yeah, I must have accidentally
mixed up my due dates, right guys?" "Yeah, must be", you know? They thought "Okay, yeah, maybe
you're going to be having" "a baby in June instead, not May". So then the media comes out, and they're like, "No baby yet, they're thinking June", right? Okay. But of course, those nasty rumors
spreading, people were living, right? They're like "Oh my god, she's not
(mumbles)", they're just going crazy. False reports spread all across Europe, claiming that Mary had delivered a baby boy, but Mary had died in childbirth. So at this time, Mary was still in confinement, so nobody was seeing her to
verify that this was true or not. As the days passed with no sign of
labor, the stories turned strange. Some of them were just saying that Mary
had "delivered a mole or lump of flesh", which is like a real thing, it's a very rare
condition, that I honestly regret googling, but what I’m getting at is, so people
were thinking that's what she maybe had, but all of this was just based off of pure gossip. So the end of May is approaching... Hold on. My nose is running, and it won't stop. So the end of May is approaching,
Mary’s stomach was appearing to recede. Obviously very worried, she brings in her doctors, who told Mary that like "Oh yes,
this is a sign of approaching labor," "so don't freak out.", you know, "You're okay.". So the weeks were still passing, and
nothing is happening, no baby, nothing. So Mary started to think like
that God was punishing her for not shutting down the rumors with aggression, and ordered that the burnings
be stepped up a notch. So people were dying to know
what exactly was going on, and Mary wasn't coming out and telling
the people what was going on, right? So an ambassador, who got
some info from a paid spy, who got their info from a midwife
in the queen's chamber said "For weeks she would lie in her bed
without speaking like one dead," "then she would sit for whole
days on the floor huddled up" "with her knees against her face.", which, that was a position nearly impossible for someone about to give birth to lay in. Everyone was tearing Mary's pregnancy apart, and seemed to be getting off over each
detail of her failure to have a child. June and July passed, the doctors
continued to extend the due date, but they knew that she
wasn't going to have a baby. In August, nearly a year after
she announced her pregnancy, Mary finally dismissed her nursing
staff and left her chamber, childless. Which I’m sure was absolutely heartbreaking, but nobody was really... What's the word? Compassionate towards her it
seemed like, it seemed really sad. So this incident remains history's most notorious and well-documented cases of
pseudocyesis, which is false pregnancy. It's a complex and mysterious condition, but the short version is that
a person could be so convicted in their desire for a child, that the mind
tricks the body into thinking it's pregnant, and the body follows, hormones
shift, periods stop, the belly grows, and it's wild, it's wild what your mind can do, and like we're so unaware of it. Today false pregnancies are usually
diagnosed early on thanks to ultrasounds, but the conditions still exist. Usually between one and six women
experience this out of every 22,000 births. Yeah, insane. Like you can think yourself, and your body
will think it's pregnant, like that's weird. I'm gonna think my way to a size two.
(laughs) That's not funny. Mary, Mary moved forward though, and she never acknowledged or spoke of
the pregnancy again during her lifetime. But two years later, she
believed she was pregnant again, this time though, there was no interest
in her pregnancy, and no one cared, okay? Not even her husband seemed to be
convinced that she was pregnant. Mary insisted to everyone that she had
very, very sure signs of pregnancy, and that she was correct on this one,
but this time it was not pregnancy, her periods had stopped because
she had entered menopause. The following year Mary died at 42, from
what was believed to be ovarian cancer. And Elizabeth, the first, would go on to take the throne, and like her sister, Elizabeth
would send hundreds to be executed, but only Mary bore the shame for these offenses. Mary became the myth, the witch in the mirror, whose name can still be heard today, chanted by kids in a dark bathroom, all hoping for a terrifying glimpse of this ghost, with little to no understanding of
the real story of the Bloody Mary. Oh my, it's so f---ed up isn't it? Bloody Mary. It's essentially like we were mocking
or making fun of this poor woman who couldn't get pregnant and had shitty periods, but she killed a lot of people, so it
kind of balances itself out, I think. Many believe when you chant
Mary's name in the mirror, she will show up with a baby in hand. And that my friends is the
awful story about Bloody Mary, and like where it comes from, I think. Again, it's pretty... What's the word? It depends on who you ask, but this
story I found very interesting. Bloody Mary, are you there? So next time you play Bloody Mary, make sure to give a little
shout out to Mar, "Hey Mar!". Maybe talk to her, "Mar, you need a shower. Mar". Thank you, guys, so much for
hanging out with me today. Let me know your thoughts down below. I love how this look came out,
it's very like holiday/new year's, kind of trashy, but kind of hot and I like that. Again, a big thank you to Etah Love. Mhm, ooh. Make sure to check that out as well. Let me know who you want me
to talk about next week-- Actually no, I’m so sorry, I
have next week planned already. But other than that, I hope you
have a wonderful rest of your day. You make good choices, and I’ll be seeing you guys later. Bye. (suspicious music)
Bailey and etah-love sent Robert Welsh the ring and pendant that she designed! I thought that was pretty cool. They suit his aesthetic perfectly.
I absolutely LOVE her shirt in today's video