Location | Downing ST, York ST, Colfax AVE, 8th AVE | Denver, Colorado
Founded | 1875
Current State | Abandoned, Currently Cheesman Park
In the late 19th century, the land that is now Cheesman Park was Prospect Hill Cemetery, which also included the land that is now the Denver Botanical Garden and Congress Park further east.
The participant enters a darkened room with a lit candle. She or he looks into a mirror while chanting Bloody Mary's name or a phrase a specific number of times. If the ritual is performed correctly, Bloody Mary might either appear in the mirror, reach out of the mirror and scratch the participant's face, or be released from the afterlife to haunt him or her forever.
Ohio wasn’t “officially” admitted to the United States until Aug. 7, 1953. Congress never took a formal vote to admit Ohio as a state back in 1803. Due to an oversight, Ohio’s statehood became official retroactively in 1953 when the United States Congress passed a resolution.