Japanese Horror Stories
Mary-san

Mary-san (female Meri-san) is a curious ghost in Japanese urban legend. The story of Mary-san is also known as "The Phone of Mary-san" (the one from Meri-san no denwa), which is a story of her own, it tells the story of a girl who feels haunted after getting a mysterious phone call from something claiming to be her beloved doll. The story contains a common theme in Japanese folklore and urban legends, namely the revenge of neglected favorite goods and the fear of feeling stalked from behind.

A girl has an overseas-made doll named Mary. The doll became his favorite doll. When he had to leave his old house to move to a new house, he decided to leave his Mary doll in the old house because it was worn out. One night, after a breakout in her new home, she gets a mysterious phone call from someone claiming to be her beloved doll, Mary: "I'm Mary. I'm in the trash." Even after he turned off the phone, the next mysterious call kept coming in, and it read, "I'm Mary. Now I'm near a cigarette shop." The next call reads, "I'm Mary. I'm in front of your house." With a feeling of fear mixed with curiosity, the girl immediately opened the front door of her house, but she saw no one there. The girl closed the door again, and a mysterious phone call was heard: "I'm Mary. I'm right behind you now."

In popular culture

Mary-san's story is an inspiration in movies, manga, anime, and horror novels, with different story modifications and versions.

Movie

"Ghost Schools" (gakko no kaidan) (1995).

"Mary-san no Denwa" (2011), directed by Mitsuhiro Mihara, starring Ayaka Kikuchi (AKB48).

Mangas

In Nube: Spirit Expert Master volume 27, Mary has a handless and legged doll. He removed the poor pupil's limbs to perfect his doll.[1]

Novels

In Ayakashi Maniacs! (! Ayakashi maniakusu!), Mary appears as the protagonist's classmate.

Anime

In Ghost at School episode 11, "The Talking Mary Doll! Shadow of Death" (female by Hanasu meri ningyo kyofu no kage) (voice of: Etsuko Kozakura), Mary is a puppet-like ghost stalking a boy to play with.

In Japan, when we want to say hello on the phone using the word "Moshi-Moshi", never thought why should the word "Moshi" twice"?

In a Japanese legend, saying "Moshi-Moshi" is a way to prove that we are not ghosts. You see, he said the ghost can only say hello with the word "Moshi" once you~

And when the ghost says "Moshi" once, then we respond or return the greeting then our spirit will be taken by the ghost!

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