Bloody Mary: The Real Woman in the Mirror

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

Myths, Folklore, Mystery, History, Ghosts, Society & Culture, Murder, Ufos, True Crime, Paranormal, Supernatural, Serial Killers

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary. Mary I is known as a brutal tyrant. But what was the reality? In the next two episodes Anthony and Maddy will explore Mary's story. Today they explore the traumatic early years that shaped her.

Edited by Tomos Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. It's us, your hosts Maddie Pelling and Anthony Delaney.
0:04.2	But before we begin the show, we want to ask for a few seconds of your time.
0:08.2	If you're enjoying After Dark, and we love you, if you are, we would love you just a little bit more.
0:13.5	If you could vote for us in the listeners choice category at the British Podcast Awards.
0:18.0	So go to the show notes now, click the link and just then search for After Dark.
0:23.2	Fill in your name and your email and don't forget to confirm. They will send you an email.
0:27.2	You need to confirm. The whole process probably takes about 30 seconds.
0:30.4	If you've already voted, we are so, so grateful. If you haven't, stop what you are doing right now.
0:35.4	Vote for us before you enjoy this show.
0:41.1	This is the 810 to Birmingham New Street, calling at Organise to Do-List. Call your PA, shoot off a few emails,
1:00.0	close laptop, head to the shop. Man behind the counter seems like a good egg.
1:10.2	Thinking of eggs. One breakfast butty please. Business travel by train is time well spent with Avanti West Coast.
1:15.5	Hello and welcome to After Dark, I'm Maddie.
1:16.4	And I'm Anthony.
1:22.1	And in this episode, we are covering a monarch that I cannot believe we have not covered before because of her name is Bloody Mary.
1:25.6	We are looking at Mary the first. And here to set the scene is Anthony.
1:37.5	Queen Mary the First lies propped up in bed in St James's Palace, London. She is dying.
1:47.2	Pain is a constant companion as illness strangles life from a still young body. Her family are not by her side as the end approaches,
1:54.1	no sign of her husband, still far away, nor her loyal cousin, the Cardinal, who is too busy
1:59.9	dying himself as it happens to be here.
2:02.4	Absent too is her sister, Elizabeth, who is all but estranged.
2:07.2	Near her, hanging on a wall, is a mirror.
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