The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

ETERNAL BLOOD PROSE

IN A HOUSE IN CALIFORNIA THIS LADY WAS MURDERED.
SHE WAS AX MURDERED.
THEY CHOPPED HER UP WITH AN AX. THIS HAPPENED IN HER BEDROOM AND
THE BLOOD WENT ALL OVER THE RUG. SO, IN ORDER TO RESELL THE HOUSE
AFTER EVERYTHING DIED DOWN, THEY WERE SELLING IT PRETTY CHEAP. SO
THIS NEWLY WED COUPLE BOUGHT THE HOUSE. THEY KNEW WHAT HAD HAPPENED
THERE, BUT THEY DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ONE MORNING THE
HUSBAND GOT
UP FOR WORK AND THERE WAS A LITTLE SPOT ABOUT THE SIZE OF
A DIME
ON THE RUG IN THE BEDROOM. HE LEFT AND WHEN HE GOT BACK FROM
WORK, THE SPOT HAD
GOTTEN BIGGER. GRADUALLY THE BLOOD RED SPOT GOT
GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER
UNTIL IT COVERED THE WHOLE RUG. THEY TRIED OVER AND
OVER AGAIN
TO GET RID OF IT, BUT THEY COULDN'T.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL

Date learned: 09-27-1972