At which time the Midnight Man will leave. Everyone who plays must walk with their candle lit around the house, avoiding the Midnight Man at all costs until the clock strikes 3:33 AM. Step 6: Your goal for the rest of the game is to survive the Midnight Man. You have now summoned the “Midnight Man”. Step 5: Open your door, blow out the candle, and close it. (Note: The 22nd knock must happen at 12:00 AM or the ritual will not work.) Step 4: Knock on your front door exactly 22 times. Step 2: Place the paper in front of your front door. Step 1: Everyone who is playing the midnight game must write their names on a piece of paper, then use a pin needle to drop a single drop of their blood onto the paper You will need Candles Paper and Pencils A wooden front door Salt A pin needle All the lights in the house off This entry was posted in Folk Beliefs, Game, Rituals, festivals, holidays and tagged Game, games, midnight man, night, night game, night games, night ritual, night time, nighttime, ritualized, Rituals, Rituals, festivals, holidays on by teaganwe.It is highly recommended that you do not play the midnight game, however here are some instructions for thrill seekers.ĭo at your own risk. It must be exactly 12:00 AM when you begin the ritual, or else it will not work.
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The game could be turned into a form of psychological torture to get people to confess to crimes by making them think a demon was coming to kill them anyway. With that in mind, I suspect this actually could have been a punishment ritual, though I am unsure where it would be used.
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Apparently this can be played with multiple people at one time so you could probably mess around with each other a great deal. Thoughts: I imagine the combination of sleep deprivation, lack of light, and the general atmosphere of being in an empty house would make for a fun time. We were walking through the house in the dark and she tried to scare me with this scary ritual, saying that she was going to do it.
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She did not end up using this game as the final inspiration for her movie.Ĭontext: My informant and I were staying up late on the night of the 19th, just finishing playing video games together. īackground: My informant had done research into different dark ritualized games such as this for a film projection she was doing. Interviewer: So what happens if you lose? Informant: I think you get to make a wish and it will comes true. Interviewer: So what do you get for winning the game? He haunts you until you complete the game. Do not under any circumstances turn on a light! Both of these things are ways of forfeiting the game but that doesn’t mean the Midnight Man leaves. If your candle goes out and you cannot relight it within 5 seconds then surround yourself in a circle of salt and sit there until morning. Your candle is your only source of light so it’s pretty easy to get super scared. The Midnight Man will try to blow out the candle or scare you into dropping it.
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It lasts until 6 AM, so it’s only three hours but you have to keep your candle lit for all that time. Then open the door, pick up the paper and the candle and the game has begun. Knock on the door 12 times and make sure it is EXACT, and make sure to get the last knock to stop at 3AM. You write your name on the piece of paper then put it outside the door under a lit candle. The ritual starts at 3 AM and you need a candle, a piece of paper, and your front door. Informant: It’s some ritual that was apparently used to punish bad people somewhere in Europe. Date of Performance/Collection: March 19, 2020