was Mary Mattock a real person?

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"Long Island, 1978: A young girl named Mary Mattock gruesomely murders her family with a hatchet and is locked away for life in Long Island’s notorious Kings Park Psychiatric Center. Ten years later Mary escapes from the asylum, leaving a grizzly wake of bodies and blood. Gunned down by the police, Mary meets her own demise outside the sanitarium walls. This incident gave birth to the legend of Mary Hatchet’s walking ghost and the mischievous night named in honor of her death, BLOOD NIGHT!"was this a true person?is her story even real?i searched the name on wikipedia and came up emptyanybody know if this is the real deal?thanks.

Prof. Scot Emard · Accepted Answer

No. Her story is based upon another legend, that of Mary Hatchett, which is pieced together from various other legends. So pieces of her tale are wound in with a lot of urban legend, fantasy folklore, and scraps of truth.From an interview with the director: “The concept for Blood Night stemmed from a few Long Island urban legends. One is the legend of Mary Hatchet, which says that a young girl murdered her parents with a hatchet and now her ghost roams the wooded roadside at night. She is seen in the nearby cemetery, spotted by cars, etc. And she is just a scary * ghost. The other is the legends that surround the now abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center. It is reportedly haunted by the souls of the patients that have died there. There are so many stories about inmate abuse, and mass graves, all sorts of crazy **. So I combined elements of both legends to come up with an awesome slasher story. There is actually a great documentary called Lost Suburbia about Mary Hatchet and about Kings Park Psych Center, you can check out the videos on our website at www.bloodnightmovie.com in the videos section. Very cool legends.”

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She was real, I live right by the home, now washed away by sandy. video of news footage below:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJQL5pTowjM

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