Mary Wells
Mary Wells, also known as the Weeping Lady, is the main antagonist in the Season 2 episode, "The Weeping Lady" in the Fox series, Sleepy Hollow. She was portrayed by Heather Lind.
Biography[]
Mary Wells was the former betrothed of Ichabod Crane. She followed Crane to the American colonies after he gave his allegiance to the Revolution, and tried to bring him home. After confronting Katrina Crane out of jealousy and accidentally plummeting to her death, she became a mournful spirit, known as the Weeping Lady, who would haunt the site of her demise for more than two centuries.
For over two centuries, Mary haunted the location where she died, until she was summoned by Henry Parish who turned her into a far more dangerous entity.
In her ghostly "Weeping Lady" form, Mary targeted those she thought Crane might care for, in a natural mutation of her violent jealousies in life. The ghost first killed Crane's dear friend, Caroline, leaving her body in the river. The ghost then targeted Abbie Mills as well, but was thwarted in her attempt to drown Abbie when she opened a portal at the library. After Crane reached through and dragged Abbie back out, he lost a letter from Katrina, in which she revealed her love for her husband, and so incurred the spirit's wrath.
The ghost again tried to go after Katrina, and dragged her though the watery portal, but Crane and Abbie were waiting where the portal opened in the river, and rescued Katrina. Crane then tried to coax Mary out, and told her, "I didn't mean to disappoint you, but your anger, your jealousy.... We're here to help you, Mary, to free you from this torment." They incapacitate the spirit while Katrina prepared a spell to release her. Crane asks Mary why she still haunts the river and she points an accusing finger at Katrina before she is finally released and vanishes.
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