This is a very popular urban legend here in the Philippines. This was made even more popular when the book, True Philippine Ghost Stories, published the story. Now whether you believe the story or not, is up to you. I will try to retell the story here as much as I can.

Mary Cherry Chua was a young high school student in a prestigious all-girls school here in Manila. She was very well-known in her school because she was not only pretty, she was also very smart and kind. She also came from a rich family. In short, she was Miss Popular in her school. In the stories, she was described as a young girl with long black hair, creamy white skin, chinky black eyes, and was always smiling.

One day, Mary Cherry had to stay late in school because of an activity. It was near dusk already when she said goodbye to her classmates. Later that night, the frantic parents of Mary Cherry called her classmates one by one asking if they had seen their daughter, since the girl has not arrived home yet and this was very unusual since Mary Cherry diligently goes home after school. However, not one of Mary Cherry's classmates were able to say where she was.

The following morning, Mary Cherry's body was found behind a shrubbery in the school's spacious yard. She was strangled to death with her own necktie, her skirt all the way up to her chest and her panty was found below her ankles: clear indication that she was raped. Her mouth was still open, evidently she struggled for breath as her assailant choked her. Her grieving, outraged parents of course cried justice for their daughter. It was a huge scandal at that time. The school had to do damage control because what happened would not only put a black mark on the name of the school, if they wanted to keep their students (which I mentioned were all girls), they have to catch the culprit and they have to do it fast.

It was the school's good luck that the rapist went forward on his own accord. It turned out to be the school janitor who was recently fired because of being caught sleeping on the job. He decided to rape a student because he knew that it will reflect negatively on the school and he just chose Mary Cherry because she was the one of the most popular girls there. He felt really guilty after doing his crime and since his conscience continued to plagued him, he decided to surrender. The janitor was put into prison and to serve as a token to Mary Cherry's memory, the school administration erected a stone bench on the exact spot where she her body was found with the words "In Memory of Mary Cherry Chua" engraved on it.

However, the story doesn't end there. According to the students of that school, those who dared to sit on that bench will be possessed by Mary Cherry Chua. She will be made to feel how Mary Cherry felt during her last minutes in the world. Some of those who happens to pass that stone bench during dusk sometimes sees a figure of a young girl, crying nearby, perhaps crying because her bright future was taken away from her...

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Anonymous said...

OMG that lady is Ms. Christine Reyes! Stare at the photo pls.

Anonymous said...

can u tell what school this is?

Anonymous said...

this story is true that's mary cherry and it is not christine reyes she is not a whore she is innocent!!

Anonymous said...

Mary Cherry is also a wacko character from a cult TV show called "Popular". Google it.

yani said...

how bad naman that janitor/////////.......
mary cherry chua is soo pretty'''''''''''''''''''''

Mozers said...

si Mary Cherry Chua yan?!

yang nasa taas na may sign na "In Memory of Mary Cherry Chua"

Anonymous said...

Yes it's true... kwento sakin ng kabatch mate nya noon sa saint ____'s school

Anonymous said...

let her rest,

ballpen88 said...

yeah alam ko rin ang kwentong yan,,,duon sa skul na pinasukan nya ay ruon rin ako nag aral...nagkaruon na ng novel version ang life nya sa http://pinoyscaryblog.com/

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Anonymous said...

si mary ay isang babaeng innocente mabait at maganda kaya dapat nabigyan cya ng hustisya dapat ikolung ng habang buhay ang janitor...!!! T_T

alexis! said...

Is that the real MARY CHERRY CHUA? That janitor is really evil. he didn't used the innocent girl. Mary Cherry Chua is very nice girl. He should ashamed on his self! So how was the CAse of Mary? How was her family now?

Anonymous said...

thats not mary chua . the picture is fake the girl in the picture is erika sawajiri . japanese actress ..

Anonymous said...

iknow that the story of mary cherry was true coz ive alreay read it in many books but that picture is not the mary chua.,its an actress.,

Anonymous said...

Kung totoo man ang kwento sana matahimk na ang kaluluwa niya at sana igalang siya.

Anonymous said...

kawawa naman c bestfren ko..malilintik skin ang janitor nayan...huh!

Anonymous said...

the school is "**** ****** ******* ****** ****"

ballpen88 said...

ito yung novel tungkol sa life nya:

http://pinoyscaryblog.com/2010/06/the-urban-legend-of-mary-chua-series/

Anonymous said...

so sad,,,may she rest in peace by now beside our loving god jehovah and jesus.

camille said...

plss....reveal what schoolis that.....?!?!?!cause i know that the school she studying at....is the the i studt also!

Anonymous said...

When I read the story I first thought that Mary cherry studied at my school pero sa ibang SMA pala. MARY CHERRY CHUA was in 6th grade when she died and the story is true. My Social Studies teacher told us the story she knew since she was just in preschool when the incident happened. The school is St.Mary's Academy in Quezon City. Oh, BTW, co-ed na ung school ngayon. And yeah, walang nilabas DAW na picture kaya imposibleng si Mary Cherry yan.

Anonymous said...

Oh. St. Mary's COLLEGE in quezon city not Academy. SMAcademy kasi ung school ko.

Anonymous said...

not true po yan. i studied in smcqc for nearly 10 years. wala pong bench dun for her. at wala ding nasasapian.

Anonymous said...

St. Mary's Academy? jan nag aral mga cousins ko pero wala naman silang nakukwento sa kin ee

Anonymous said...

St. Mary's College peeps. sa delta,quezon city i was in 1st grade nung nangyare yon. yung bench na sinasabe nyo totoong nilagyan ng ganun but now tinanggal din tapos binakuran nung smc days ko pa.lam nyo na for changes dba tinayuan na din ng building yung spot na yun. (BLDG. MARIANS CENTRO)

Anonymous said...

hmm kawawa naman cya ang bata pa nya at hayup yang manyakis na yan animal cya

Anonymous said...

sana mabulok yang hayup na yan sa kulungan...

Anonymous said...

Picture po yan ni Christine Reyes nung bata pa sya. Hindi po yan si Mary Cherry Chua. :)

Anonymous said...

nag aral ako sa mary's for 12 yrs.. umupo pa ko sa bench kung san lagi umuupo si mary cherry..pero wala naman nangyari lol..

Anonymous said...

I'm also a marian fr0m smcqc, un dating marian centro pero garden un dati na may mama mary may bench nga un s lo0b pero parati naman nakacl0se un gate.

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