Apparitions reportedly seen around the house seem to be some of the old Winchester caretakers and servants, apparently guarding the manse. ![]() ![]() In places, nails can still be seen half-driven into walls where workmen, informed of the mistress's death, abruptly halted their labors. Thirteen is the dominant theme of the house, reflected in the number of lights on chandeliers, coat hooks on walls, windows in rooms, and even the number of drainage holes in the kitchen sink's trap.Īt the widow's death the house contained over seven hundred rooms, of which more than a hundred and sixty still stand today. The Gothic Victorian monstrosity was constantly expanded with dozens of pointless rooms, stairs leading nowhere, narrow hallways less than two feet wide, secret doors, and ceilings so low one had to stoop to enter.Īt midnight each night, Sarah would don a nightgown inscribed with occult symbols and weave her way through mazes of rooms via secret, sliding panels to the "seance room." For the next two hours she would receive instructions from the ghosts, telling her what sort of chambers and galleries should be built next. Heiress to the Winchester Arms fortune, Sarah believed that she was under a curse placed on her by the countless victims killed by Winchester Arms, and had to build rooms to house the dead. ![]() The Winchester Mystery House is a tourist attraction in San Jose, California.īegun in 1884, the Winchester Mystery House's ongoing construction occupied the remaining thirty-eight years of Sarah Winchester's life.
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