WINCHESTER HOUSE: THE ACTUAL HAUNTED HOUSE
WINCHESTER HOUSE: THE ACTUAL HAUNTED HOUSE
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Reputed to be the most haunted house in America

Let me tell you that the Victorian mansion was once the home of Sarah Winchester, the widow of William Winchester and heir to the Winchester Repeating Arms rifle fortune that was once known as “the gun that won the west.”

The story of the home, which you can learn from one of many guided tours held daily, is as long and bewitching as the winding hallways and curious stairways that make up the property. To the many people who visit Winchester Mystery House, there seems to be no reason for the confusing layout of the home that Sarah built and added on to for more than 38 years before her death in 1922. But to Sarah, it was simple: she was trying to confuse the spirits she believed were after her.

So intriguing is Sarah’s story and her home, it’s now the subject of a horror film starring Helen Mirren as Sarah Winchester. The mansion was closed for three days last year for location filming and the rest was shot on a meticulously recreated soundstage at Melbourne’s Docklands. The seven-story mansion rises up just beyond the freeway, an incongruous nod to a bygone era in a town that is today known for technological advancements and as the home to many of the Fortune 1000 companies. Silicon Valley, as the region has come to be known, is headquarters for Facebook, Netflix and Yahoo, to name a few.

Yet, it’s Winchester Mystery House that the tourists come to visit, more than 12 million in fact, since the home was opened to the public in 1923. It’s a perfect day trip journey from San Francisco, which is less than an hour away.

Two Type of Tour

There are two types of tours you can do depending on the time you have available and your level of interest. The Mansion Tour will take you through 110 of the rooms over 65 minutes, including the Seance Room where Sarah would commune with the spirits at midnight each evening to receive instructions on how to continue the build, and Sarah’s own bedroom where she passed away.

Getting there

Winchester Mystery House, 525 S Winchester Bvd, San Jose.

 

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