![]() ![]() Winchester left Connecticut to move to Menlo Park, California where she found the perfect spot for her new home in the Santa Clara Valley. It was her responsibility to build a house big enough to serve as a home for all of the spirits of people killed by the Winchester rifles- often called “The Gun That Won The West.” Mrs. Winchester could rest assured that her life was not in danger. As long as construction of the house never ceased, Mrs. Sarah was instructed to move west and to appease the spirits by building a great house for them. Winchester that there was something she could do about this. However, the medium also explained to Mrs. Sarah was told that the spirits were seeking revenge and were responsible for the deaths of her husband and her beloved daughter. Winchester explained that the Winchester family and its fortune were being haunted by spirits: the spirits of the American Indians, the Civil War soldiers, and anyone else who was killed by the Winchester rifles. A response that led to the construction of the one and only Winchester Mystery House.Ī view of the Winchester House from the front. ![]() Winchester had an interesting response to the situation. With access to over $20,000,000.00 and all the time in the world, Sarah L. It’s easy to imagine how challenging the combined grief of losing both a child and a spouse must be. ![]() To cope with her immense sadness, she sought help from a spiritualist. In March of 1881, fifteen years later, her husband died of tuberculosis. Winchester fell into a deep depression from which she never fully recovered. However, in 1866, their young child, Annie, died of a mysterious disease which was later found to be marasmus. The couple’s life together was happy and between the rifle company and the carriage company, they were very well off. In 1862, Sarah married William Wirt Winchester, son of Oliver Fisher Winchester, manufacturer of the famous Winchester repeating rifle. Her parents owned a successful carriage manufacturing company so she lived a comfortable life as a young girl. Sarah was a talented young woman who could speak four languages and play the piano effortlessly. Sarah Lockwood Pardee was born in the 1840s. If you have an interest in the supernatural, please take a moment to read this. (The home was originally seven stories and is currently four.) After the destruction, Sarah's construction team scrappily pieced the home back together, hence the odd doorways and staircases.The story of Sarah Winchester is one of the strangest stories I have ever heard. The house's size is impressive, but some have argued that its more ridiculous elements are side effects of a 1906 earthquake that collapsed its top three levels. Due to the tabloid nature of Sarah's alleged interest in the occult, there's reason to suspect it was merely conjecture, the media attempting to paint a wealthy and grieving woman in a hysterical light. Of course, there are varying tales about the true nature of the house's eccentricity. Some doors open to steep outdoor drop-offs. Aerial views show a house so sprawling it looks like some sort of theme park attraction. The number 13 appears frequently, and there are rumored sèance rooms hidden somewhere in the labyrinthine knot of wood and stained glass. The 160 rooms are comprised of 40 bedrooms, two ballrooms, dozens of staircases – some of which lead straight into the ceiling – and even two basements. It's hard to properly describe just how insane Sarah Winchester's house is. ![]()
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