Winchester Mystery House
The Winchester Mystery House is a mansion in San Jose, California, that was once the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester. The house became a tourist attraction nine months after her death in 1922. The Victorian and Gothic-style mansion is ren
What awaits
Reported. Visitors and staff have reported apparitions, disembodied voices and unexplained music at Winchester Mystery House. Accounts like these have circulated for years; The Haunted Guide records them as reports, not as established fact.
Sources: Wikipedia: Winchester Mystery House, Wikidata Q608039, NRHP #74000559, National Register of Historic Places (NPS).
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