![]() ![]() The house stayed under construction until the day she died. Sarah took this advice, moved to California, and begin to build. The medium told Sarah that she could confused the ghosts by building a house that was always changing. Sarah Winchester believed this, and felt the ghosts of those killed by Winchester rifles were pursuing her family. She asked this medium why she had suffered such a terrible loss, and the medium told her that the Winchester family was cursed. She placed the fate of her existence in the hands of a psychic after the death of her husband and only child. Sarah Winchester was also certifiably nuts. The property once belonged to the late Sarah Winchester, the widow of William Winchester, of prestigious Winchester Rifle fame. The Winchester Mystery house is less of a house and more of a RIDICULOUSLY HUGE mansion that resides in Northern California. ![]() She told us if her back was turned, there “would be no way for her to know we were taking pictures”. Our tour guide, however, was a huge geek about the house and understood the need to photograph the experience. We were not supposed to take pictures inside the house, so this picture below is usually all tourists walk away with. I had heard about this place before but never found a reason to stop – being in San Jose, it’s not exactly on the way to anything, so we factored an extra half a day into our trip and made it a priority. One, of course, being the Winchester Mystery House. ![]() Time for a bucket list post! Back in December, I took a road trip with Joe down the coast to LA, making a few choice stops along the way. ![]()
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