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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 Winchester's death in 1922. The Victorian and Gothic-style mansion is renowned for its size and its ...
Sarah 'Sallie' Lockwood Winchester (née Pardee; 1839 – September 5, 1922) was an American heiress who amassed great wealth after the death of her husband, William Wirt Winchester, and her mother in law, Jane Ellen Hope. Winchester has become known for the construction of Llanada Villa which was built to trap sprits and ghosts that she ...
"Winchester Mansion" was the home of Sarah Winchester, did she keep building rooms to house ghosts she was haunted by? 305 "Weird Animal Behaviour"
If you're even a passing fan of haunted history, you've heard of the Winchester Mystery House. Located in San Jose, California, the building was first purchased as a two-story farmhouse by Sarah ...
Sarah Winchester was convinced her house was haunted. Or rather, she was convinced she herself was haunted by the restless souls of people killed by Winchester rifles. She spent much of her ...
Winchester (also known as Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built) is a 2018 supernatural horror film directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, and written by the Spierigs and Tom Vaughan. The film stars Helen Mirren as heiress Sarah Winchester, with Jason Clarke and Sarah Snook, and follows Winchester as she is haunted by spirits inside her San ...
Winchester Mystery House. San Jose, California Following the death of Winchester Repeating Arms Co. treasurer William Winchester, his widow, Sarah, inherited a fortune. Having lost both her ...
The Winchester Repeating Arms Company was a prominent American manufacturer of repeating firearms and ammunition. The firm was established in 1866 by Oliver Winchester and was located in New Haven, Connecticut. The firm went into receivership in 1931 and was bought by the Western Cartridge Company, a forerunner of the Olin Corporation.