20 Winchester Mansion (Famous Hauntings And Spooky Spots)
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This article is from the Ghost Stories FAQ, by obiwan obiwan@best.com with numerous contributions by others.
20 Winchester Mansion (Famous Hauntings And Spooky Spots)
The Winchester Mansion, in San Jose, California, was built by Sara
Winchester, the widow of William Winchester. Sara visited a psychic
who told her that she must build a house large enough to house the
souls of all those who'd been killed by Winchester guns, and Sara
spent the remaining 36 years of her life (until she died in 1922)
doing just that.
The mansion's construction is just as odd as Sara's personality.
There are stairways and doors that go nowhere, secret rooms and
passages, and elevators that only go up one floor. Some believe
that Sara had the house built in a confusing way so that the sprits
wouldn't be able to find her and seek revenge. The number 13
is prevalent throughout: 13 bathrooms, stairways with 13 steps,
and so on.
There is a rumor that Sara would never give her workmen the day
off, because she was afraid that the day she stopped building she
would die. One day, however, after many complaints, she finally
gave her staff a day off, and that is the day she died.
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