#WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE REVIEW MOVIE#

The movie was a classic ghost story period piece. The board will use the declaration to relieve her of her controlling financial interests. At the same time, the Winchester Repeating Rifle Company board commission a disgraced psychiatrist to declare the widow mentally unfit. Winchester’s niece and nephew come to visit, only to live out a horror story. Titled simply Winchester, the movie starring Helen Mirrin shows what might have motivated the widow: a spectacular haunting. STILL under construction!Ī speculative view into one theory was produced into a major motion picture in 2018. But none of the living can say with absolute certainty what those reasons are. Did a psychic tell her to build it? Was she haunted by the ghosts of those felled by the “Gun that Won the West”? Did she want construction to ever finish? Built at a price tag of $5 million in 1923 ($71 million today), there had to be a good reason for Sarah’s contruction fever. Before she passed away, rumors circulated that a wealthy and eccentric woman was building a mystereous, sprawling estate.

What Sarah Winchester left behind is still a mystery. The original modest farmhouse grew into the world’s most unusual and sprawling mansion, which currently, at 24,000 square feet, has: It was once the personal residence of Sarah Lockwood Pardee Winchester, the widow of William Wirt Winchester and heiress to a large portion of the Winchester® Repeating Arms fortune.įrom 1886 to 1922, construction seemingly never ceased. The Winchester Mystery House® is an architectural wonder and historic landmark in San Jose, CA. These Are The Facts from the Winchester Mystery House Website Some of the tour guides refuse to use the 3rd floor corridors after dark, as they have heard footsteps or a voice calling their name, even when they are completely alone. Per the Winchester Mystery House’s website, “a number of employees-and a few visitors-claim to have crossed paths with ‘Clyde,’ a mustached man sometimes seen pushing a wheelbarrow in the basement, or trying to repair the fireplace in the Ballroom.” Guests have said “We really like the actor who was ‘repairing’ the ballroom fireplace, wearing white overalls and a Victorian boater hat!” To which the staff reply “huh? We didn’t hire an actor.” You might feel Clyde tug on your pants or shirt as you’re winding through the tour.

Less officially, both visitors and employees have encountered some ghostly sightings. Called ‘ Who’s Whooooo‘, the brochure gave details of several allegedly haunted locations in the US, including the Winchester House. The US Travel Service, part of the Department of Commerce, published it abroad in the late 1960s. Some sources make the wild claim that the Winchester House is “Certified as Haunted by the US Department of Commerce.” This tale probably originated from a brochure aimed at promoting foreign travel to the US. Since Houdini’s visit, subsequent investigations of the Winchester Mystery House read like a list of who’s who in the paranormal world, including Zak Bagans from Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures, renowned psychic Sylvia Browne, and famous medium James Van Praagh. New since Diana’s visit, there is now a Houdini-inspired escape room on the Estate: Houdini‘s Spirited Escape! We hope we can review it for you soon. His visit elicited more questions than answers. He wanted to disprove Spritiualism by debunking the lore that surrounded the recently-deceased Sarah Winchester’s massive, mysterious mansion. Legendary magician Harry Houdini stopped by the Winchester Estate during his 1923-1924 tour.

We’ll even do a séance from Sarah Winchester’s own séance room atop this 24,000 square foot sprawling mansion.Winchester Mystery House, Photo courtesy of Travel + Leisure The Haunting

We’ll investigate some of the most active haunted rooms in this historic 160 room architectural wonder. Very few shows have had the privilege of accessing this paranormal crown jewel and The Spirit Realm Network is extremely honored to bring you this live paranormal experience from such an incredible location. Saturday April 2nd, 2022 - The ultimate live séance and paranormal investigation from one of the most famously haunted locations in America!īe one of 13 to join world famous Psychic Medium Patti Negri, Hollywood Ghost Hunter and award winning author Rick McCallum and The Spirit Realm Network as we explore the “Holy Grail” of paranormal locations, the one and only Winchester Mystery House, located in San Jose, California. The Winchester Mystery House -San Jose, California

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