![]() Often cited as the most haunted house in America, the building has about 2,000 doors and 10,000 windows (what?!), 13 bathrooms, six kitchens and three elevators. The Winchester mansion has many 13-paned windows, halls with 13 ceiling panels, and 13-step stairways. Sarah also had a design preoccupation with the number 13. Due to its odd construction and secret passages, no one knows for sure. The 24,000-square-foot home has about 160 rooms. Image credit: Winchester Mystery House official Facebook page Not to speak ill of the dead, but apparently Sarah Winchester was haunted by a rather unique type of ghost: the kind that can’t pass through walls. The house has a labyrinth layout that was meant to confuse the ghosts. Some say that Sarah started building it after a medium told her she was cursed by the spirits of those killed by Winchester rifles, who demanded she build them a house to pay for her family’s sins.Īs Sarah Winchester didn’t use an architect, the Winchester house contains many oddities like trap doors, secret passages, stairs that lead to nowhere, windows overlooking other rooms, doors that open to blank walls and a door that opens out into nothing. Image credit: Winchester Mystery House official Facebook pageĭespite its glamorous looks, the sprawling mansion’s history is edged with tragedy. After her husband’s death, Sarah inherited a tremendous amount of money that she used to build the house. The Winchester mansion once belonged to Sarah Winchester, the widow of firearm magnate William Wirt Winchester. Now, watching Supernatural might give you the goosebumps, but when you find out that there’s a real haunted mansion out there (that the curious and brave can go visit), stuff gets real! Haunting facts about the Winchester house Image credit: Winchester Mystery House official Facebook page #Mystery house movie seriesAnd even though the series doesn’t provide actual links between the brothers and the real Winchester family, it still makes for a killer back story - with the house itself being worthy of a Supernatural feature. ![]() However, not many know the scary story behind the Winchester name.Īs the lore goes, Sam and Dean’s last name is a nod to the famous Winchester Mystery House located in San Jose, California. #Mystery house movie fullIf you’ve somehow managed to keep yourself away from CW’s massively popular show for its full 15 seasons, here’s a quick intro into the world of the Supernatural TV show: Following in their father’s footsteps, Sam and Dean Winchester grow up to become demon hunters and ever since 2005 when the TV show first aired, the two battled pretty much every supernatural creature from fairies to angels, to Lucifer himself. The Supernatural TV series was an unexpected success and the Winchester brothers had quite a lot to do with that. ![]()
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