About This Episode
Sarah Winchester built a labyrinthine mansion to confuse the spirits of those killed by her family's rifles. Did it work?
Show Notes
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Construction on the Winchester Mystery House began in 1884 and continued 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until Sarah Winchester's death in 1922.
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The house contains 160 rooms, 2,000 doors, 10,000 windows, 47 stairways, and 13 bathrooms — many leading nowhere.
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Sarah reportedly held nightly séances in the Blue Room to receive building instructions from the spirits of those killed by Winchester rifles.
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Visitors and staff have reported apparitions, unexplained footsteps, and cold spots throughout the property.
Topics
HauntedVictorianSéanceCaliforniaArchitecture
Featured Guest
Marcus Veil
Architectural Historian
Marcus Veil specializes in the intersection of Victorian architecture and spiritualist movements. He has written extensively on Sarah Winchester's obsessive building campaign and its occult motivations.
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