Introduction

One night while watching the Travel Channel, i saw a very interesting story on a "haunted" spot out in San Jose, Ca. It's a beautiful old Victorian mansion that stands at an impressive 4 stories tall. Oddly enough, it contains stairways that lead straight into the ceiling, ultra low ceilings in certain spots, doors that lead into open air, and a safe that leads into more safes. The story behind it's construction is very sad, mysterious, and tragic (on more levels than one). It's name is Winchester House, and it is currently a tourist attraction open to the public. The Winchester House will never be complete.House is only a relative description for it, with labyrinth being more accurate. At the time of it's purchase by Sarah Winchester, the house contained six bedrooms. The story of how it never got completed is both sad and strange.

In 1884, Sarah Winchester, recently widowed, travelled west form Connecticut to California claiming that she was led there by the spirit of her late husband, gun magnate William Wirt Winchester (the man responsible for the Winchester rifle). She was led to an unfinished house in San Jose, California that was currently owned by a doctor. Because of her spiritual conviction, she ended up paying a large sum  to the doctor for the 162 acre property, which included the unfinished house.

This story is compelling to me, and the purpose of my blog is to assemble all the information I have gathered on this strange structure.