The Winchester Mystery House is in San Jose, California. I believe this story happened nearly twenty years ago…
The story goes that Sarah Winchester, who was the widow of the firearm magnate William Wirt Winchester, kept the mansion under constant “around the clock” construction, until her death on September 5th, 1922.
A Boston Medium told Sarah, while channeling her diseased husband, that she should travel West, where she must continuously build a home for herself and the spirits of the people who had fallen victim to the Winchester rifles.
It is claimed the property and mansion were claimed by many to be haunted by the ghosts of those killed with the Winchester rifles.
The mansion was built in a haphazard fashion. The home contains numerous oddities such as doors and stairs that go nowhere, windows overlooking other rooms and stairs with odd-sized risers, et cetera.
The sound of music boxes playing upon entry has a way of bridging many dimensions. I loved it!
I recall stepping away from the tour group, when we were upstairs, because the sounds coming from outside a window drew my curiosity.
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