BrainStuff Classics: Why Is the Winchester House Built So Strangely?

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🗓️ 1 November 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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We can't prove whether the Winchester Mystery House is really haunted, but it was definitely built for ghosts. Learn the story of how its strange construction was one woman's unending quest in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/afterlife/winchester-mystery-house.htm

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0:44.4	Hey, Brainstuff, Lauren Vogelbaum here with a classic episode from The Vault.
0:49.9	This one tells the twisting tale of the purposefully odd Winchester house.
0:55.9	I'm bringing it back because this is one story where the truth is just as strange as any fiction that could be concocted.
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1:07.1	Most of us want to get home construction over as soon as possible.
1:11.0	We worry about the expense and complain about the inconvenience.
1:14.8	But for Sarah Winchester, construction was a way of life.
1:18.9	For 38 years, she had construction going 24 hours a day at her home in San Jose, California.
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