It's said that Sarah purposely designed this house with its stairs to the ceiling and doors to nowhere,

so as to confuse the spirits that meant to do her harm.

For 38 years, the sounds of hammering never stopped.

And that Sarah, the workers, built room after room after room after room.

Now it's your turn to experience the unique features of this house.

On Winchester Boulevard in San Jose, California, there's a giant Victorian mansion.

The National Park Service describes it as a bizarre multi-gabled house.

It has 160 rooms quilted together over time.

It's been called the most haunted house in the world,

and it's said to be the inspiration for the haunted mansion at Disneyland.

It was built by a woman named Sarah Winchester.

In 1881, her husband William Winchester died of tuberculosis,

leaving her reported $20 million fortune,

though being nearly $500 million today.

And with the money, she built a house.

Some say it was designed to be haunted.

The story of the Winchester house is a story about gossip, grief,

and a very famous gun.

I'm Phoebe Judge. This is criminal.

In 1862, Sarah Parade married William Winchester in New Haven, Connecticut.

She had repeated miscarriages for years,

and finally gave birth to a baby daughter, Annie.

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