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Horror Story: Ghosts, Mysteries, and Hauntings

Spirit Mansion: The Winchester Mystery House

Horror Story: Ghosts, Mysteries, and Hauntings

Horror Stories

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.6668 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

There is a house in San Jose, California with an interesting construction. Staircases that lead to nowhere and doors that open to painful drops are just some of the oddities. Did you know this house was built for spirits? 

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0:00.0

There is a house located in San Jose, California, that is known for its interesting construction.

0:14.0

It was purchased by the owner when it was only a small farmhouse, a place that was still unfinished.

0:22.2

The construction project had no end in sight, perhaps literally for the owner, because ever

0:28.5

since it was bought in 1884, carpenters were hired to work day and night.

0:35.3

The project required no architects and no plan.

0:40.1

Workers kept adding to the place until they ended up with an enormous mansion,

0:44.9

with staircases, with different size risers, exterior windows that would peer inside the mansion,

0:51.9

and lots of quirky additions.

0:55.0

Eventually, it turned into a gigantic seven-story mansion,

1:00.0

the doors that led to drops and stairs that led to nowhere.

1:06.0

The place had 40 staircases, 13 bathrooms, 47 fireplaces, 10,000 windows.

1:14.8

Who did the owner want to confuse, or what entities was she hiding from?

1:21.6

Well, it didn't take long for the public to take note on this place, and then to begin murmuring

1:27.3

about the strange

1:28.1

things that would happen inside that house. Tales of ghosts and recurring apparitions that haunt

1:34.8

the place. Tragic events surrounded the owner, and her mourning led her to seek guidance

1:42.6

from spirits.

1:49.8

In fact, much of her fortune had been made through the deaths of tens of thousands of people.

1:54.3

Let's find out what makes the Winchester Mystery House,

1:57.4

one of the most haunted places in America.

2:00.2

My name is Edwin.

2:02.9

Here's the dark memory.

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