SYSK Selects: What's with the Winchester Mystery House?

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

After her daughter and husband died, heiress Sarah Winchester became obsessed with the idea that spirits haunted her and to appease them she had to have a house continuously built for them. So she did - 24 hours a day for 38 years.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.0	Hey everybody, it's me, Ural Pal Josh.
0:33.3	And for this week's S.Y.S.K. Spooky Selection, I've chosen how the Winchester Mystery House worked.
0:40.1	It debuted on Halloween of 2013.
0:43.7	And on the surface, it's about some kooky rich woman who believed in ghosts,
0:49.5	salining her and so she made this crazy house that's super interesting.
0:53.9	But if you peel back beneath the surface of the story a little more,
0:58.1	you find like a clear picture of the person that she was.
1:02.6	And she was as interesting as her house was.
1:04.9	So hopefully you'll enjoy this one.
1:07.8	It probably won't scare the pants off of you, but it's at the very least interesting.
1:12.6	So check it out and enjoy.
1:15.6	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know
1:18.1	from house-stuffworks.com.
1:25.6	Hey and Happy Halloween.
1:27.7	And welcome to The Podcast.
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