Some say Winchester’s personal grief was compounded by her guilt over the lives taken by the rifles that built her family’s fortune-that she believed herself to be cursed. Left, by C Flanigan/WireImage Right, by Ben King/CBS Films/Lionsgate. Left, Winchester Mansion, photographed in 2017 Right, a still from Winchester. “But I think, in fact, she was someone with great empathy.” “This legend grew up around her of her being crazy,” Mirren told me, sitting inside the very parlor of the misunderstood woman she plays. But as it turns out, the most curious object inside the mansion was actually Sarah Winchester herself. But there are certainly enough unsettling sights within-a stairway the leads to nowhere, a repeating motif of the number 13 baked into the elaborate decorations, a second-story door that opens out to nothing-to convince Houdini, the friendly Winchester tour guides, and scores of Bay Area residents who visited the house as children (this writer included) that something is awry here.
Your mileage may vary when it comes to believing there are, in fact, spirits lurking in the corridors of the Winchester Mystery House. Believe it or not, this ghost-packed film could be the closest mainstream audiences come to understanding that Winchester was far from just a “crazy” lady who built a crazy house. Part historical preserve, part spooky theme park oddity, the Winchester Mystery House has now inspired a new horror movie, Winchester, starring Helen Mirren as the titular, reclusive heir to a massive rifle fortune. There have been over 12 million visitors to the house since its mysterious architect died in 1922. Picking up on some popular nicknames of the day, Houdini dubbed the building “Winchester Mystery House” after the late Sarah Winchester, the secretive woman who built and lived in it. The massive estate, partially demolished by the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906, had a reputation for being haunted-and not even Houdini himself could shake the sense that something inside those walls was wrong. Though a magician by trade, Houdini was devoted, at this time in his life, to debunking what he considered a scourge of fake spiritualists and mediums. If you're looking for more ways to support the attraction while it's closed to visitors, consider buying a discounted ticket voucher now to use when the house reopens.In 1924, Harry Houdini visited a rambling architectural oddity in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley. To see the inside of the structure, and to learn more about its history, you can take the 40-minute virtual tour here. It's a bucket-list destination for ghost hunters, and it's even been immortalized as an elaborate LEGO sculpture. Today the Winchester Mystery House is an iconic California landmark. (The founder of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company was her father-in-law.) The home's bizarre layout, which includes stairs that stop at the ceiling and doors that open to nothing, may reflect her fear-driven compulsion to keep building. Constructed between 18, legend says Sarah Winchester built the unusual abode to ward off the vengeful spirits of people killed by Winchester rifles. The Winchester Mystery House is one of the most notorious pieces of property in California's Bay Area.
A visit to the site in person normally costs up to $54, but until it reopens, anyone can take a virtual tour of the estate for free. If taking a virtual tour of one of the most allegedly haunted places on Earth is more your style, now you can check out every baffling nook and cranny of the Winchester Mystery House on the landmark's website.Īlong with many public businesses and institutions across the country, the Winchester Mystery House closed earlier in March in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Taking online yoga classes and watching soothing animal live-streams isn't the only way to cope with isolation.
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