Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, CA 9/24/05 Photo Gallery by Jeanelyn Zozobrado at pbase.com

Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, CA 9/24/05

Winchester Mystery House Facts
What: The Winchester Mystery House is a rambling, 160-room unfinished and unfurnished house built by Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester Rifle fortune. Curiosities include staircases leading to nowhere and doors in the floor.
Where:San Jose, California. Exit I-280 southbound at Winchester Blvd.

When:Open for tours daily, except Christmas day. Special flashlight tours on Halloween and every Friday the Thirteenth. The standard tour lasts 65 minutes and costs much more than a full-price movie, but for the curious, the Winchester Mystery House can be quite an adventure.

The Winchester Mystery House Facts:
-Sarah Lockwood Pardee married William Winchester of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1862. Their only child, a six-month-old daughter died in 1866, and William died of tuberculosis a few years later.
-Sarah Winchester visited a Boston psychic who told her the deaths were revenge from the ghosts of those killed by Winchester rifles, and that Sarah could escape the spirits' wrath by moving west and building a house that would never be finished.
-Sarah Winchester took her $20 million cash inheritance and $1,000 a day income and moved west to California in 1884. She bought an unfinished eight-room farm house near San Jose that is now known as the Winchester Mystery House.
-She soon started building on the house maniacally, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and she never stopped! For the next 38 years, the house grew like kudzu along a Virginia highway, swallowing up everything around it including the barn and water tower.
-In the end, she created a sprawling structure covering 6 acres with 160 rooms, 13 bathrooms, 6 kitchens, 40 staircases, 47 fireplaces, 2,000 doors and 10,000 windows.

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Guest		28-Aug-2011 20:34
Saw a mist that obscured the wall on the switchback staircase leading to the loft. I turned around at the top looked back and could not see the paneling of the staircase clearly. Pointed it out to my son and his friend and he saw it also

josesita		07-Aug-2011 03:34
hi, i am an english teacher in mexico. when i knew information about this huge house i could not believe it! i'm really interested in visiting this house, i hope one day i could do it...

Lisa Selby		17-May-2011 05:11
I haven't checked out this website in awhile. So my apologies go to Ralph DeMattia. I thank him for his very complimentary words about my book. I did my research on line and with an employee who formerly worked there. So I did not have as much information as I could have. The book is not in hardcover. It was published by a subsidy company. There is another book he might want to check out if he hasn't already. It is written by Mary Jo Ignoffo called "Captive of the Labyrith". It has more information than I could find in my limited research. It gives a different perspective. To the person who thinks Mrs. Winchester should have found Jesus, she was religious.

nick		26-Apr-2011 20:44
winchester house suckkkkss

Guest		05-May-2010 16:54
this is agreat home when were you born

sarah winchester		09-Apr-2010 12:27
hi i like this

seth eppeland		22-Mar-2010 18:30
i wish that i could come to your house it is awsome are u alive? also how many guns do you have to protect you form ghost? how old are you how tall are you do you weight like 1 pound

Guest		10-Feb-2010 02:00
I REALLY WANT TO GO VISIT THIS KRAZII HOUSE!!!!

stephanie & Liz		16-Dec-2009 20:02
OMG WE ARE 9THGRADERS DOING A PROJECT THIS IS CRAZY!:)

Guest		02-Nov-2009 12:51
lierrrrrrrrrr

crazycrissy		29-Aug-2009 14:41
i am doing my s.s project on the top five haunted houses this is number one

Mudtaster		23-May-2009 18:51
I visited the Mansion about a yr ago and I never had such a strange feeling in my gut like that before. Every tour guide I talked to had a story of something that happened to them, every one of them! I had a 35mm photo taken of me with one of the cute tour guides on the, "Stairs to Nowhere," and when I had that developed there was a ghostly figure barely visible standing right behind us, So Yes, Im a believer now!!!

Karen W.		18-Mar-2009 13:32
The Winchester House is partly furnished. I am glad you included so much text about the house. Also 2 photos of the gift shop, something most people forget to photograph.

lolgirl24		24-Feb-2009 18:48
WAT THE HECK DONT PUT PICS OF U ON INTERNET PEOPLE ARE WATCHING AND LOOKING THEY WILL COME FOR U I SWEAR TO GOD THEY WILL

lolgirl24		20-Feb-2009 15:28
thanks for the pics for power point

Ralph DeMattia		26-Dec-2008 10:38
I have only 1 complaint about Lisa Selby's book;; IT ISN'T LONG ENOUGH! It is the most informative book I've ever read on both the Winchester family AND Sarah Winchester! I learned several facts about the company that I never knew before, and I've been collecting winchesters for over 30 years. If Ms, Selby should read this, PLEASE expanmd upon the book and put it out in Hardcover. It's GREAT!!!! By the way, Is THE INSCRUTABLE MRS. WINCHESTER available in Hardcover?

lisha		21-Oct-2008 03:50
THIS IS INTERESTING..................................

Guest		21-Oct-2008 03:49
this sound interesting

TheresaDougherty-Ahm		11-Oct-2008 21:42
I've been researching The Winchester House online for the past couple of hours and have viewed several photos where the orbs of spirits can be seen...even one that shows the complete head and body of a transparent figure! As one who has HAD visits from spirits in this life, I assure you, these phenomenon are very, VERY real, but usually quite harmless to those of us in the living world...usually they are just lost spirits who never learned to cross over to the other side. I can't help but be amused at the chiding of those previous comments re: the lack of mention of Jesus, as though one cannot have a relationship with him and STILL believe in spirits! I ask you...isn't Jesus currently A SPIRIT???!!! Open your minds! Even you have psychic powers if you make an effort to tap into them!

Karen		12-Sep-2008 07:17
I am 64 and went to the Winchester House about 3 years ago with my 37 year old son. We both loved it. He took some photos, but yours are better. I bought the Winchester House dvd, post cards, and a picture book, there at the gift shop. Later I bought and enjoyed Selby's book. I have seen at least 2 different photos of Sarah. If I was younger and spryer, I'd want to move near there and apply to work as a tour guide or at least in the gift shop. By going to www.google.com many of the school kids could get to articles to answer some of their questions. I also saw the beautiful Hearst Castle, but Sarah and her story intrigued me more. What I haven't yet been able to find is what work did Sarah's assistant, who was her heir, do before she worked for Sarah and also after Sarah died. She inherited all the furniture and sold most or all of it, since she didn't inherit the house. Maybe she went to college or travelled a lot. Sarah fired workers for disagreeing with her orders, some of which seemed illogical, like the stairs that went to a ceiling, but those workers she kept, she paid twice as much as any other employers paid in that area and time period. I am happy that this mansion and grounds are open to the public. Some gas stations or motels may have coupons for a discount for the Winchester House.Yes, I am very intrigued, but I agree with the student who said, Sarah needed to avoid psychics and get right with Jesus. Also I agree with the one who said, there are no ghosts. Sometimes we get obsessed with the wrong side of the supernatural. There's a magazine I get at the market, which tells of people's stories of people being helped by angels. Jesus is never mentioned. The column writer even tells people to pray to angels. Weird! Unbiblical. Unscientific.

Cher		08-Jun-2008 21:54
Did you guys here that Sarah Winchester would fire any of the workers if they accidently looked her in the eye? CRAZY!

bob sagat		07-May-2008 05:34
i like winchester

Dustin Winchester		05-May-2008 15:32
Hi, I am a 11th grader who is doing a research paper on the Winchester Mystery House. Your site has a lot of good information. Is there anymore information anyone could send me or I could contact.

Dustin Winchester		05-May-2008 15:26
Hi, I am a 11th grader who is doing a research paper on the Winchester Mystery House. Your site has a lot of good information. Is there anymore information you could send me or I could contact.

KEISHA		28-Apr-2008 23:48
this house is so amazing i went there to see it and now i am doing a research project on it if you aer ever in the neighborhood you should stop by and see it it is worth your time and money.

Mnmdora		14-Apr-2008 14:39
Listen, i am in 6th grade also, and i have figured out that this lady was CRAZY! She is as smart as a monkey going of a cliff

Mnmdora		14-Apr-2008 14:38
Listen, i am in 6th grade also, and i have figured out that this lady was CRAZY! She is as smart as a monkey going of a cliff

tj		09-Apr-2008 14:46
i love haunted things

Rowen		06-Feb-2008 21:50
The Winchester Mystery House is awsome!!!!! I am in eighth grade and i am doing a speech on it. Its one of the coolest things ever!!! Did you know that Sarah Winchester was only 4ft 10inches tall? And unlike what we think today, she belived 13 to be a lucky number, witch is why her windows had 13 panels, and most of the mansions rooms had 13 windows.

guest		10-Dec-2007 23:55
hi, iam a 6th grader and iam doing a report on the winchester mansion and going there someday iam soo excited and i hope i here ghosts like people say they did!

katherine cortez		07-Dec-2007 00:24
OMG!!!i luv this stuff intresting facts about the winchester curse is amazing***

Guest		06-Dec-2007 20:24
Ihope to go to the winchester one day im sure its scary!!!!!!

payton bell walsh		03-Nov-2007 15:11
this is so kewl!!!

Brianna		24-Oct-2007 18:59
I think that the Winchester house is very interesting and I hope to go there someday. Did anyone watch the show they did there? It is called the Most Haunted Live, they went there on 10/19/2007 and found out a bunch of interesting things.

Guest		17-Oct-2007 22:55
a ha ha

alexandra		24-Sep-2007 14:26
hi, I am also a 7th grader who is making a brosure about the winchester house. I think the winchester house is really interesting!!!!!

alexandra		24-Sep-2007 14:25
hi, I am also a 7th grader who is making a brosure about the winchester house. I think the winchester house is really interesting!!!!!

devin		04-Aug-2007 14:08
this lady shoud have gone to a proffessional psycic lady instead of getting mislead by false information

Guest		10-Jul-2007 01:05
This lady should have gone to church and gotten right with Jesus instead of going to some psychic lady....................!

Guest		10-Jul-2007 01:02
She should've went to church instead of some crazy psychic lady........

Guest		30-May-2007 17:04
i kno ppl posts from middle school

winauthor		25-Mar-2007 22:17
For those of you interested in more information on Sarah Winchester and her house, check out the book "The Inscrutable Mrs. Winchester and Her Mysterious Mansion" by Lisa L. Selby. It is available on-line at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble.com and other online book stores. It can also be found in the Santa Clara and San Jose, CA Public Libraries, and in the New Haven Free Public Library. It explains the history of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., as well as the house and all its intricacies and about Sarah and her orchards as well.

rachelle		13-Mar-2007 22:00
i have never been there be fore can you let me in on it

AMBER & EMILY		23-Feb-2007 16:08
I LOVE THIS SITE...LOL AMBER & EMILY

carolyn wilson		05-Jan-2007 01:15
loved your pics and story,my concern is why this sarah had to reach out for the unknown and if in doubt,why she didn't turn to her family! what a wasted life to turn tragic through her life and kept endless thoughts roaming in her head...........going to see this place!!!!!!!!!!!!!guest

arrianna		04-Jan-2007 15:31
there no such thing as ghosts

guest		29-Nov-2006 04:46
Hi,our names are Syerra and Heidi we are in the 8th grade doing a report on The Winchester Mystery House. We have learned so much about it we really enjoyed doing it, this site gave us great pictures and wonderful facts. We definatly enjoyed it when we visited the Winchester Mystery House. THANKS.............

guest		14-Nov-2006 23:34
hi im a 5th grader doing a flip book on the winchester mystery house its a good thing i went on here cuz i can get a lot of pictures of the house and some info thanx

guest		02-Nov-2006 03:29
Hi I am a 7th grade student at Fairmont Private Schools and im doing a research paper on the winchester house and I need some more info. can u please email it to aragornedkim@yahoo.com thank u

edward kim		02-Nov-2006 03:26
Hi, I am a 7th grade student at Fairmont Private Schools and im doing a research paper on the winchester house, can you please send me plenty and detailed info? Are there any other people i can contact? Thank you email:aragornedkim@yahoo.com

unidentified user<->		23-Oct-2006 16:44
I can't believe this is happening to me hahahaha

Neeraj Ginda		07-Oct-2006 19:05
could you send me a story about Sarah winchester. Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Neeraj Ginda		07-Oct-2006 19:03
could you send me a story about Sarah winchester. Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jt barta		06-Oct-2006 03:03
i have ghost picz

Katie Lynch		23-Sep-2006 06:39
I visted the Winchester Mystery House a couple yaers ago with my family. I had a video camera filming for the entire tour. Most of the video is just what went on during the tour, but I did get orbs, a streak of moving light and a face looking into the window of Sarah Winchester's bedroom. The face is on the outside of the bedroom window-looking in. Plain as day. And the bedroom is not on the first floor! Things going on there?? I truely believe they are...

Guest		22-Jul-2006 03:49
Mark of Bakersfield . The style of this house is a combination of rambiling arangements of Queen ann, east lake , mansard , second empire , and just a few noticeable hints of stick style all of which are noted as Victorian and some Edwardn. Style remanied unchanged for the most part and she stayed with victorian for more then 20 years after it had become an out dated style of art. In a scence it would be as ;you or I building a house in the 1970s or so and staying with that style through the year 2008, it would be a few generations later that the style could be then appriciated by most if not all. the only big differnce in this house is that mainly all the cielings are 8 feet high or there abouts because Sarha was not very tall her self.

lauren		13-Jun-2006 06:02
that looks like a cool place im in 7th grade Idoing a porjet on the house

person		12-Jun-2006 14:25
are there any good ones like of like something you could use in a power point or something like that

Eve		29-May-2006 23:52
do they have any pictures that people have seen like a picture of a spirit or something do they have any prof ? i sure think that this house is very mestirious wow its amazing!

mike		08-May-2006 23:03
wow the house looks nice and so do you jeanelyn!!!!

laura jenner		03-May-2006 14:32
cool site i'm in grade 8 and have to do an assignment on the winchester house can you put like a tour on the site thanks

Tyson		29-Apr-2006 16:59
I was wondering, can someone give me a link to a page with all the strange things (the staircase to the stairs, the door to nowhere, etc.) in the Winchester Mystery House?

Kyle		20-Apr-2006 19:09
I hate to tell you this, but a bunch of you information is only estimates, such as the room count is only an estimate, no one has ever actually counted all the rooms, and the widely believed story is that Sarah didn't stop building because only bad ghosts would get her. What you also didn't mention is that Sarah also built much of her house around class structure. The Indian servants, or third class, had a different kitchen then other races. Also, a lot of the rooms that third class servants stayed in had windows to look in, and Sarah regualarly watched them, as if she didn't trust them. She looked down on lower class people.

Guest		02-Apr-2006 03:51
can you please send me the address to the mansion

Joe		29-Mar-2006 17:31
The door on the side of the house is very CREEPPY ahhhhhh.

Guest		12-Mar-2006 15:18
I think you have very good infomation but less pictures of ghost and other wierd things people would love to see.

kaitlin		13-Feb-2006 02:31
hi nice house

joe		05-Feb-2006 17:55
ttthe wwwwinchhestter hoouse isss soooo ccccrreeepppy iiii sspeentt tthhee niigghtt thhhere annnd iimm still shhakinnn nnnneevvverr goooo thhhhereee ssssarrrahh wwinnnchhesstter wwwill hhhaauuunttt uuuuuu fffforrr tthhheee rreestt ooff yyooouur lliiiffeee

Jeanelyn Zozobrado		26-Jan-2006 14:28
I am sorry kids but i don't have any picture of ghost.

Robby		26-Jan-2006 07:06
yeah, i nedd some pics of ghosts just to see if they are real, will someone put some on if you find some???

john		19-Jan-2006 23:36
hi i need some pictures of ghosts for my 4-h speeh please contact as sone as posiball

Shadow		09-Jan-2006 00:24
Hi im in 6th grade doing a Destination ImagiNation play on the Winchester House. This is a natinal competition, and we are heading for 1st place after winning 3rd and 2nd. I was wondering if you could send me some info to oknut4@hotmail.com? Shadow

Roxanne		03-Nov-2005 00:53
Hi I am a student who is doing a research report on the ghosts in the Winchester house I have only seen orbs from one of your sites.Do you know anyone who has anymore pictures of ghosts in the Winchester house?Please contact me.Thank Tou

Roxanne		03-Nov-2005 00:49
Hi I am a student who is doing a research report on the ghosts in the Winchester house I have only seen orbs from one of your sites.Do you know anyone who has anymore pictures of ghosts in the Winchester house?Please contact me.Thank Tou

Bob McCurdy		31-Oct-2005 21:24
Back in the late 70's i lived in San Jose and had been throught the mansion on many occassions. Halloween was always the best timne to go through it. I am glad it still is a running concern. I hope to someday in the future come back to San Jose for a visit and bring my lady to see it. Bob Mccurdy Harrisburg, Pa.

Guest		16-Oct-2005 04:11
Hi, I am a 7th grader who is doing a research paper on the Winchester Mystery House. Your site has a lot of good information. Is there anymore information anyone could send me? Or, anyone I could contact. Thank you for your time, Hermina email: la_dncr_12@yahoo.com

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