The Winchester Mansion floor plan is such that I don’t think I would wander in without a rope tied to my waist and to the entrance, but the fact that there are so many different tour options stokes me out so much! I’m definitely scooping up my bravest friends and having a Winchester Mystery House San Jose Road Trip! We don’t know who they are but they’ve allowed folks to tour the Sarah Winchester House for years. The home, which has a reported 161 rooms – 40 of which are bedrooms – was purchased by a mysterious, unnamed family in 1922 for a measly $150,000–although, that may have been a bunch of money then. With the Winchester mystery house secret rooms, the house brings in super thrill-seekers every Halloween and Friday the 13th. Not only is the Winchester mansion floor plan twisted and horrific, but the grounds are as dark and eery as the home itself. in San Jose, California lies Sarah Winchester house, nestled in the trees, tucked away from the road, attempting to be discreet as a ghost. But where is the Winchester House?Īt 525 South Winchester Blvd. We’ve heard the stories of the mystery house with a life of its own, a house with the paranormal ability to seemingly build upon itself, twisting and turning in every direction to confuse and consume its lost inhabitants.
Photo: LiPo Ching / Bay Area News Group Winchester Mansion aka Winchester Mystery House
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I love a good ghost story, and the story surrounding the Winchester Mystery House is one full of love, tragedy, and horror. When new owners acquired the property in 1923, they counted, but couldn’t get an accurate number of rooms in the house, as they kept getting a different number every time. The tour starts with a Victorian wake in the front parlor, where a guide will explain the more macabre traditions of death and mourning in the 19th century.Seven stories tall, with stained-glass windows, a garden, a greenhouse, and shrouded in trees, the Winchester House is as beautiful as it is mysterious. In conjunction with the Centennial celebration, Winchester Mystery House is already letting visitors “Walk with Spirits” on a new interactive tour experience focused on spiritualism and paranormal. Tickets will be available starting-appropriately enough–on Oct. Shoppers can take self-guided tours of the mansion before or after the market. 3-4, featuring vendors selling everything from taxidermy to dark art. The folks at the Winchester Mystery House seem to agree, as they’re hosting the fourth annual Menagerie Holiday Oddities Market Dec. General admission tickets start at $64.99 at .Īs “Nightmare Before Christmas” proved, adding a little Halloween can make the holly-jolly holiday more interesting. Rumor has it that Madame Nightshade has convinced the owners of the Winchester Estate to set up her show for 13 select evenings from Friday, Sept, 30, through Monday, Oct.
Visitors can take multiple routes through the mansion as guests of Madame Nightshade, owner of a small traveling carnival and self-proclaimed investigator of supernatural phenomena.īefore entering the haunt, guests can enjoy a variety of activities, including Madame Nightshade’s Spirit Carnival and the Spookeasy Bar.
The popular immersive Halloween show returns this fall with “Unhinged: Nightshade’s Curse,” billed as a real-life paranormal thriller. Visitors to the Winchester Mystery House last had the opportunity to become “Unhinged” in 2019. and 9:30 p.m., Van Praagh will walk through the house with 25 guests and attempt to make contact with the other side. 5 to connect with her spirit and those of others at “Beyond the Veil,” hosted by psychic medium James Van Praagh. While Winchester’s affinity for seances may have been exaggerated over the years, visitors to her home will have the chance Sept. 5, 1922, and a celebration of her life is planned for that same date 100 years later, when guests are encouraged to leave flowers, cards, photos and mementos in the front gardens. The San Jose estate officially opened its doors for public tours on June 30, 1923.īefore then, the mansion and gardens were owned and occupied by Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester Repeating Arms fortune. The Winchester Mystery House is getting a jump on its centennial as a tourist attraction with multiple events planned to celebrate the occasion.
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