With a background in journalism, I hope to warm up my writing muscles and get some good stories in here about fascinating things spooky, eerie or haunted.Ī stained glass window that will never see daylight due to its position. I love writing about the places I've seen. I've witnessed weird things in the past but there was always a shade of doubt that keeps my skepticism alive and well. If or when the times comes for me to have an experience, I want it to leave me absolutely unable to explain it away. I'd love to have an experience but I haven't had any luck there yet and I'm in no rush. I haven't had any experiences while there nor have I gotten any spooky feelings, thus maintaining my status as a skeptic. On another tour, my best friend and I asked a different guide if she'd ever had any experiences and she said she never had. Our guide told him that they're not really allowed to speak of it. Source: Myself.ĭuring one tour I attended, one of the kids asked our guide if he'd ever seen any ghosts. The guys from Ghost Adventures have gone there a few times as well to investigate the place for ghosts, and so have the TAPS crew from Ghost Hunters.Ī section of the attic, where Sarah Winchester was trapped during the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. I'm not the only one who fell under its spell. I was not disappointed the Winchester Mystery House has fascinated me ever since and I've been back a number of times.
Source: Myself!Īnd that's when my fascination with all things spooky and/or haunted began. Parts of the Winchester Mystery House, including the bell tower. I was beyond ecstatic and eager to see this place. Turns out it was the Winchester Mystery House, the place my old book had mentioned. During an anniversary celebration with my ex, we decided to go to San Jose and visit a friend of ours, do some shopping, and visit this place my ex had heard about. I found it all so fantastic but then it faded from my memory for many years.Ĭome adulthood and I've moved to California.
It mentioned staircases leading to nowhere and windows facing blank walls. One of the interesting bits inside the book talked about a house that was build like a maze. Or, if you'd like to take it a step farther and get spooked on a virtual tour of the estate, click here.įor more on the Winchester Mystery House and their halloween candlelight tours, click here.When I was little, I had a book called The Big Book of Amazing Knowledge. If you're too scared, you can always just watch the video in the player above. If you dare to take a trip down Sarah Winchester's hallowed halls, you'll notice the eerie feeling of history creeping up on you. When I got into the room, all three cabinet doors were wide open! I checked every place a person could hide or slip out, but there was no one."- M.K The cabinets had been closed and they're very difficult to open, especially in a short amount of time. "I was standing in her bedroom once when suddenly I heard noise coming from the cabinets the dressing room nearby. "I often hear footsteps going all the way up the main staircase and then stopping at the top, but there is no one walking up." - K.C. Footage before and after did not contain this type of video static and it was only centered in the center of the frame almost as if something was walking in circles in front of us." - V.S. When we went to the editing bay to put the footage together we were surprised to find that video taken of the various boilers in the basement had a distinct ripple effect in the middle of the shot. "We were in the house in spring of 2017 shooting video of various locations. You were waiting for the ghosts, right? Well, here are some of the most vivid accounts of paranormal activity in the Winchester Mystery House, courtesy of the estate itself The inside of the house is pretty baffling, but the outside garden areas are home to some curious things as well, including a $20,000 English Yew tree that towers over 12,000 boxwood hedges, 1,500 major plants, shrubs, trees - and even greenery called Monkey Puzzle, which is native to Chile. Today it is renowned for its size and its architectural curiosities. To ward off spirits, Winchester hired laborers to constantly build and renovate the mansion 24 hours a day for 38 years. Winchester has a Guinness World Record for the longest continuous house construction - 38 years! The only time work slowed down was after the 1906 Earthquake rocked the estate and the Bay Area causing damage that is still visible in the home today. The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California was the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of gun magnate William Winchester. TIME Magazine has ranked the South Bay attraction among the Top 10 Most Haunted Places alongside the likes of The Amityville House and The Tower of London.