![]() ![]() However, the paranormal aspects explored in Winchester only sheds a fraction of light on the importance of Sarah Winchester, the house, the spirits, and her larger purpose. The Winchester Mystery House is a remarkable landmark in and of itself. Michael and Peter Spierig’s Winchester does not express the importance of Sarah Winchester in the history of real-life horror, but it does highlight the purpose of her nonstop building. While it's not in the same shape it was in nearly one-hundred years ago, the remnants of the past bleed through and evoke a sense of what the mansion once looked like. Sarah Winchester did not just build a mysterious mansion, she created one of the most significant symbols of the paranormal and the powers it can supposedly hold over individuals. ![]() The home is such an immaculate piece of architectural history that upholds an even darker past filled with death, despair, grief, and tragedy. It is easy to get lost in the mansion, but it is open to the public regardless. Today, all are welcome to explore the Winchester Mystery Home on a guided tour of the supernatural location. Sarah Winchester’s mansion never killed anyone at all, based on the current evidence. These are two separate stories that people have lumped together. Except, Rose Red’s mansion kills people, inadvertently perpetuating the rumors that the Winchester Mystery House does the same. It indirectly tells the story of Sarah Winchester’s determination to build the mansion for the spirits of the house through Ellen Rimbauer. In this particular film, Ellen Rimbauer is left with her oil tycoon husband’s fortune and builds a home made up of halls that lead to nowhere, doors that do not open, and more. While the mini-series Rose Red (2002) is not directly linked to the Winchester legend, it does tell an eerily similar story to Sarah’s. It is all speculation that has been emphasized through the legend and numerous films that depict the Winchester Mystery House. ![]() There are no concrete facts that the house caused people to die, that the spirits took others to the great beyond, or forced them to get lost within its walls by mysteriously moving doors or walls. This has followed the Winchester Mystery House throughout its entire existence, but there is no proof that anyone died, besides Sarah, on the property. For those who don't live in California, her house is in San Jose, about 60 miles from San Francisco and still had damage as did most buildings in the area.Winchester depicts the mansion as the setting of numerous deaths and mysterious disappearances. The house is located in San Jose, California. We get to admire the results of her paranoia, which wasn't helped by the fact that she was trapped in a room, by herself, after The Earthquake, until some of her staff were able to break through a jammed door. Now known as the Winchester Mystery House, the tourist attraction is considered one of the most haunted places in America. There's a lot more to learn if you can go there personally. She may have been overly superstitious, but she wasn't uneducated in money matters and studied building contstruction on her own. She feared ghosts of Indians, Cowboys, Outlaws, soldiers, and eschewed any association with the rich and powerful that she and her husband used to see socially. After he died, she moved as far away from the rifle factory as she could, but still had income from the business. Samples and history are displayed in a museum next to the house.Īs mentioned in the video, she married a Winchester (in the 1800s) who was the last male in the family business. Weapon making still is big business and government contracts can be quite lucrative. Us old farts remember when the Winchester rifle ruled west of the Mississippi, was featured in every old western movie, used by Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy and The Lone Ranger, not forgetting the very real Texas Rangers and U.S. ![]()
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