A San Jose Fruit Spread
One of the nation’s most productive agricultural regions, the Valley of Heart’s Delight, or the Santa Clara Valley.
WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE PRESENTS UNHINGED, AN ALL-NEW THRILLING IMMERSIVE HORROR EXPERIENCE ON 28 SELECT NIGHTS THIS FALL
WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE PRESENTS UNHINGED, AN ALL-NEW THRILLING IMMERSIVE HORROR EXPERIENCE ON 28 SELECT NIGHTS THIS FALL SEPTEMBER 6–NOVEMBER 2, 2019 TICKETS ON SALE AUGUST 1 SAN JOSE (May 30, 2019)—Winchester Mystery House announced today that it will present Unhinged, an all-new, fully-immersive, horror experience beginning Friday, September 6 and running 28 select nights through […]
The Victorian Aesthetic Legacy of Sarah Winchester
One of America’s most famous mansions may draw crowds for the invisible occupants, but the real magnificence is in the visible: those Victorian-era architectural trimmings. After all, the Winchester Mystery House has preserved items that pre-date, and survived the 1906 earthquake.
Questions & Answers
You Asked Them – We Answered Them! @Kim Raymond Kowalczyk Q: Is there anything written by Sarah about what she was doing or why? Did she keep records or just go with feelings? A: If Sarah kept any sort of diary, we don’t have it. All her personal papers were left to her niece, Marion […]
The 1906 Earthquake At The Winchester Mansion
Let’s pretend for a moment. Imagine it’s April 18. The sun has yet to rise on this Wednesday morning. In fact, it’s so early that, unless you’re a farmer, you’re asleep. And, although it’s early spring, the weather has been hotter than normal over the past week in San Jose, California. Your alarm clock is […]
Technology of the Winchester Mystery House
House of the Past and the Future Winchester Mystery House is like an amusement ride into the past. The 160-room clapboard mansion with turrets and towers may be a relic in Silicon Valley. But the house had features that in the 19th century were considered pretty cutting-edge. The enigmatic Sarah L. Pardee Winchester, a widow […]
A Spiritual Road Trip
In the late 19th century, if a European wanted to start a new life, they sailed to America. If Americans wanted one, they headed West. In the Golden State, the sun shone consistently, the Spanish heritage romanced, and “every month in the year ripens a crop of some kind in the open air,” to quote […]
“Babie Annie’ Winchester’s Grave Restored With Donations From WMH Fans
The beginning of Sarah Winchester’s tragic story can be traced back to a single moment – when she lost her only daughter, Annie, at just a few weeks old. Heartbroken Sarah lost her love, William, years later and was left a childless widow. Tragic though her story is, when Sarah herself passed away in 1922 […]
It’s All In the Details: Stained Glass
With the excessively large size of Sarah Winchester’s mysterious house, one can only imagine just how many windows there are here. Fortunately for us, we have over 10,000 panes of glass! That’s more than the Empire State Building! Now, not all windows are fancy, but this week we’re going to look at some of the […]
Sarah Winchester: Spirited Lady or Spiritual Believer?
Probably the most persistent legend revolving around Sarah Winchester is that she not only believed in Spiritualism, but practiced the art herself. Well-worn tales depict Sarah wending her lonely way to a special Séance Room every night to consult with the spirits about plans for her ever-expanding mansion, or locking herself into this very private […]