UM-Bot Posted February 1, 2018 #1 Share Posted February 1, 2018 A major new movie based on the enigmatic mansion has seen interest in the house soar in recent weeks. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/315356/winchester-mystery-house-draws-new-interest 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted February 1, 2018 #2 Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) That's one house? I thought it was six! Edited February 1, 2018 by acute 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted February 1, 2018 #3 Share Posted February 1, 2018 4 hours ago, acute said: That's one house? I thought it was six! It had 600 rooms "at one point". I was watching this video a few nights ago, interesting I thought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bison Posted February 1, 2018 #4 Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) Yes, it's really one, huge, bizarre house. I've been on the tour of it a couple of times, over the years. Sarah Winchester reputedly believed that she could live only as long as she continued building onto the house. She did so in an erratic manner, leaving many curious, unfinished, and unusable alterations to the structure. She had the means to do so, having inherited the Winchester gun-smithing fortune from her husband. She had 'speaking tubes' all over the house, the Victorian version of the intercom. She used these to spy on her servants, discharging those who spoke disparagingly of her, as they thought, 'behind her back'. Edited February 1, 2018 by bison corrected information 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticwerewolf Posted February 2, 2018 #5 Share Posted February 2, 2018 I am not going to say whether or not I believe what she believed or if I think it is even remotely possible. it makes a great story and a better ghost story but I do think she kinda went overboard, way kinda overboard. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibeliever Posted February 2, 2018 #6 Share Posted February 2, 2018 An extraordinary place. Went there in early 70's, there were still many of the original furnishing and the area wasn't as developed. The house was once surrounded by open farm land and now it has apartments and malls on every side. You have to use your imagination a bit. I still find it fascinating, it's right up there with Hurst Castle for me if you're doing a west coast tour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted February 2, 2018 #7 Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, mysticwerewolf said: I am not going to say whether or not I believe what she believed or if I think it is even remotely possible. it makes a great story and a better ghost story but I do think she kinda went overboard, way kinda overboard. I agree, the trailer looks like it will be a good ghost story, The Others was also a very good ghost story. Hopefully it will sit up there with The Others. But yep, she was certainly obsessed and of not a normal mind, but her mind did for sure have built a very interesting house. I would love to visit it, not because i believe in ghosts....but because i love interesting buildings. I have visited many and the first thing i do is touch the walls, i feel a great sense of respect to those who built and those who designed such buildings and i feel honoured to be able to touch the same walls as those who made it posible for it being there. Edited February 2, 2018 by freetoroam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Unicorn Posted February 2, 2018 #8 Share Posted February 2, 2018 I've been through it. It's a very facinating house and a movie of story behind it sounds entertaining. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted February 2, 2018 #9 Share Posted February 2, 2018 As far as being well known, this is the first I've heard of it. I believe there's something that interacts with our plane or reality, whichever way you want to take it, but something as aggressive as the trailers I've seen is hard to believe. I like Helen Mirren. I'm sure she did a great job. I don't think my wife will want to go see it, so I'll have to catch it on pay per view I guess. (Hate going to movies by myself, eating at restaurants. You get the idea.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bison Posted February 4, 2018 #10 Share Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) The house wasn't really designed, in any formal sense. Reportedly, no blueprints were used. Additions and alterations were made, and old work removed, in a haphazard manner. This led to things like windows with walls behind them, so offering no light or view, upper-story doors that open out perilously onto open space, closets a few inches deep, stairways that lead up to blank walls, and so on. Edited February 4, 2018 by bison added comma, corrected spelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted February 4, 2018 #11 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I've been there and it's pretty cool. I'll watch the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripGun Posted February 5, 2018 #12 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Seems she wouldn't have to pay property taxes on the place as long as it were under construction. Not so crazy after all, except that the ghosts advised her to do that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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