It was a small group of about twelve people, lead by a guide. The Winchester Mystery House is well known throughout the world partly because of the unusual story behind its construction, and partly because of its ghosts. There is a huge range of merchandise related to the house available, from postcards to videos, fridge magnets to souvenir plates. But it is all well organized, so you wont miss your time slot. The place was extremely busy with literally hundreds of people either in the restaurant or gift shop or waiting to go on the tour. I arrived at what is a massive Victorian mansion at about 9 pm ready for the 9.30 pm tour. Although they have several tours on each night, they do normally sell out. You are however issued with a souvenir flashlight so you can see your way around. This is another of those events you should book well in advance. The difference being that it is done at night, and in complete darkness. The Winchester M ystery House tour I was going on was the flashlight tour which they only have during Halloween week and on a Friday the 13 th. The only way to avoid the curse was to continue work on the Winchester Mansion to appease the spirits, and as long as she continued building, then she would live forever. The medium told her they had died as a result of a curse brought upon them by the many victims of “the Winchester rifle”. In 1881 Sarah Winchester had consulted a medium, after the premature deaths of both her husband and her daughter. Sarah Winchester began work on the house in 1884 and it continued around the clock for 38 years until her death in 1922. She was heir to the fortune made by her dead husband who was the manufacturer of the Winchester rifle and is thought to be one of the many ghosts that haunt the mansion. When finished the Winchester Mystery House had over 160 rooms, many of them with doors opening into brick walls, staircases to nowhere and miles of twisting hallways that served no purpose other then to double back on themselves.
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