A loud and flashy carnival-style rifle game called “Sarah’s Attic Shooting Game” is also available just adjacent to the courtyard, adding the sound of repeated fake gunshots to the ambiance. Ticketholders for the apres-sunset tours are asked to arrive 30 minutes early, presumably to give them time to shop the Winchester Mystery House casual apparel collection and buy a pulled-pork quesadilla from the Winchester Mystery House Cafe. The popular tour provides one of the few opportunities to tour the structure after dark, along with the similar “Candlelight Tours” that take place during the Halloween season of September 14 through October 31. It’s become an iconic tourist trap - offering tours, Halloween-themed haunted houses, a cafe and, of course, a large gift shop that offers everything from Winchester Mystery House hoodies to what the shop describes as “fine jewelry.”įor those looking for an extra frisson of fright, there’s a “Flashlight Tour” of the house each Friday the 13 th. The home now operates as a bustling business, catering to tourists and ghost hunters, rather than history buffs. Interstate 280 runs directly alongside the mansion, and its din can be heard throughout the 4.5-acre property.īut modern intrusions don’t stop at the Winchester Mystery House property line.
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Today, the Santana Row shopping center, high-rise office complexes, movie theaters and a Brazilian steakhouse are among its neighbors. When Winchester began construction, the surrounding area was the rural Santa Clara Valley. The number 13, a favorite of Winchester’s, pops up repeatedly. Spider webs proliferate throughout the home, as both natural and design elements. Many rooms remain unfinished, just the way Winchester left them when she died. Some staircases lead directly into solid walls, while others end at open two-story drops. Winchester was notorious for allowing mediums and spirit guides to help her design her home, which has more than 160 rooms. By some accounts, the home was designed by Winchester to appease the ghosts of all the people killed by Winchester rifles. Winchester started building her custom mansion along what is now South Winchester Boulevard in 1884 - and thanks to her immense wealth and questionable mental stability, continued construction right up until her death in 1922. But the former home of firearm heiress Sarah Winchester is so bizarre that once you are inside, distractions disappear like the elusive apparitions so many have claimed to see in the house. The neighborhood surrounding San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House isn’t particularly scary, unless you’re frightened by the bustling upscale shopping mall and movie theater complex across the street.
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