![]() ![]() With a fortune that amounted to her earning $1,000 a day, Sarah Winchester took the advice and did it one better. As long as the construction on the house never ceased she might be spared and the spirits might be appeased.” ![]() She sought out guidance from spiritual mediums-not an unusual thing in the day-and was told by one that her family was “haunted” by the souls of those killed by the rifle that now was known as “the gun that won the west.” The medium said those dead souls were out for revenge and Sarah was probably next.īut there was a way out, according a profile in “Remarkable California Women” by Erin Turner: “Sarah was instructed to move to the West and to find an unfinished house that she could add onto in order to build a great house for the spirits to inhabit. That left Sarah alone and completely devastated. The couple never got over their grief and never had another child. Fifteen years later, William died from tuberculosis. There was all the money in the world to enjoy, and the birth of a daughter made things even richer–until the child mysteriously died in 1866. Sarah Pardee married William in 1862 and reports say they had a wonderful life in New England. The builder was Sarah Winchester, who started the project in 1884 as the 44 year-old widow of William Wirt Winchester, whose father-Oliver Fisher Winchester-manufactured the popular Winchester Repeating Rifle. It could also be called, “The house to repay a debt.” Or “The house for eternal life.” Some call it “the house built by the spirits.” Some have visited the Winchester Mystery House, which offers regular tours and has become a tourist attraction. Many have heard the story of the eccentric millionaire of the Victorian Era who spent the last 38 years of her life building, always building, a mansion in San Jose, California. ![]()
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