California: Winchester Mystery House

 

The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, was the brainchild of Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester Repeating Arms rifle fortune. After a series of tragedies, including the deaths of her daughter and husband, Sarah visited a psychic to ask for help.

 

The spiritualist told her that her family was being killed by the ghosts of gunshot victims and that the only way she could escape them was to build a mansion full of booby traps. Sarah took this advice seriously and set off to build a mysterious estate that now features doors that open to 12-foot drops, staircases to nowhere, and sealed off rooms. It’s also rumored to be quite a bit haunted.

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