The Truth About the Winchester Mystery House

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  @KazRowe · 4 years ago · pinned

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  @KatelinPotter-y5e · 7 months ago

  Why do I get the feeling Sarah Winchester would have gone buckwild if she had had the Sims in her lifetime

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  @goodguy630 · 4 years ago

  I think my favorite part of this story is that when Sarah died, after having to put up with all of the ridiculous rumors of her being haunted by the spirits of those killed by rifles, she donated the rest of her gun fortune to a hospital. A place meant to save lives.

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  @kotyara85 · 4 years ago

  this is actually really wholesome… like, it’s just nice how she decided to deal with grief by (in some way?) making art out of architecture and ended up with a really cool elaborate house

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  @TheJoshRubinstein · 4 years ago

  As a Victorian home museum tour guide, I absolutely understand the difficult knife&apos;s edge you have to walk between giving facts and history and catering to visitors&apos; desire for ghost stories. The museum where I volunteer (Heritage Square in Pasadena, CA) has been leaning into the spookier side of things over the last few years to help raise visibility. My focus on my tours has always been the history of the owners, and if I do talk about hauntings, I always frame them as rumors or legends. But as you said, it&apos;s what brings people to the museum and, more importantly, brings in the money needed to restore and maintain these homes. So thank you for pointing that out.

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  @lakesandquarries · 4 years ago

  As a former tour guide, seeing this in my recommended was a bit of a shock. I worked there for two years and only left due to covid, and I miss it more than anything. I can&apos;t watch this video yet but I look forward to people spreading the truth about Winchester instead of the stories we&apos;re forced to say.

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  @iggysmice3087 · 4 years ago

  My favorite part of the Winchester house when I visited was how Mrs Winchester was a very small woman and so a lot of the doors and appliances in the house were also short because like, why wouldn&apos;t you design your own house to have things you can reach easily. Anyway it was funny as a tiny woman myself watching all the big guys in our tour group have to duck to go through doorways!

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  @Aster_Risk · 4 years ago

  With stories like this one, ghosts are the least interesting part. The grief, mental illness, wealth, and the violent history involved are what I find most interesting. Paranormal elements are often tied up with these events, because the idea that life is unfair and chaotic is too much for a lot of people.

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  @wendyrussell8256 · 3 years ago

  As a former senior guide at WMH , I cannot thank you enough for this video. &nbsp;It’s what every guide there wishes they could say.

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  @wakawakatakeover · 4 years ago

  You know, it&apos;s a real shame that the guides of the Winchester Mystery House have to play up the legend for paranormal investigators. For Buzzfeed Unsolved specifically, I imagine that Shane would LOVE hearing about the history and the truth of the house! Man clearly loves history, and he specifically isn&apos;t there to prove that ghosts are real. I think that he would actually adore being told the history that the tour guides have to downplay for the tourists and people who want to hear ghost stories. If they revisit the Winchester Mystery House for Ghost Files, I genuinely hope that this time they&apos;ll get the actual history!

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  @sophielittle3827 · 2 years ago

  I’ve always heard that Sarah believed the day she stopped building would be the day she died

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  @dustyfairywingstoo · 2 years ago

  Maybe the house is haunted because ghosts really appreciate some quality craftsmanship and architecture just like Mrs. Winchester. Not so bad company then

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