What is so odd about the Winchester Mystery House?
The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, is considered one of the strangest designs in architectural history. Legend has it that the owner let ghosts design the mansion.The Winchester CurseAfter her husband died, Sarah Winchester, the wife of Winchester rifle magnate William Winchester, was told by a spiritualist that she was cursed by all the spirits of those killed by “the gun that won the West.”Moving From Connecticut to CaliforniaWinchester was instructed to use her “blood money” to build a mansion that would appease the spirits.Ghosts Design the HouseWinchester reportedly contacted spirits via seance every night at midnight. The ghosts would supply her with blueprints, she said, and she would pass these along to her foreman every morning. The designs were often strange, with windows in the floors and doors leading nowhere.Final DesignThe mansion remains in an unfinished state today and features 160 rooms, 40 bedrooms and 47 fireplaces. Some windows were designed with
