![]() ![]() This property was to become the Winchester Mystery House. Upon arriving in California, she purchased a modest 8 room home, which sat on a large area of land. In 1886 Sarah Winchester took the advice of her psychic and travelled West, selling and leaving her home in Connecticut. Once acquired she should invest her wealth into expanding the property and was warned that as long as round the clock construction was carried out on the property, these angry spirits killed by Winchester rifles would be kept at bay. When she found the perfect new home, she should make a purchase of it. She was advised by the psychic to sell her current home in Connecticut and head West to find another. She was told that vengeful spirits who met their end at the hands of Winchester rifles were haunting her. Legend has it, Sarah was informed that her wealth had cursed her. A devastated and depressed Sarah sought help of a spiritual nature and was lead to a Boston psychic. Their marriage was tragically short lived after their only daughter died of illness, William followed her to death shortly afterwards. Sarah wed William Winchester who was at that time the treasurer of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Sarah became heir to an enormous fortune under unfortunate circumstances. The story of this mysterious mansion begins with its owner, Sarah Winchester.
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