![]() ![]() They would go over the new additions and Sarah usually had them sketched out on napkins or spare paper. Every morning, Sarah would meet up with John Hansen, the guy who would oversee the construction. She found out that she had a real knack for design. Even though Sarah lived a lonely life, it wasn't all bad. This put her in a life of seclusion and she wore a dark veil over her face and even had a hedge that hid her home from view. Her home's constant renovations and maze-like design would help her escape the vengeful spirits of people killed by Winchester rifles. Sarah took the warnings from the medium very seriously. She hired local craftsman to build, demolish, and rebuild the home and this started in 1886. There were no official blueprints drawn up and no architectural vision was created. Sarah didn't just want this new place to be a mansion. In 1884, Sarah found the ideal spot for her ever-expanding mansion in San Jose, CA. She can never finish building the home if she didn't want the vengeful dead to harm her. Ok cool, Sarah just simply needs to build a home for her and the restless dead, no biggie.but there's a catch. ![]() She was told that to escape the spirit's wrath, she would need to sell her New Haven home and start over with a new home for herself and the restless dead out West. Sarah is of course, terrified by this information. They tell her that according to the spirit of William Winchester, it was in payment for the many thousand deaths caused by the family company's weapon. The medium explained to Sarah that a curse had been placed upon their family. So, she goes to this medium and was totally under their spell. Obviously, Sarah is devastated by the loss of her husband, so a friend of hers was like, hmmmm, I wonder how we could make this better.I know! Why don't you consult a spiritualist medium to talk to his spirit. In 1881, William ended up passing away from pulmonary tuberculosis and Sarah was left all alone. The loss of Annie ended up destroying Sarah and she had a complete breakdown that she just couldn't recover from. She had Marasmus (Marazmus) which is severe malnutrition and her body wasted away and she died. Unfortunately, things didn't go well with Annie. In 1862, William and Sarah were married and they had a daughter named Annie. He helped to create the first true repeating rifle. Essentially, Oliver saw a chance to improve rifles and produced guns that could quickly and easily reload and fire. William's father, Oliver Winchester, was known for manufacturing and marketing the Winchester repeating rifle. She eventually fell in love with a man named William Wirt Winchester. By the time Sarah was a teenager, she spoke four languages, played piano, and she earned the nickname, Belle of New Haven. Her father was a carriage manufacturer and they were able to afford a private school education. Sarah Lockwood Pardee was born in New Haven, Connecticut. She would need to move out west and build a new home, but there's a catch, she can never finish building the home if she didn't want the vengeful dead to harm her. Legend says that Sarah was informed by a medium that there was a curse on her family. Others believe that there is a much darker mystery inside this house. Many people simply believe that Sarah Winchester was so distraught over the death of her daughter and husband, so she just kept working on the house to keep her mind occupied. It's well known for its size, architectural oddities, and lack of plan when it was built. The Winchester Mystery House is a mansion in San Jose, California. ![]()
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