Then came the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The mansion would have between 500 and 600 rooms and rise to seven stories. What is true is that in 1886 she moved to what is now San Jose, bought an eight-room house with 161 acres and began construction on a 24/7, 365 days a year schedule - for 38 years. To escape this “curse,” Sarah was told to move West, where she would build a house for herself - and those upset spirits.Īdditionally, Sarah was warned if she ever stopped building, the spirits would soon have her join her late husband and their only daughter, who died at just 40 days old. Legend has it that Adam Coons, a then-famous Boston medium, convinced Sarah that the souls of people killed by Winchester rifles would haunt her. Perhaps because she continued construction on her San Jose, Calif., mansion, 50 miles outside San Francisco, for 38 years. Married to the only son of Oliver Winchester, the founding owner of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., she inherited her husband’s estate (worth $507 million in 2017 dollars) plus a 50 percent ownership in the arms company in 1882.
What’s true: Sarah Winchester, born in New Haven, Conn., sometime between 18, died in 1922 as one of the world’s wealthiest women.
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Ads for “Winchester” proclaim it a true story, but audiences take artistic license for granted, especially in a ghost story. Friday’s “Winchester” stars Oscar winner Helen Mirren as American heiress Sarah Winchester, whose odd and enormous California mansion has perpetuated bizarre legends.
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