Some say the Winchester mansion in San Jose, California, was built to trap ghosts.

If you've visited San Jose, California, one of the first things you'll probably hear about from locals and tourists alike is the story of the Winchester Mystery House. Today, the Victorian and Gothic ...

The Winchester Mystery House is eerie enough as it is, making it almost redundant to stage a Halloween haunted house event there. But as someone who has toured Sarah Winchester’s sprawling mansion ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mansion, which boasts Victorian architecture and walls infused with mystery, is known worldwide for its bizarre design and the ...

Forget ghosts. Forget seances. Forget mazelike passageways constructed to confuse vengeful spirits. The real mystery of the Winchester Mystery House is how it’s such a fascinating study in ...

This house was originally the home of Sarah Winchester, who was the widow of William Wirt Winchester, the gun manufacturing magnate. Construction of the house began in 1884, completely unguided by any ...

The Winchester House is perhaps the most bizarre and mysterious mansion in the United States. Built by the heiress to the Winchester Rifle fortune, the house has inspired a macabre mythology and ...

In 1839, Sarah Lockwood Pardee was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to a working-class family. During the Civil War, at age 23, she married William Winchester, the heir to the Winchester Repeating Arms ...

The movie Winchester, starring Helen Mirren, is opening this week; this has caused me to reflect once again upon the nature of haunted houses. I have written about this before as I explored the ...