The most mysterious of the house ever built.

Categories: Paranormal

Beginning curse Winchester house was that it was built under the guidance of spirits and has the most terrible of all architecture houses are known.

William Winchester was the son of the famous weapons manufacturer Oliver Winchester and heir of all his fortune. Winchester rifle was a revolution in oruzhestroeny, later it was called "The rifle that won the West." At the beginning of the American Civil War, Oliver Winchester amassed a huge fortune through contracts that were entered into with the government.

They say that this wealth has contributed to the construction of this quaint house, which stands to this day.

In September 1862, at the height of the war within the state. Son of William Winchester rifle maker married the beautiful New Haven, Sarah Purdy. It was she, Sarah Winchester - Purdy built a house, which in the future will say shame Winchester family. But this house was not built for a family of Winchester. Sarah were very good reasons for the construction of the mansion. These reasons were given Winchester home very bizarre architecture.

In July 1866, Sarah gave birth to a daughter who was named Annie. Joy soon turned into tragedy, little Annie died a few months later. Injured child's death, Sarah left avoiding a society.William and Sarah never had children. Did not survive the loss of Sarah returned to her parents' house and began to resume a normal life, but then there was another tragedy. William, husband of Sarah, was struck by tuberculosis and died in March 1881. As the widow of William, Sarah inherited his fortune, amounting to $ 20 million and nearly half of the companies on manufacturing weapons. Money could be a consolation, that grief that she experienced. Sarah start to blame themselves for the death of loved ones for her people. She became so distraught and inconsolable that a friend recommended her to seek help from the outside.

Spiritualism was extremely popular in the U.S. during those years. With such a position as Sarah and her condition, it was not unusual to ask for help to a medium. Sarah visits these sessions, only strengthened her belief that at Winchester family was cursed. After talking with the spirit of William Winchester, the medium told Sarah that their family curse because of the rifle that killed many people. Therefore died her little daughter and husband. Dead souls took them.

Medium told her how to get rid of the curse. Sarah had to sell a home in New Haven and follow to the west. There spirit husband will lead her to the discovery of a new home for yourself and for the spirits who visit it.

She found a home under construction in California. It was the house that was supposed to finish Sarah.

In the Winchester house, there was a special room in which Sarah regularly consulted with the spirits of the continuation of construction of the house. Home builders worked day and night, all year round. Construction manager was Sarah, builders could alter one room several times. As supposed evil spirits, which were responsible for the death of the family Winchester, had lost in the maze home to could not hurt anyone.

House reached impressive heights and became a real maze, 40 bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, 6 kitchens, 2 ballroom and many other rooms.

Some eccentric features of the house.

• The house has 40 stairs, a few of them lead nowhere and run into the ceiling.
• Some stairs have 13 steps.
• In one of the rooms of the house, the window is on the floor.
• Two doors to the toilet open blank walls.
• There are 47 fireplaces, 4 of which have chimneys, but they do not lead anywhere.
• Many of the bathrooms have glass doors.
• Most of the windows have 13 panes, many rooms have windows 13.

Winchester House was damaged during the devastating earthquake in 1906, but was later restored. The exact number of rooms, no one knows because the house is so confused that an accurate count of rooms proved impossible. 
Work on the house did not stop until Sarah died in 1922 at age 82.