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The Winchester Mansion, in San jose California, was built by Sarah Winchester in 1886, the widow of William winchester of Winchester riffles. Sarah visited a phychic who told her that she must build a house large enough to house the souls of all those who'd been killed by Winchester guns, and Sarah spent the remaining 36 years of her life (untile she died in 1922) doing just that. The mansion's construction is just as odd as Sarah's personality. There are stairways and doors that go no where, secret rooms and passages, and elevators that only go up one floor. Some believe that Sarah had the mansion built in a confusing way so that the spirits wouldn't be able to find her and seek revange. The number 13 is prevelent throughout: 13 bathrooms, stiarways with 13 steps, and so on. There is a rumor that Sarah would never give her workmen the day off, because she was afraid that the day she stopped building she would die. One day, however, after many complaints, she finally gave her staff a day off, and that is the day she died. |
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