SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose is fascinating to all kinds of people. Except for perhaps one type ... Sarah Winchester, whose fortune was sealed when she married into the ...

Sarah Winchester’s net worth traces back to 1881, when her husband’s death made her heir to roughly half of the Winchester ...

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 ...

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 ...

THE ATMOSPHERIC GOLDEN STATE... is home to a few haunting houses that can be visited in fall and well beyond fall, too, including the enormous and lore-filled attraction that once was the San Jose ...

This year’s fright fest at Winchester Mystery House takes a deep dive into the lore surrounding Sarah Winchester’s San Jose estate, where Festival Fright Nights are set to be held Sept. 26-Nov. 1.

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 ...

Sarah Lockwood Pardee was born in 1840 in Connecticut, and in 1862, she married William Wirt Winchester, son of the owner of Winchester Repeating Arms Company. They had one child together, Annie, who ...

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 ...

Sisters Isabel Merriman and Sarah Winchester called the house on Edgewood Lane in what is now Los Altos “El Sueño.” Courtesy Los Altos History Museum. The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose is an ...