![]() ![]() It takes you to many of the unfinished rooms that were never finished upon her death and to the basement where Sarah installed a modern (for that time) forced heating furnace and coal storage unit. The cost of both tours is $20 to $45 for a total length of 2 hours and 15 minutes. The number of guests is much smaller, and your guide is ready to answer every silly question you have. This tour serves as an “add-on” to the basic Mansion tour. A tour so dangerous, a hard hat is required. But for the history buff or just the curious, the “Explore More” tour takes you to parts of the mansion never open to the public. The basic Mansion tour is fun and interesting, especially if you have that random person cracking jokes constantly. “…the ‘Explore More’ tour takes you to parts of the mansion never open to the public…” To further elevate the creepiness factor, every Friday the 13 th the Winchester House offers Flashlight Tours at night and a creepier Candlelight Tour on Halloween. Beware, though, at times you may get an unexplained urge to take a selfie or ask a complete stranger to unlock your phone for the obligatory family shot. If you’re feeling a little stingy, you can explore the main grounds, gardens, and chilling gift shop for free. Just a warning: no photos or video are allowed on the tours. It ends at a display of the costumes from the Winchester movie and a free poster (while supplies last). This basic tour takes you through much of the home including some of the most infamous features like the Door to Nowhere, the switchback staircase recreated in the film and many false doorways and passageways leading to several ornate rooms designed by Sarah herself. The basic “Mansion Tour” ranges from $20 to $39 depending on the season. Located just an hour south of San Francisco, the Winchester offers several tours for visitors. “…the widow of William Winchester and 50% owner of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company…” While the film was generally panned by critics ( Film Threat Review), the Winchester Mystery House is open to the public and Film Threat had the ominous privilege to tour the infamous home. ![]() In 2018, the movie Winchester finally brought the legend and lore of Sarah’s eccentric home to the big screen. The constant arrival of spirits and Sarah’s non-stop architectural visions turned the Winchester house into an endless maze of stairways and doorways in this 160-room mansion. To soothe these spirits, Sarah built rooms for each visiting spirit. What started as a run-of-the-mill mansion for the incredibly rich, spirits arrived of the who had been killed by her company’s gun, the Winchester Rifle. She was the widow of William Winchester and 50% owner of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company–creator of the “Gun That Won the West.” After a Boston medium convinced her to move to California, Sarah Winchester in 1884 broke ground on what is now the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose. ![]()
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