The 160-room, 5,500,000 Victorian mansion was owned and designed and built under the direction of Sarah Winchester daughter of William Wirt Winchester son of the man who manufacturer of the Winchester repeating rifle used to win the west in the 1800s. The public tours the rambling, mysterious mansion at night with only the moonlight, a souvenir flashlight, and your imagination to provide illumination through the bewildering maze of rooms and stairways. The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose offers special 65 minute Flashlight Tours every Friday 13th and on Halloween. Sarah Winchester heir to rifle company fortune, owner resident of the Winchester Mystery House until she died in 1922 Handout Show More Show Less 7 of8 SOUNDSCENE_WINCHESTER_23302.JPG Michael Macor/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 6 of8 Mrs. Michael Macor/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 5 of8 Sarah Winchester's bedroom, inside the Winchester Mystery House, where the filming of "Winchester" is taking place, in San Jose, Ca., on Friday May 5, 2017. Michael Macor/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 4 of8 The South Witches Cap room where it is believed that Sarah Winchester held her saences, inside the Winchester Mystery House, where the filming of "Winchester" is taking place, in San Jose, Ca., on Friday May 5, 2017. Ben King Show More Show Less 3 of8 Actress Helen Mirren, who plays Sarah Winchester, poses for a portrait in the South Conservatory of the Winchester Mystery House, where the filming of "Winchester" is taking place, in San Jose, Ca., on Friday May 5, 2017. Ben King Show More Show Less 2 of8 Helen Mirren as Sarah Winchester in "Winchester." Sarah built San Jose's Winchester Mystery House. 1 of8 Helen Mirren as Sarah Winchester in "Winchester." Sarah built San Jose's Winchester Mystery House.
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