When you come and stay in one of the elegant hotels around Fremont California you may be interested in knowing about the Winchester Mystery House. This is definitely a place to visit. It was built by Sara Winchester on the instruction of a Medium who said she was being haunted by ghosts that were killed by Winchester rifles. Wow. With all the gunslinger who shot a Winchester that could be overwhelming. The Medium told her that the ghosts were responsible for the death of her child and husband and that she was to move west and build a lavish home for them so she could have her eternal life. She worked on the house continuously, it was never to be finished because as long as she was working on the home she was safe from the spirits at least that is what the Medium told her.
Her story is fascinating and completely a mystery because there is no real record of her thoughts. She didn’t leave a diary and so many of what we know is on the word of others who were around working in or on the home. For 38 years the home was worked on all day and all night so there were always people around. Inside the home, there is the blue room and is were she was heard talking to “someone”. The blue room was the room she went to every night to talk with the spirits. It was equipped with a planchette board so she could transmit messages to the beyond world.
This amazing mansion is an endless display of elegance and uniqueness. The tour guides will tell you not to get separated from the tour or you could get very lost There are so many questions like why are the staircases are so unusual. Why was the home built to get lost in. Could it be her way of trying to trick the spirits away from finding her? This Victorian Style mansion built by the obviously disturbed Sara Winchester is a must see if you are visiting the area.