Winchester Mystery House ghost stories

The Winchester Mystery House at the mansion built by Sarah Winchester is widely associated with ghost stories; popular accounts say she believed she was haunted by the spirits of those killed by Winchester rifles and continuously added rooms and architectural oddities from 1884 until her death in 1922. The property at 525 S Winchester Blvd is operated as a tourist attraction offering daytime and evening tours that highlight these legends, and it has been the subject of numerous paranormal investigations and media features. Historians note that the ‘‘haunted’’ explanation is part of local lore and that other motives for Winchester’s building activity have been proposed and debated.