The House Fear BuiltTM

The following excerpts and personal accounts are summaries of actual and unexplained experiences of past and present employees, guests, members of the press, and psychic researchers while inside the Winchester Mystery House™. These are but a few of the experiences that continue to evolve from Sarah Winchester’s World Famous Victorian mansion.

Recent Incidents

When I entered the attic, I expected to feel scared. Because, after all, it is an attic. Imagine my surprise when I felt a euphoria and level of happiness I have never experienced in the entirety of my life (I am 17 years old). I was so happy, it scared. It was epic and downright spooky. Why would I feel happy in an attic???
01/18/12, 12:00AM at the Hayloft/Attic by Tina T.

saw the glass in the bathrooms out of nowhere and my phone stop working and the door locked
01/20/12, 12:00AM at the Other by dngdn

We had just gotten into town to tour the house in the morning. We decided to stop by and take a peek at the house from the Gate. We were standing there when my sister, her boyfriend, and I all saw the silhouette of a woman made of light in a window on the second floor(gives me goosebumps just thinking about it). We took polaroids in which we captured the entity, only to wake up later that morning to find that those three pictures had vanished.
03/01/08, 3:30AM at the Other by supesok

I'm pretty sure it was the hallway behind the call station, the whole tour group was inside and I was hanging back a bit, they started to move on almost out of the room when someone said from behind me "hey come here" in a harsh whisper. Nobody behind, no group ahead of me in the call room......definitely goin' back.
01/14/12, 12:15PM at the Servant Call Station by RonBurgundy

i took the tour on Friday. i was in Sarah's bedroom, crying because my little brother kicked me. he is so stupid! Anyway, as i was crying i felt a warm hug. and then i heard the words " it is okay darling, everything will be okay." finally, i stopped crying. i turned back to thank the women. but she was gone. after that i realized it was Sarah. Thanks Sarah!!!!
01/14/12, 11:45PM at the Sarah Winchester Bedroom by banshebaby

well i took the tour on Friday the 13th and i went in her room i was very very scared because people have seen her do stuff to them so it creeped me out and i told my cousin and then something hugged me and said don't be afraid!!!!!! it was so scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
01/04/12, 2:45AM at the Sarah Winchester Bedroom by hemmi

We Went On A Flash Light Tour And Out Of Nowhere When The Tour Guide Was Telling Us A Little Bit About Sarah A Couple Keys From The Piano In Her Bedroom Started Playinmg
01/13/12, 11:45PM at the Sarah Winchester Bedroom by proudmomma2012

Most of the tour had moved on, and there were only a few of us left in Sara’s room. We all heard three beautifully played piano notes and we saw curtains moving, silk moving with a cane, and something in the mirror.I wanted to be escorted off, but when the tour guide went to the phones to call for help, the phones stopped working, and all she heard were distant voices. When I was escorted out I was still scared and in the courtyard I thought I heard Organ music in the distance.
01/13/12, 11:30PM at the Sarah Winchester Bedroom by Audlife

I was looking on line at the site to plan my upcoming visit in April. Me and my oldest daughter were talking about it when my cell phone rang. The number was unfamiliar when she answered she said they asked for you moma, I said Hello and they asked if I wanted Chicken soup I thought it was a joke then the line went dead when I tried tp ca;ll back the # did not exist!!!!
01/12/12, 8:30PM at the Other Location by lisab007

I was taking pictures in the carriage house and i went home to look through the pictures and the was clearly a face on the wall behind everything.
01/12/12, 4:30PM at the Other Location by Brittany

I'm pretty sure it was this room?The last room before the gift shop. My 2 boys and me were standing there listening to the tour guide when door to the gift shop opened real slow like someone was coming through, but there was no one there.I thought maybe it was the wind from another door opening but there are no doors in that hallway.My kids thought it was prettty cool!Great place.
12/21/11, 12:00AM at the Morning Room

i was walking with the group and i heard something it sounded like a hammer hitting nails when the group turned the corner i looked back and there was a huge man he looked at me and smiled and said RUN and his face all the skin fell off and he fell down in the floor
01/09/09, 1:00AM at the Basement by never going back

I just found this site and had to write about what we saw last Halloween. We were in grand ballroom and heard a voice say they needed help. When we looked around we didn't see anyboday and then we heard it again. Spooky!
10/31/11, 11:15AM at the Oriental Bedroom by SLOHS

I heard a tapping sound , and as if foot steps were moving around the floor , and i could smelt like must , it was reaaly strong !
12/14/11, 12:00AM at the Grand Ballroom by sttranger

I was in the Seance room and I felt something bite me! I checked my arm and there were huge bite marks on it. But when i got home, there were no traces of bite marks. O_O don't know what the heck that was...
12/12/11, 12:00AM at the Other by Chibighosthunter

I saw a man in coveralls appear right in front of me, holding up his hammer. As soon as I looked away and back he vanished.
12/01/11, 10:15AM at the Basement by musicnotehalliwell009

on the tour, we were leaving the bathroom and i was the last person to leave, and in the hallway after that i felt like someone was behind me, so I turned around to see, but no one was there and a few minutes later, I felt a cold breath on my neck and something brush my arm, and again noone was behind me.
11/23/11, 4:30PM at the 13th Bathroom by N.L.

the winchester houuse is defineteley haunted. ive been to salem, newyork, and kuntucky but as i walked into the seance room i saw a ball or orb fly fom one part of the room to the next and while looking at this i saw a face and it freaked me out i left imeddiatley. there are unseen forces out there you need to know some of these forces can be dangerous never go ghost hunting cuase the ghost sometimes hunt you. thank you
12/06/11, 12:00AM at the Seance Room by danny phantom paranomal sights

my family and i always see the ghosts of the past and when we got to this room my mom sister and i all got sick and dizzy but right when we got into the next room the pain and sickness vanished. it was just gone i was barely a teenage then.
05/31/09, 2:00PM at the Seance Room by black crystals

i was on the steps then herd someone yell sarah so i said who screamed no one did weird
12/02/11, 12:00AM at the Back Porch Steps

I don't remember exactly where we were, but my family and I were taking the tour through the house and all 3 of us heard the sound of hammering. I asked the tour guide if any construction was going on in the house and he said no. Seems we heard hammering but no one was doing any hammering. Hmmm.....
09/17/10, 3:30PM at the Other by ctaylor13

I was looking at the tickets page to see the prices (because my uncle's taking me). I looked in the corner of my iPod screen (since someone's usually hogging the computer and the laptop's dead) and I saw this traumatized, screaming face. I turned around, AND NO ONE WAS THERE. I doubt it was one of my sister's pranks, but I remember that and I was scared... Mind you, this was yesterday. I was afraid to turn my iPod back on until morning!
11/26/11, 12:00AM at the Other Location by i_has_a_scared

I have a history of migraines. Sadly, I got one on the tour. I didn't have my blue oil to stop the pain at the time. This migraine was so severe, I almost cried. Then I felt someone hug me and say, "It's okay, my darling. You'll be alright." Then the migraine stopped. Thank you, Sarah!
11/26/11, 12:00AM at the Sarah Winchester Bedroom by V-Chan

I was in the Seance Room with my friend when i started to get really cold and I started to feel sad. I couldnt handle the sadness.... So I told my friend that I need to get out of there...
11/02/11, 2:00AM at the Seance Room by Watever

I took the tour on Monday. After touring the mansion, I walked around inthe garden. All of a sudden, I heard this bell. I'm pretty sure it was the bell tower. Anyways, it rung 13 times. I asked my friend (who went on the tour with me) if she heard anything, and she said no. Creepy.
11/25/11, 12:00AM at the Belltower by Mina-P

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