On September 15, Walter Magnuson, General Manager of Winchester Mystery House, received a sneak preview of Zak Bagans’ The Haunted Museum, set to open on Monday, October 2, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The occasion was to not only get an …
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Following in the footsteps of its highly successful 2016 debut, the much-anticipated Hallowe’en Candlelight Tour returns to Winchester Mystery House for 20 nights only beginning Friday, September 29. This spine-tingling experience, enhanced for 2017, takes visitors on a tour through …
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In the 1940s, the local fire department inspected the Winchester Mystery House and determined that a sprinkler system was necessary to protect the house in the event of fire. If you’ve been on the tour, you probably learned that seven and a …
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Have you ever been to the Winchester Mystery House gift shop? The gift shop, now called The Mercantile, enjoyed a recent refurbishment that makes it so much easier to explore and discover treasures to take home as souvenirs— or to …
Following 10 sold-out nights of our inaugural Hallowe’en Candlelight Tours in 2016, we’re excited to announce that this year’s Halloween Candlelight Tours will have twice the chills, twice the thrills, and twice the nights! The Hallowe’en Candlelight Tour will now …
Sarah Winchester was known to be somewhat of a recluse during her days in San Jose. Nonetheless, she was beloved by her staff and was remarkably kind to the neighborhood kids. Summer was an especially special time at Mrs. Winchester’s …
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