The House Fear Built^TM

Breakdown by Location Total incidents reported in each place. Click a location to accounts from that location.
	$25,000 Storeroom	21
	13th Bathroom	18
	Back Porch Steps	13
	Basement	33
	Belltower	10
	Bradley Bedroom	6
	Carriage Entrance	9
	Crystal Bedroom	7
	Daisy Bedroom	18
	Elevator Shaft	10
	Front Kitchen	8
	Front Parlor	9
	Gardens	26
	Grand Ballroom	28
	Hall-of-Fires	32
	Hayloft/Attic	11
	Laundry Room	6
	Linen Room	5
	Morning Room	6
	North Conservatory	3
	Oriental Bedroom	6
	Other Location	39
	Post 1906 Kitchen	8
	Sarah Winchester Bedroom	100
	Seance Room	55
	Servant Call Station	10
	South Conservatory	2
	Venetian Dining Room	8
	All Areas

Recent Incidents

I closed my eyes in the seance room. After a few moments I heard a voice whisper to me: "Have no fear," When I opened my eyes, I felt calmer than I have ever felt.

In the middle of summer I was freezing in the Hall of Fires. It was built to keep Sarah warm, but I have never shivered as much as when I entered the room.

What I saw, I can't describe. It was figures, almost like outlines of real people. You could see through them, but you knew that they were there. I froze, couldn't move until they left.

I heard organ music, It seemed to be coming from every direction.

My husband and I were on the first tour of the day last Friday. We were overlooking the property on the 4th story and suddenly out of the blue the belltower began ringing. Our tour guide was a little taken back as they only ring the bell on special occasions. One of the guides said it may have been the wind kicking up. However, we all knew the wind could of never rang that bell with such a force. Very strange to say the least.

In the ballroom I saw a couple of spirits dancing. I think they were doing a Waltz. I heard no music and soon after we entered they split.

I saw something outside when I was in this room. When I say I saw something, i mean a figure that was NOT human. What it was I don't know, but it was not human. It moved to fast, and did not seem to be walking. I get chills just thinking about it.

First off, this is one of the coolest places I've ever visited. It sure gives any museum a run for there money. So almost everyone that lives in California knows about The Winchester legend. I took a pilgrimage from Los Angels to check it out after all these years of hearing about it as a child. I took the combo tour to make sure I was able to see as much of the mansion as possible. I'm skeptical of ghosts, but once you are there in front of the majestic property, it wasn't a hard choice to spend a few hours there. My tour group was small and it was later in the day. Room after room I was hoping to catch something off or kooky. Aside its physical charm, nothing was popping out. I took countless photos with my disposable camera, also hoping that when I develop my pictures, I might get surprise. The Tour Guide kept mentioning that we were going to see the Seance Room. That room is definitely the wierd part of the folklore of the house. We couldn't get there fast enough. I was shocked that once inside the room, it was as small as it was. After we were told the story about the room and looked out the oddly placed windows, I felt a little let down that I didn't see anything. I was the last person to be walking out of the room when I felt the COLDEST hand touch the back of my neck. It was only a moment that I felt it and when I jumped to the side and turned around... NO ONE WAS THERE. I was walking right by the 13 coat hanger mounts on the wall! All of my hair on my head was standing straight up. I was so freaked out that I didn't even say anything to the people in the group. I did ask the Tour Guide if she knew of any people on tour to see 'anything' while on the tours and she replied that it happens all the time. Especially the flashlight tours. I then told her about the hand that I felt and she grinned and said she will feel Mrs. Winchester's hand on her neck too in the Seance Room when she is about to come into extra money and that it is a good omen. She chuckled afterwards and said she's not rich and it doesn't mean a large sum of money is coming... "after all, Mrs. Winchester paid her workers in quarters." Though it was a cool story for the Tour Guide to tell me, I was honestly too creeped out to see what the flashlight tour had to offer. I'm glad it wasn't offered on the day that I went, so I wasn't tempted. I did have a peaceful late lunch there. It truly is a beautiful place, just eerie!

My friends and I, took the Friday the 13th tour in July 2007 as a group of skeptics of paranormal activities or whatever freaky ghost stuff you want to call it. What turned out to be a tour of the Mansion filled with wry, smart alec comments among us, turned into the most freakest experience ever, we where scared "straight"....... It happened in the grand ballroom, upon entering our entire group felt a cold , whats the best way to describe it?, hand? upon the back of all our necks, as if someone ran between the group and slide their hand from one to another to usher us forward to the room. It felt like a strong cold wind with a focused pressure in the area described. Since well all felt it, one after the other, we looked at each other and said "no f'n $@#% waayy", our tour stopped right there.

This is where a heard the sounds of banging pots and pans

I didn't see or hear anything unusual during the tour, but a week after I returned home (Seattle Wa), I started having the same dream over and over. In the dream I was in the seance room at the Winchester House and the same voice said over and over" "You will believe, you will believe."

I am not a superstitious person, so visiting the Winchester House on Friday the 13th was nothing special to me. That was until we got to the 13th bathroom. For a brief second it felt like the room was moving. We all saw flashes of something not human and felt a chill like never before. We have become believers in the spirit world. one more thing. This happened at 1:00 which is 13 in military time.

In the seance room, you don't have to be a medium to communicate with the dead. The spirits are very strong here. Just be patient and they will contact you. It has worked for me many times. The late afternoon is best.

his is where the action. Spirits know that humans are most receptive here. I know that at least one spirit tried to contact me in the seance room. This is the place to catch a glimpse of something from the spirit world

My friends dared me to visit on a Friday the 13th. It was my first experience with spirits. We all felt something, and a few of us saw figures that can only be described as unreal. You could see right through them, and then they disappeared.

It was a Friday the 13th. At night. We all saw strange figures moving in and out of the room. They didn't stay long. I believe that they are mostly harmless, but part of me is not sure.

I heard creepy organ music coming from the near the bell tower. Even stranger, it was Friday the 13th.

I didn't see anything. I didn't hear or smell or feel anything. But when I entered Sarah's bedroom, I understood. I understood why Sarah had to keep building. I also think that I understand her as a person.

It was worth the price of admission to see unreal inhabitants of the Grand Ballroom. They were having a party like it was 1899.

How strange is this???? My name is Crystal and the only place in the entire Winchester Mystery House that I saw a spirit was in the Crystal Bedroom. I not only saw something, but I felt it too.

Everywhere I looked in this room I saw a reflection of an unreal object. I never saw a spirit directly, just their reflections. Creepy.

I figure that the ghosts I saw in the laundry room, were just catching up on their work. Strange. Very Strange

The sun was bright, but the figures that I saw did NOT cast shadows. The sun want right through them, like they were made out of mist. I turned my head to tell my dad, but when I turned it back they were gone. When you go to the Winchester house, you have to pay attention every second or you night miss something.

I smelled the distinct aroma of burnt toast. The kitchen hasn't even been used in 100 years or so.

This is the 2nd time that I have spotted something in this bedroom. The first time, it was just a shadow. On the second visit I saw the outline of a person. It looked to me like a maid, but I'm not sure.

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