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Helen Mirren says in the movie, Winchester did so to placate the spirits of those who died at the hands of the weapon whose fortune she inherited. She had workers build and rebuild her home nonstop day and night for nearly 40 years. MIRREN: (As Sarah Winchester) I can feel it in the air, in the walls.ĭEL BARCO: Winchester remained in mourning for her baby daughter and late husband. Legend has it Winchester conducted seances to communicate with the dead. HELEN MIRREN: (As Sarah Winchester) Do you believe in ghosts, Doctor?ĭEL BARCO: In the movie, Sarah Winchester's sanity is questioned by a psychologist hired by the company to push her out.

TIM O'DAY: He appears as an apparition in his white overalls and his mustache, and he'll just kind of blankly look at you. And you're looking around like, who's messing with me? And there's nobody there.ĭEL BARCO: House marketing director Tim O'Day says some people report seeing a handyman named Clyde stoking the fireplace or carrying coal. JANAN BOEHME: Because you will actually hear footsteps coming down the hallway, and you think someone whispered your name. The house historian, Janan Boehme, says tour guides refuse to go up to the third floor after dark. You check the area, and no one's there.ĭEL BARCO: The Queen Anne revival-style mansion has staircases that lead to nowhere, doors that open to a two-story drop, a witch's cap with strange acoustics. NICOLE CALANDE: The house just creaks on its own. MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: At the famous Winchester Mystery House, tour guide Nicole Calande (ph) leads us up the wooden stairs. NPR's Mandalit del Barco visited the house that's now a popular tourist attraction in San Jose, Calif. Helen Mirren stars as the eccentric woman who built and rebuilt her vast and ever-changing mansion from 1884 until her death in 1922. The story is based on the life of Sarah Winchester, heiress to the company that created the Winchester rifle series.

Location of winchester mansion movie#

The new movie 'Winchester' is a paranormal horror film about one of the largest haunted houses in America.