Sarah Winchester was an inventor, design afficionado, and general tinkerer. Her main residence was a house in Atherton, but she treated this ranch property, which she called Llanada Villa, as her place to experiment. That's why it's so weird. While the current owners of the property have dialed back a lot of the unsubstantiated (and sometimes, completely fabricated) stories about Sarah, I still recommend history professor Mary Jo Ignoffo's scholarly biography of Mrs Winchester, titled "Captive of the Labyrinth" over any other source.
I visited back in 2014 and it was truly amazing learning the story of the actual Sarah Winchester and not the ghost stories we're all used to! Like "The Hall of Fire" -- a hallway lined with fireplaces, was installed to heat Sarah's joints because she had arthritis (I think she was in her 80s when she began living at this house), and her arthritis was also what lead to the staircase with stairs that are about three inches in height so she could more easily walk up them and not have to lift her legs high up as you would with normal staircases. The slanted counter tops adjoining the sink in the kitchen were so any water that splashed up onto the counters would slide back down into the drain and return to the water tank she kept on property. She also had a very large orchard and buildings that would be used to store the fruits and workers would make jams, jellys, marmalades, and preserves that would be sold to the general stores in town! She was also a very kind employer, building residences on her property for her employees and their families to live in, she paid them well above the average of what was the norm at the time, made sure that all her employees and their families had the best health and dental care, and would often give them nice bonuses for Christmas, bought gifts for their children, and would spend Christmas (and Thanksgiving) dinner with them as she really thought of them as her family as she lost her daughter and her husband within a very short time of each other, and the only "family" she had living in that large house of hers was her niece who doubled as her caregiver later in Sarah's life. (I've heard different accounts saying that she left her niece everything, other accounts saying she left half of her fortune to her niece and the other half went to the city of San Jose or at least to different charities around the area. I know she did leave her niece her entire Tiffany collection consisting of not only jewelry, but also ornate furniture and silverware, as well as many Tiffany stained glass pieces - all of which were on display when I went, and was the first room my tour group saw. I vaguely remember the tour guide mentioning at the time that everything in that room was estimated to be $250k altogether, although I believe it's been moved somewhere else or possibly auctioned off... I'm not sure. This was almost ten years ago.) My tour guide definitely leaned more into the real story of Sarah Winchester and the house, instead of playing into the ghost stories and legend of "the curse" (he made it very clear that he didn't believe in that sort of thing), and gave pretty sound reasons to explain the "weird" and "spooky" events ghost hunters and ghost enthusiasts latch onto for that scare - such as the most likely reason the house had the "odd" layout that it did was not because Sarah was trying to confuse the spirits of the victims of Winchester firearms (he even stated that the medium everyone cites as being the one who "convinced" Sarah to move out to California and build a house for the spirits haunting her was likely a fraud attempting to take advantage of a grieving elderly woman, if he ever existed at all), but that Sarah was not an architect and didn't know a thing about construction or building a home, so she was likely flying by the seat of her pants (so to speak) and being like "Yeah I want this room here, that room there, and I want a door that just opens up to nothing, and I want this set of stairs to lead into the ceiling" and the builders had to keep up. He also stated that there were no records of any employees mysteriously dropping dead and Sarah "forcing" construction to continue as to not "anger the spirits", that the earthquake that had knocked down a tower of the home and caused a barricade to form in front of Sarah's bedroom door was nothing supernatural, but one of many earthquakes that occurred in Northern California that year. (I've heard some stories claiming that it was either residual tremors from the earthquake that caused the Golden Gate Bridge to collapse in San Francisco or the earthquake itself moving through the area - I'm not entirely sure.) If I'm remembering correctly, Sarah died about three days after the earthquake? Again, I'm not completely sure as I'm re-telling almost ten year old information from memory, but what most paranormal enthusiasts painting as Sarah "finally falling victim to the curse" was really a combination of Sarah having dealt with a long illness of some sort that drained her of a lot of her energy, and the fact that she was 83 when she passed (I believe it was "natural causes"-- likely a heart attack in her sleep). And the spooky going-ons at night while she was living in the house, the stories of employees hearing footsteps down the hall but not seeing anyone, or catching fleeting ghostly images were most likely Sarah herself. Sarah was a short woman standing all of five feet tall (some claim 5'3"), so many of her employees would not be able to see her walking on the other side of a counter taller than her - at most they would see the top of her head as she went from room to room during the night while holding a candle. I remember being extremely mad at the time of the tour because nobody was allowed to film or photograph the inside of the house, as the rights to the house were in the possession of Universal Studios at the time, and they were trying to get their horror movie about "The Winchester Curse" off the ground. The guide said it had been in Development Hell/Limbo for several years at that point, and didn't believe it would ever get made... and he was right because about four years later Universal probably sold the rights and we got that awful Warner Bros. Winchester movie in 2018! All that to say, hard agree about encouraging people to learn the real history of the woman behind the name! Admittedly, the ghost stories were what got me interested in Winchester Manor (I don't remember my tour guide ever using the name Llanada Villa or telling us that *that* was the name Sarah had given the property) - and they can be pretty fun! But I am all for encouraging folx to learn the stories beyond the ghosts and "the curse" about the real Sarah Winchester, and make the pleasant discovery of just how much of a forward-thinker and innovator she was to early 1920s California! (As my father pointed out when I regaled him with the story of Sarah and her home, "She was interested in water conservation long before it became the "Big Deal" it is now in California!") Plus there's so much more information that I didn't include in this comment out there!
I havent heard of you or viewed any of your content but i just clicked on your pic and subscribed because your name is Gorey bits haha !!!ill be checking you out soon
About 20 yrs ago I live in Northern Ca, and a friend of mine moved to Fremont, Ca near San Jose .I visited her once and wanted to go to the Winchester mystery house but she didn't want to .I hope I get to visit it at another time. I'm back in Ct.
Having always heard that if she continued to build on to the house she would never die-she held a seance almost every week to try and reach her deceased husband and child -both died within months of each other-but the point is she really believed she could live forever if she just kept building on to her house. She had the means to continually pay contractors to keep on building. On my bucket list must go sometime , living in L A it’s nearby, not in another state.
I just recently discovered your pages. I love them. They are so informative and spot on. I can tell you do extensive research and are always ready to share your information. Thank you for all your tours, information and all you tell us. I will subscribe. You and Jessica are awesome.
Small correction: Sarah Winchester started 24/7/365 construction after her husband and infant child died in short succession. She believed that her family was cursed by all the lives taken by Winchester rifles.
and with all the money she built a mansion with walls and doors leading to no where to accommodate the dead spirits that where taken by the winchester rifle
The first and only story my grandpa told me (as an 8year old) was the story of the Winchester rifle and Sarah. So happy see other murderinos( *my favorite murder* ) are doing the trek too. Such a beautiful house and such cool history!!
I would love it if Jessica wore a mic. She always has cool stuff to stay, but it’s hard to hear her sometimes. I just discovered you guys like a day ago, and I’ve subscribed and watched numerous videos already. I also love the clarity of the videos, and the location choices. I feel like it’s Halloween everyday watching you two🖤🎃👻💀
I have to use captions to hear her. She’s not just there to be cute but I mostly can’t hear it. Maybe he can get a more sensitive mic for the camera and point it at her. I still love their content.
I'm glad you mentioned Rose Red. Instead of tearing it down they should of restored it and done what they did with the Winchester mansion. I remember passing by Rose Red before they tore it down. Gave me an Eerie feeling!!!😱
Rose Red was not a real house. It was a fictional story. The story was based on the Winchester Mansion. The movie was filmed at Thornewood Castle in Tacoma Wa. And it’s still there.
I remember when my mum told me about this house when she visited it. She was there in her younger age (we are from germany and live in germany) she visited some relatives and visited this house still have pictures and i get fascinated everytime!! i hope i can see the Winchester Mystery House myself too!! thank you foe this video!
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area about 25 - 30 minutes (without traffic) from the Winchester Mystery House. I have been visiting since I was a child. You guys did a great job capturing a lot of the detail with this video. Also, it is cool to see you covering a place I love.
15 minute video, six minutes inside the house mostly watching little stuff the woman in black is doing. Not that interesting in comparison to what kind of presentation of the house they could have made.
To be able to visit and explore all the places you all do would be a dream come true! Thank you for doing this so we can vicariously live through the both of you! XO
YES!!! I went there a few times when I was a kid! 😍 I have a picture somewhere of myself sitting on the front lawn. We never went on the “official” tour but we DID go into the house we were allowed in without the tour guide AND in the shop ♥️♥️♥️ I want to take my husband and children one day 🥰🥰
I've seen many docs on this house, such an interesting place! Very very unique and beautiful🖤 I didn't know you could walk through by yourself! Cool... Please go back at night! Thanks guys Happy Halloween🎃👍🕸
This is absolutely beautiful I read about this mansion in a National Geographic Kids magazine when I was 9 or 10 years old! As I watched this remarkable video I did cry! I'll have to visit one day as I don't live far at all from California!
Another great video GrimmLife. What an amazing and beautiful home with the perfect music overlay. You both need to go back in September 2022 to do a 100 year Anniversary of her death.
Dude love your Tales from the Crypt shirt man I swear every time i watch your guy's video's I'm like this guy has got some of coolest T shirts always something horror or something any way great video
That was amazing! I have been in love with that house since the first time I saw it on Ghost Adventures. I have never seen it the way that you have shown it though. I have never seen the grounds around the house. It is so beautiful! Thank you so much for doing this!
I appreciate how you show these amazing locations yet always respect them. You don't disrespect them by going where you're not supposed to. Keep up the great videos!
I grew up in NorCal, use to go here a few times a year! If you ever get the chance to go on a Friday the 13th or a flashlight night tour you won’t be disappointed!
I remember for my 12th birthday my aunt took me to the Winchester house for the first time and oh my gosh so much unexplainable things happened on the tour. The tour didnt even start yet and our group met in the stage coach room and one of the restricted doors opened by itself it was wild
I used to live in the area and toured the Mystery House many times.... It's one of my favorite haunts! ♥️. How awesome was it that they let you film there, because they usually don't. The Houdini's Escape Room is new. I'm glad they are always looking for ways to keep the attraction interesting. I've been on a couple of the Friday the 13th midnight tours too. Very cool. Thank you so much for filming this for us! If you get a chance, check out the Rosacrucian Egyptian Museum, in the Rose Garden district of San Jose. They have a reproduction of the King's chamber of the great pyramid in Giza.
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I was there in 1996, with my family 👪. It was enchanting and a little scary. It was well worth the trip. I would gladly go back if given the chance. I've got a T-shirt from there, too.
Comic nerd trivia: Alan Moore's Swamp Thing #45 did a Louisiana version of the Mystery House, featuring wayward young folks at the mercy of the spirits. The sound of the hammers must never stop.
I'm so glad you and Jessica went to the Winchester mystery house. I've been there so many times. I love it. I've had some experiences there. Where I felt someone near me. I've taken lots of pictures and I've got orbs and other images in them. I love how Jessica walks the grounds and her childlike way. I just love it. I love her. You did an awesome job on this video like always.
I read about the Winchester house on a haunted house book I got at the library as a kid and I checked out several times so this reminds me of my childhood 😂
I went there in 1977, and it made such a big impression on me! My husband and I went back in 2015, and they had opened up so much more! A very amazing place to visit! I would love free access to roam wherever I wanted to look. I could spend days exploring that place! ( a tidbit I picked up last visit-Sarah had a patent on the corner protectors she invented to put in the corners of the stairs to make them easier to clean. When on the stairs, you see small metal inserts in the corners on the steps. She invented those to make her servants' lives easier. Pretty cool little factoid.)
I love that you guys love it. This house is a second home to me, literally. I've worked in the gift shop for over years now, and I nerdily watch videos like this just to see people excited about it. It's by far, hands down, my favorite job.
I live in San Diego,and in 2010,I drove up the entire coast of California up to the redwoods,and I stopped in San Jose just to see the Winchester House! So worth it,even though I got a little lost in the area the evening before when i got stuck in a major downpour driving! I would love to do an investigation there sometime.
I was born and raised in SJ and my first job was as a gift shop clerk at the Winchester. Maaan, the stories.. we had psychics come thru there, Silvia Brown once visited and toured. Rooms with documented “experiences” smoking room where the lady of the house would dine, daisy room, maid quarters, basement, gun room near the gift shop, seance room. Experiences I have ever heard of never included Mrs. Winchester always her employee’s or carpenters. But there is this residual energy feeling of being watched. Not menacing just very distinct feeling. We would always say our thank you’s then lock up at night, it was awesome place.
WOW!! Mrs Winchester recieved *$20,000,000.00* when her husband Will Winchester died. No wonder she could build such a massive and complex house. Amazing
Pretty sure she got a massive stake in the company as well, something to the tune of 50 percent. Def a ton of funds for the time as there were not nearly as much material things to buy as, say, now. I think 20M in 1880 is equivalent to 620M now. Still, I am always fascinated by her story!
20 MILL US dollars times the rate of inflation. 1$ back in 1860 is worth $34 today so the answer is 20 000 000 x 34. Nearly 7 Billion $.. Money aside I love this house it's amazing.
Is it possible she kept construction going so she could stay sane in her time of grief? Construction would have meant there were always lots of people around and lots of activity. That would perhaps distract her from getting stuck in depression. Even apart from that, there's something satisfying about building something. Just some thoughts without having done any research about Mrs. Winchester.
Our family did the behind the scene tour years ago while walking around outside before the tour I actually got a picture of a confirmed ghost pearing out of one of the second floor windows. I showed it to the staff there and they confirmed it was legit and have seen at various times.
I'm so happy I found this! I watched your visit to the hotel from Rose Red and mentioned in the comments about how much I loved the mini-series because it reminded me of the Winchester House. I wanted to see if you'd visited it, and I'm glad you did. I've always found Sarah Winchester to be such a fascinating historical figure, and the Lore podcast does a fairly decent job giving information about her history and motivations. When I went there, I was a kid, and the tour guides made a big deal of making Mrs. Winchester out to be kind of crazy, but the truth was much simpler. She lived in a time where spiritualism was accepted and a common practice. What she did wasn't as weird as it was made out to be, and part of the reason she kept building the house was to give jobs to the locals. She was apparently a very kind person who realized she could use her wealth in ways that helped many people make a living. It's a beautiful, though unsettling, building, and I have no doubt it fostered my love for liminal spaces.
I really love the basement. I have been there for Halloween and I have run into ghosts. It was spooky and awesome. From my last visit, there seems to be a whole lot more closed off areas. That's unfortunate.
@@nathannicholson3092 the good thing about California are the beautiful places we have here. As well as the different climates. Surfing on the coast, snowboarding in the mountains, hiking in the desert... It's beautiful. Politicians here are trash, but it's California, it's expected. If you ever do come over to check out the Winchester, I would also recommend Hearst Castle, Monterey Bay, Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Coit Tower, Muir Woods, and Morro Bay. Such gorgeous views and peaceful exciting experiences.
Just discovered you guys and love your videos Your content is excellent and you make it feel like we are there with you Love the way Jessica just lurks around in the background “baby goole” Best regards from the UK 👍
Like Michael says to us "Happy Halloween".......I say to you two......"Envy from the old 412"! Luckiest couple ever! Enjoy today I am sure it will be more badass than yesterday!!
What a cool video! Such a neat perspective unlike any other I've seen about the Winchester Mansion. The narrow hallways and stairs with short risers were fascinating! Your accompanying music was really appropriate also. Thanks for the video.
I saw this and liked it before I even watched it. Since the first time I’ve seen this house thru TV and movies, I’ve wanted to visit!! Let bed the whole concept, the movie and glad you two showed it to us! 😎😄 thank you
My daughter and I experienced the Unhinged Tour at the Winchester Mystery House during the Halloween Season 2019. HIGHLY recommended if ever offered again. Small creepy and spooky vignettes (but not gory) with live actors placed throughout the house at night - as we followed various tour guides and no tour guides (what happened to her or him?!) up and down all through the house. An example was a disheveled and sad middle-aged man greeting us outside in early 20th c" garb and urging us not to go in and then asking us if we had seen his daughter "Suzy" (that storyline was continued during the tour itself). It was a 45-minute "tour" ("like the Haunted Mansion only creepier and in a real historic setting of mystery and lore") and will be tough to beat as we enjoy other Halloween-ie delights in the future. It was the height of atmospheric and all-around spoooktacular fun! Thank you for sharing your charming videos.
My sister and I are going to San Francisco next year in February and we plan on making the trip to San Jose to see the Winchester Mystery House. Loved the video guys!
Friend lived in Pleasanton. Had taken many relatives to the Winchester House. We went in 2004. A Sunday. Very few people there. Later in the day. Guide taking a few people on the upgraded tour said come with us. The basement and cellar was interesting. Felt the energy. She took us for over a few hours to see the entire property and grounds. Hard to beat that 70 deg weather also. Can't picture what the house looked like of the era packed full of furniture and decor.
I visited there back in 2006 & it is such a beautiful place. Nothing paranormal happened while I was there but it is still an incredible place to visit. The history of this place alone is mesmerizing..😉
I’ve been binge watching your videos the last few days and absolutely love them!! It’s a dream of mine to be able to travel and visit these places but for now this is enough. Thank you for your videos!!
When my ex-husband and I were driving a big rig cross country, we laid over and we took a tour of the Winchester Mystery House. It is really fantastic to see, thankfully we learned a lot about Sarah Winchester and the house, but before we took the tour, I read about her and the Winchester House.
@@lynnrinaldo6795 i believe a medium told her that. This is why ....read the bible. 😂....Deuteronomy explains what could have saved Sarah from this crazed nonsense. I do love the house though.
Every new video this couple does makes me love them more and more. Grimm Life just makes excellent content.
I agree. Best thing on you tube. Love them
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I find myself nonstop going to it
I agree! I love them!
The Winchester house looks so cool and and Jessica looks so amazing as usual and Michael you sound so amazing to I love you to so much 💕👻
The absolute silence inside the house gave me goosebumps.
Silence? All I heard was her mumbling behind her mask and some melodramatic loud music.
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I'm 60 years old and I've always loved things like this. So I enjoy watching your videos.
Me too!!!
Always love this, I was born in 1967.
Sarah Winchester was an inventor, design afficionado, and general tinkerer. Her main residence was a house in Atherton, but she treated this ranch property, which she called Llanada Villa, as her place to experiment. That's why it's so weird. While the current owners of the property have dialed back a lot of the unsubstantiated (and sometimes, completely fabricated) stories about Sarah, I still recommend history professor Mary Jo Ignoffo's scholarly biography of Mrs Winchester, titled "Captive of the Labyrinth" over any other source.
I visited back in 2014 and it was truly amazing learning the story of the actual Sarah Winchester and not the ghost stories we're all used to! Like "The Hall of Fire" -- a hallway lined with fireplaces, was installed to heat Sarah's joints because she had arthritis (I think she was in her 80s when she began living at this house), and her arthritis was also what lead to the staircase with stairs that are about three inches in height so she could more easily walk up them and not have to lift her legs high up as you would with normal staircases. The slanted counter tops adjoining the sink in the kitchen were so any water that splashed up onto the counters would slide back down into the drain and return to the water tank she kept on property. She also had a very large orchard and buildings that would be used to store the fruits and workers would make jams, jellys, marmalades, and preserves that would be sold to the general stores in town! She was also a very kind employer, building residences on her property for her employees and their families to live in, she paid them well above the average of what was the norm at the time, made sure that all her employees and their families had the best health and dental care, and would often give them nice bonuses for Christmas, bought gifts for their children, and would spend Christmas (and Thanksgiving) dinner with them as she really thought of them as her family as she lost her daughter and her husband within a very short time of each other, and the only "family" she had living in that large house of hers was her niece who doubled as her caregiver later in Sarah's life. (I've heard different accounts saying that she left her niece everything, other accounts saying she left half of her fortune to her niece and the other half went to the city of San Jose or at least to different charities around the area. I know she did leave her niece her entire Tiffany collection consisting of not only jewelry, but also ornate furniture and silverware, as well as many Tiffany stained glass pieces - all of which were on display when I went, and was the first room my tour group saw. I vaguely remember the tour guide mentioning at the time that everything in that room was estimated to be $250k altogether, although I believe it's been moved somewhere else or possibly auctioned off... I'm not sure. This was almost ten years ago.)
My tour guide definitely leaned more into the real story of Sarah Winchester and the house, instead of playing into the ghost stories and legend of "the curse" (he made it very clear that he didn't believe in that sort of thing), and gave pretty sound reasons to explain the "weird" and "spooky" events ghost hunters and ghost enthusiasts latch onto for that scare - such as the most likely reason the house had the "odd" layout that it did was not because Sarah was trying to confuse the spirits of the victims of Winchester firearms (he even stated that the medium everyone cites as being the one who "convinced" Sarah to move out to California and build a house for the spirits haunting her was likely a fraud attempting to take advantage of a grieving elderly woman, if he ever existed at all), but that Sarah was not an architect and didn't know a thing about construction or building a home, so she was likely flying by the seat of her pants (so to speak) and being like "Yeah I want this room here, that room there, and I want a door that just opens up to nothing, and I want this set of stairs to lead into the ceiling" and the builders had to keep up. He also stated that there were no records of any employees mysteriously dropping dead and Sarah "forcing" construction to continue as to not "anger the spirits", that the earthquake that had knocked down a tower of the home and caused a barricade to form in front of Sarah's bedroom door was nothing supernatural, but one of many earthquakes that occurred in Northern California that year. (I've heard some stories claiming that it was either residual tremors from the earthquake that caused the Golden Gate Bridge to collapse in San Francisco or the earthquake itself moving through the area - I'm not entirely sure.) If I'm remembering correctly, Sarah died about three days after the earthquake? Again, I'm not completely sure as I'm re-telling almost ten year old information from memory, but what most paranormal enthusiasts painting as Sarah "finally falling victim to the curse" was really a combination of Sarah having dealt with a long illness of some sort that drained her of a lot of her energy, and the fact that she was 83 when she passed (I believe it was "natural causes"-- likely a heart attack in her sleep). And the spooky going-ons at night while she was living in the house, the stories of employees hearing footsteps down the hall but not seeing anyone, or catching fleeting ghostly images were most likely Sarah herself. Sarah was a short woman standing all of five feet tall (some claim 5'3"), so many of her employees would not be able to see her walking on the other side of a counter taller than her - at most they would see the top of her head as she went from room to room during the night while holding a candle.
I remember being extremely mad at the time of the tour because nobody was allowed to film or photograph the inside of the house, as the rights to the house were in the possession of Universal Studios at the time, and they were trying to get their horror movie about "The Winchester Curse" off the ground. The guide said it had been in Development Hell/Limbo for several years at that point, and didn't believe it would ever get made... and he was right because about four years later Universal probably sold the rights and we got that awful Warner Bros. Winchester movie in 2018!
All that to say, hard agree about encouraging people to learn the real history of the woman behind the name! Admittedly, the ghost stories were what got me interested in Winchester Manor (I don't remember my tour guide ever using the name Llanada Villa or telling us that *that* was the name Sarah had given the property) - and they can be pretty fun! But I am all for encouraging folx to learn the stories beyond the ghosts and "the curse" about the real Sarah Winchester, and make the pleasant discovery of just how much of a forward-thinker and innovator she was to early 1920s California! (As my father pointed out when I regaled him with the story of Sarah and her home, "She was interested in water conservation long before it became the "Big Deal" it is now in California!") Plus there's so much more information that I didn't include in this comment out there!
I have read this book also. It is a great resource regarding Sarah and the mansion.
My favorite quote from this video > > > "The entire time she was building it, she never stopped building it."
I’ll never forget my last visit there. It’s a really cool tourist spot. I need to take my wife and kids there soon.
I havent heard of you or viewed any of your content but i just clicked on your pic and subscribed because your name is Gorey bits haha !!!ill be checking you out soon
Was it REALLY HAUNTED?!?!
About 20 yrs ago I live in Northern Ca, and a friend of mine moved to Fremont, Ca near San Jose .I visited her once and wanted to go to the Winchester mystery house but she didn't want to .I hope I get to visit it at another time. I'm back in Ct.
You called her your baby ghoul. That, is adorable.
Yes how long they been married?
@@jessicafallen9455 They just celebrated 4 years last week.
Good marriage a beautiful thing
She also has a fatty lucky guy.
@@mosthated8848 😭😭😭
Its crazy to think that Sarah Winchester lived in that huge house by herself for so many years
It truly is
She had lots of builders for company 😊
dont forget the ghosts
She didn’t live there the entire time--she had other houses nearby.
she didnt tons of people lived there with her
Ever since visiting that place when I was around 10, it has been my dream home.
Never in my life did I think I’d get to see inside. Amazing Grimms
Wow I have never heard of anyone getting to film inside the Winchester house. You two really are the coolest.
Really? There have been several tv shows filmed in and about the place.
Yeah I don’t think Jordan the Lion could film inside, I seem to remember he posted stills of the interior.
Having always heard that if she continued to build on to the house she would never die-she held a seance almost every week to try and reach her deceased husband and child -both died within months of each other-but the point is she really believed she could live forever if she just kept building on to her house. She had the means to continually pay contractors to keep on building. On my bucket list must go sometime , living in L A it’s nearby, not in another state.
The house is tiny because she was not dwarf like but she was a very small woman and the house was built to her specification’s, to accommodate her.
You both make a great, loving couple. Jessica so cool and doesn’t complain about anything, “just goes with it”.
I just recently discovered your pages. I love them. They are so informative and spot on. I can tell you do extensive research and are always ready to share your information. Thank you for all your tours, information and all you tell us. I will subscribe. You and Jessica are awesome.
Me to new subscriber. 🎃 Happy Halloween
Small correction: Sarah Winchester started 24/7/365 construction after her husband and infant child died in short succession. She believed that her family was cursed by all the lives taken by Winchester rifles.
and with all the money she built a mansion with walls and doors leading to no where to accommodate the dead spirits that where taken by the winchester rifle
The first and only story my grandpa told me (as an 8year old) was the story of the Winchester rifle and Sarah. So happy see other murderinos( *my favorite murder* ) are doing the trek too. Such a beautiful house and such cool history!!
It's humans that took lives " with rifles".
That’s correct.
@@plutoplatters well no sht Sherlock, how awfully presumptive of you.
I would love it if Jessica wore a mic. She always has cool stuff to stay, but it’s hard to hear her sometimes. I just discovered you guys like a day ago, and I’ve subscribed and watched numerous videos already. I also love the clarity of the videos, and the location choices. I feel like it’s Halloween everyday watching you two🖤🎃👻💀
I have to use captions to hear her. She’s not just there to be cute but I mostly can’t hear it. Maybe he can get a more sensitive mic for the camera and point it at her. I still love their content.
I have wanted to go here since I was a child. Have never been to California, but that place is on my bucket list. Another wonderful video, thank you!
I used to be a tour guide there. Years ago. It was so fun
I'm glad you mentioned Rose Red. Instead of tearing it down they should of restored it and done what they did with the Winchester mansion. I remember passing by Rose Red before they tore it down. Gave me an Eerie feeling!!!😱
Rose Red was not a real house. It was a fictional story. The story was based on the Winchester Mansion. The movie was filmed at Thornewood Castle in Tacoma Wa. And it’s still there.
I remember when my mum told me about this house when she visited it. She was there in her younger age (we are from germany and live in germany) she visited some relatives and visited this house still have pictures and i get fascinated everytime!! i hope i can see the Winchester Mystery House myself too!! thank you foe this video!
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area about 25 - 30 minutes (without traffic) from the Winchester Mystery House. I have been visiting since I was a child. You guys did a great job capturing a lot of the detail with this video. Also, it is cool to see you covering a place I love.
Frickin love your T-shirt! Tales from the crypt is a classic! 💛
Thank you to the owners for letting Grimmlifecollective film!
So glad you showed the stairs. That is one thing that stuck with me when we went; how shallow they are. Very cool. Thank you.
I have been living 20years in the bay area. I have never visited this tourist spot. Thanks for the free tour! :)
15 minute video, six minutes inside the house mostly watching little stuff the woman in black is doing. Not that interesting in comparison to what kind of presentation of the house they could have made.
This is in California?
@@bryceharper446 yes.
To be able to visit and explore all the places you all do would be a dream come true! Thank you for doing this so we can vicariously live through the both of you! XO
YES!!! I went there a few times when I was a kid! 😍 I have a picture somewhere of myself sitting on the front lawn. We never went on the “official” tour but we DID go into the house we were allowed in without the tour guide AND in the shop ♥️♥️♥️ I want to take my husband and children one day 🥰🥰
Thank you for taking us with you! Listened to a few podcasts that covered this and awesome to actually see it 🤩
You guys are so cool! I just found this channel and love it. Binged last night. So glad to see you're uploading frequently. That house is awesome
Amazing House!
I've seen many docs on this house, such an interesting place! Very very unique and beautiful🖤 I didn't know you could walk through by yourself! Cool... Please go back at night! Thanks guys Happy Halloween🎃👍🕸
I have no idea how I missed this video, and just now caught it. I've been wanting to see this place forever in person.
Your music choice reminded me of Edward Scissorhands. Great vlog, thank you both for sharing your experience.
This is absolutely beautiful I read about this mansion in a National Geographic Kids magazine when I was 9 or 10 years old! As I watched this remarkable video I did cry! I'll have to visit one day as I don't live far at all from California!
I hope to one day visit the beautiful Winchester Mystery House, thanks for gifting us with this video
Another great video GrimmLife. What an amazing and beautiful home with the perfect music overlay. You both need to go back in September 2022 to do a 100 year Anniversary of her death.
Fantastic house with a fantastic story behind it.
Dude love your Tales from the Crypt shirt man I swear every time i watch your guy's video's I'm like this guy has got some of coolest T shirts always something horror or something any way great video
The Winchester House has been on my bucket list for years.
That was amazing! I have been in love with that house since the first time I saw it on Ghost Adventures. I have never seen it the way that you have shown it though. I have never seen the grounds around the house. It is so beautiful! Thank you so much for doing this!
I can see you Michael and Jessica build something like this, a house of myths, legends and GHOSTS!
Guilt can cause severe mental anguish. Mrs. Winchester carried such a heavy burden. I feel terrible about all that she went through.
Ohh I always have too
You can't help but love guns though. They are so effective and ultimately decisive.
Except that is not at all the case here. No truth to any kind of crazy building because of guilt.
I appreciate how you show these amazing locations yet always respect them. You don't disrespect them by going where you're not supposed to. Keep up the great videos!
I still haven't made it out there yet but looks awesomeeee
I read that as "I still haven't made it out of there yet"
@@gabrielwright6949 Haha me too!!
I grew up in NorCal, use to go here a few times a year! If you ever get the chance to go on a Friday the 13th or a flashlight night tour you won’t be disappointed!
I remember for my 12th birthday my aunt took me to the Winchester house for the first time and oh my gosh so much unexplainable things happened on the tour. The tour didnt even start yet and our group met in the stage coach room and one of the restricted doors opened by itself it was wild
Wonderful tour!!!! Both of you are lovely. Love Jessica costumes and that big hat!!!! Her husband is very handsome so its a pleasure to see you both
I used to live in the area and toured the Mystery House many times.... It's one of my favorite haunts! ♥️. How awesome was it that they let you film there, because they usually don't. The Houdini's Escape Room is new. I'm glad they are always looking for ways to keep the attraction interesting. I've been on a couple of the Friday the 13th midnight tours too. Very cool. Thank you so much for filming this for us!
If you get a chance, check out the Rosacrucian Egyptian Museum, in the Rose Garden district of San Jose. They have a reproduction of the King's chamber of the great pyramid in Giza.
I always wondered what this house looked like.
Hey Grimm thank u so much for doing these videos. I am disabled, and would not be able, to see these places. So close up love u guys.
It's a shame he didn't reply 😂
I was there 3 years ago I had an experience there that I can’t forget
What a teaser. Spill the beans…
Just found your channel recently…loving it. My new go to comfort channel. I love everything horror and ghoulish. Very well put together! 👍
"Baby ghoul." 😂
I bet the energy of this place is much different at night.
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I was there in 1996, with my family 👪. It was enchanting and a little scary. It was well worth the trip. I would gladly go back if given the chance. I've got a T-shirt from there, too.
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful video! :D And fantastic music choice. You guys are lovely, as always ;)
Awesome vid kids. Nearly got to 100k subs. Lookin forward to the celebration. Luv from Australia.
Fun fact for those that aren't aware Stephen King actually got his inspiration for rose red from the Winchester mystery house
Yes he did.😊
Fun fact,... It's mentioned at the start of the video 😉.
It's usually fun when mention so I read.
I was there on October 7th 2021 it was interesting! Thank u for showing a different perspective on the house!
Comic nerd trivia: Alan Moore's Swamp Thing #45 did a Louisiana version of the Mystery House, featuring wayward young folks at the mercy of the spirits. The sound of the hammers must never stop.
Visited here this week and it was so fascinating
I'm so glad you and Jessica went to the Winchester mystery house. I've been there so many times. I love it. I've had some experiences there. Where I felt someone near me. I've taken lots of pictures and I've got orbs and other images in them. I love how Jessica walks the grounds and her childlike way. I just love it. I love her. You did an awesome job on this video like always.
One of the best tours I've seen . Thank you. Been reading about it a long time.
I read about the Winchester house on a haunted house book I got at the library as a kid and I checked out several times so this reminds me of my childhood 😂
Right next door to me ! Grew up with this legend. Y’all should check out the Hellyer House also in SJ!!!
I went there in 1977, and it made such a big impression on me! My husband and I went back in 2015, and they had opened up so much more! A very amazing place to visit! I would love free access to roam wherever I wanted to look. I could spend days exploring that place! ( a tidbit I picked up last visit-Sarah had a patent on the corner protectors she invented to put in the corners of the stairs to make them easier to clean. When on the stairs, you see small metal inserts in the corners on the steps. She invented those to make her servants' lives easier. Pretty cool little factoid.)
You guys are the most wholesome couple ever. Goth bless you
I'm so happy this home has been carefully taken care of. Really cool piece of American history, thank you!
I love that you guys love it. This house is a second home to me, literally. I've worked in the gift shop for over years now, and I nerdily watch videos like this just to see people excited about it. It's by far, hands down, my favorite job.
What a cool place!! Loved the music too!! Very GRIMMTASTIC!!🕸🖤🕸🖤
I've always been intrigued with the mystery of the Winchester House. Great video ❤
I live in San Diego,and in 2010,I drove up the entire coast of California up to the redwoods,and I stopped in San Jose just to see the Winchester House! So worth it,even though I got a little lost in the area the evening before when i got stuck in a major downpour driving! I would love to do an investigation there sometime.
I was born and raised in SJ and my first job was as a gift shop clerk at the Winchester. Maaan, the stories.. we had psychics come thru there, Silvia Brown once visited and toured. Rooms with documented “experiences” smoking room where the lady of the house would dine, daisy room, maid quarters, basement, gun room near the gift shop, seance room. Experiences I have ever heard of never included Mrs. Winchester always her employee’s or carpenters. But there is this residual energy feeling of being watched. Not menacing just very distinct feeling. We would always say our thank you’s then lock up at night, it was awesome place.
Another great video; can't wait to see you two on Creature Features!!
i was born and raised in cali but one of the places i have never seen is the winchester mystery house long overdue thanx for sharing the history
WOW!! Mrs Winchester recieved *$20,000,000.00* when her husband Will Winchester died. No wonder she could build such a massive and complex house.
Amazing
20mil back in the day was probably like a gazillion dollars today!
@@demoneyes9351 Yes $20 Million doesn't sound like much but as you said it would be a f---n huge amount today.
Pretty sure she got a massive stake in the company as well, something to the tune of 50 percent. Def a ton of funds for the time as there were not nearly as much material things to buy as, say, now. I think 20M in 1880 is equivalent to 620M now. Still, I am always fascinated by her story!
20 MILL US dollars times the rate of inflation. 1$ back in 1860 is worth $34 today so the answer is 20 000 000 x 34. Nearly 7 Billion $.. Money aside I love this house it's amazing.
Is it possible she kept construction going so she could stay sane in her time of grief? Construction would have meant there were always lots of people around and lots of activity. That would perhaps distract her from getting stuck in depression. Even apart from that, there's something satisfying about building something. Just some thoughts without having done any research about Mrs. Winchester.
I think this is the best video on the Winchester house I’ve seen. Thank you for taking us with you on the tour.
Our family did the behind the scene tour years ago while walking around outside before the tour I actually got a picture of a confirmed ghost pearing out of one of the second floor windows. I showed it to the staff there and they confirmed it was legit and have seen at various times.
I'm so happy I found this! I watched your visit to the hotel from Rose Red and mentioned in the comments about how much I loved the mini-series because it reminded me of the Winchester House. I wanted to see if you'd visited it, and I'm glad you did. I've always found Sarah Winchester to be such a fascinating historical figure, and the Lore podcast does a fairly decent job giving information about her history and motivations. When I went there, I was a kid, and the tour guides made a big deal of making Mrs. Winchester out to be kind of crazy, but the truth was much simpler. She lived in a time where spiritualism was accepted and a common practice. What she did wasn't as weird as it was made out to be, and part of the reason she kept building the house was to give jobs to the locals. She was apparently a very kind person who realized she could use her wealth in ways that helped many people make a living.
It's a beautiful, though unsettling, building, and I have no doubt it fostered my love for liminal spaces.
I really love the basement. I have been there for Halloween and I have run into ghosts. It was spooky and awesome. From my last visit, there seems to be a whole lot more closed off areas. That's unfortunate.
Jesus that’s awesome! I am in the uk and would love to go , fair play ! If you’ve bin there I spect you’ve bin to loads of historically spook places
@@nathannicholson3092 the good thing about California are the beautiful places we have here. As well as the different climates. Surfing on the coast, snowboarding in the mountains, hiking in the desert... It's beautiful. Politicians here are trash, but it's California, it's expected. If you ever do come over to check out the Winchester, I would also recommend Hearst Castle, Monterey Bay, Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Coit Tower, Muir Woods, and Morro Bay. Such gorgeous views and peaceful exciting experiences.
Went there last October and got to do a self guided tour at night and that was one of the best experiences of my life!
Just discovered you guys and love your videos
Your content is excellent and you make it feel like we are there with you
Love the way Jessica just lurks around in the background “baby goole”
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Beautifully done as always. Love you guys 👻💘
Like Michael says to us "Happy Halloween".......I say to you two......"Envy from the old 412"! Luckiest couple ever! Enjoy today I am sure it will be more badass than yesterday!!
What a cool video! Such a neat perspective unlike any other I've seen about the Winchester Mansion. The narrow hallways and stairs with short risers were fascinating! Your accompanying music was really appropriate also. Thanks for the video.
You guys ROCK!!
I saw this and liked it before I even watched it. Since the first time I’ve seen this house thru TV and movies, I’ve wanted to visit!! Let bed the whole concept, the movie and glad you two showed it to us! 😎😄 thank you
I'd never take my shoes off and walk thru the grass cuz I've stepped on a dead bees stinger when I was a kid lol.
I went there a few years ago. It was really cool. I want to go back.
My daughter and I experienced the Unhinged Tour at the Winchester Mystery House during the Halloween Season 2019. HIGHLY recommended if ever offered again. Small creepy and spooky vignettes (but not gory) with live actors placed throughout the house at night - as we followed various tour guides and no tour guides (what happened to her or him?!) up and down all through the house. An example was a disheveled and sad middle-aged man greeting us outside in early 20th c" garb and urging us not to go in and then asking us if we had seen his daughter "Suzy" (that storyline was continued during the tour itself). It was a 45-minute "tour" ("like the Haunted Mansion only creepier and in a real historic setting of mystery and lore") and will be tough to beat as we enjoy other Halloween-ie delights in the future. It was the height of atmospheric and all-around spoooktacular fun! Thank you for sharing your charming videos.
My sister and I are going to San Francisco next year in February and we plan on making the trip to San Jose to see the Winchester Mystery House. Loved the video guys!
Friend lived in Pleasanton. Had taken many relatives to the Winchester House. We went in 2004. A Sunday. Very few people there. Later in the day. Guide taking a few people on the upgraded tour said come with us. The basement and cellar was interesting. Felt the energy. She took us for over a few hours to see the entire property and grounds. Hard to beat that 70 deg weather also. Can't picture what the house looked like of the era packed full of furniture and decor.
Another great video. Thanks for taking us along.
I visited there back in 2006 & it is such a beautiful place. Nothing paranormal happened while I was there but it is still an incredible place to visit. The history of this place alone is mesmerizing..😉
I’ve been binge watching your videos the last few days and absolutely love them!! It’s a dream of mine to be able to travel and visit these places but for now this is enough. Thank you for your videos!!
Im related to the Winchester’s . My Grandmother was Rosemary Winchester.☠️X
“Hello I love you” I’ve been there many times but so cool to see you guys experience the house. ❤️
When my ex-husband and I were driving a big rig cross country, we laid over and we took a tour of the Winchester Mystery House. It is really fantastic to see, thankfully we learned a lot about Sarah Winchester and the house, but before we took the tour, I read about her and the Winchester House.
I love the Winchester house and I love that you and Jessica are doing it
They made a cheap horror movie called the Winchester. I heard the whole story though about her and why she thought the ghosts were after her.
Felt an held guilt but it wasn't her fault. 😪😪
Britt Nicole , the story goes that Sarah thought the ghosts told her if she ever stopped building on to house that she would die!
@@lynnrinaldo6795 i believe a medium told her that. This is why ....read the bible. 😂....Deuteronomy explains what could have saved Sarah from this crazed nonsense. I do love the house though.