Sarah 'Sallie' Lockwood Winchester (née Pardee; June 4, 1839 – September 5, 1922) was an American heiress who amassed great wealth after the death of her husband, William Wirt Winchester, and her mother in law, Jane Ellen Hope.

Feb 1, 2018 · Sarah Winchester, heiress of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, earned notoriety for allegedly communicating with spirits while building a labyrinthine California mansion.

The Winchester Mystery House is a mansion in San Jose, California, that was once the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester. The house became a tourist attraction nine months after Winchester's death in 1922.

Mar 27, 2022 · The widow of firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester, Sarah Winchester spent her vast fortune on the Winchester Mystery House — to escape "ghosts." She was one of the richest women in the world, but all that wealth could not resolve the guilt that followed her.

Jul 8, 2020 · Directors Michael and Peter Spierig, better known as The Spierig Brothers, based their supernatural horror film Winchester (2018) on the real-life occurrences of Sarah Winchester and the house she never stopped building. In paranormal pop culture, it is nearly impossible to escape hearing the story of the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose ...

Sarah Winchester was a woman of independence, drive, and courage who lives on in legend. And the mansion she built is world renowned as much for the many design curiosities and innovations (many ahead of their time) as it is for the reported paranormal activity …

Sarah Winchester purchases a two-story farmhouse near San Jose, California, that will soon grow into her beloved Llanada Villa, later known as the Winchester Mystery House®, and begins remodeling.

Nov 17, 2019 · Following William's death from tuberculosis in 1881, Sarah received an inheritance of $20 million as well as a fifty percent ownership in the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.

Jul 7, 2016 · Instead of building a university or a library, Sarah Winchester built a counter-legend to the thousands of American gunslinger stories.

Jul 12, 2009 · Sarah Winchester was devastated. The two people she loved were gone. Legend has it that a medium in Boston told her she was cursed by the souls of those killed by Winchester rifles.