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Oct 31 2013

What's with the Winchester Mystery House?

30 min 2 movies discussed
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After her daughter and husband died, heiress Sarah Winchester became obsessed with the idea that spirits haunted her and to appease them she had to have a house continuously built for them. So she did - 24 hours a day for 38 years.

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Josh and Chuck dive into the bizarre true story of the Winchester Mystery House, the sprawling Victorian mansion built by Sarah Winchester, widow of the Winchester rifle fortune heir. After consulting a medium following tragic family losses, Sarah believed she was haunted by the spirits of everyone killed by Winchester rifles and spent decades constructing an ever-expanding, architecturally impossible house to appease them. The hosts explore the mansion's famous features like staircases leading nowhere, doors opening to walls, and the non-stop construction that continued 24/7 for nearly four decades until Sarah's death.


Movies Discussed

The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
1949
★ 6.8
"The Lone Ranger had one. Did he? According to the Lone Ranger play set that I have, he did. — Josh mentions The Lone Ranger when discussing Winchester repeating rifles and claims the character used one based on a play set he owns." — Josh
The Rifleman
The Rifleman
1958
★ 7.1
"The rifleman used the repeater, for sure. — Josh confirms that The Rifleman TV character used a Winchester repeating rifle." — Josh

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