Talk:Winchester Mystery House
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[edit] More images
On the house's official site there's a page of photos of the house, including an enormous photo of the house when it was still 7 stories tall (and one of Sarah herself). The page states:
- All photographs may be duplicated, but
- credit for photographs must be given to:
- Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, CA.
What do others say about adding some of these to the article? It could only improve it. :-) —Frecklefoot 14:59, Mar 16, 2004 (UTC)
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- Sure, if there's permission (and it seems there is). I'll add it to my "to do" list, but someone else will probably do it before I find time to do it. - Bevo 15:15, 16 Mar 2004 (UTC)
If I can figure out the coding, I'll do it. :> [Larien]
- You can look here for information on how to use the image syntax. :-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 15:09, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Visit...
I'll be visiting it soon, I'll take some pictures. I plan on doing some EVP-recording there if they let me. :) ---J.S (t|c) 21:16, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
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An awful lot of smiley faces for a haunted mansion ;}--Old Guard 05:07, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Historical Accuracy
Much of this article seems to copy from the "official" story of the Winchester House, most of which cannot be proven and can be disputed. Also, "Winchester Mystery House" is the commercial name of the property, and it obviously would have never been called this while it served as a residence.
While I haven't had a chance to read them, I know there are at least two Master's thesis projects in the San Jose State University library that dispute the validity of the Winchester Mystery House story.
- I'm not sure that thesis projects themselves would be considered proper sources, but they may have bibliographies that point to other published sources. However, that sort of information would seem valuable to include if you can find a good source for it. E. Ripley 02:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I had heard the "official" story is totally untrue. There were claims that for some reason she wanted to keep the construction workers employed. Sorry I don't have any sources. --Lincoln F. Stern 20:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The supposed-haunting
Are there any reports of actual sightings in this place? They always associate this place with ghosts, but I have yet to hear any stories about actual sightings. It looks more like a rather eccentric woman's project than a place of paranormal activity. I've never heard of Mrs Winchester claiming anything aside that her medium told her to build this awful waste of money. As far as I've learnt so far, she didn't see any ghosts, and no one else has. The house was built, but it doesn't prove (or even imply) that there was anything paranormal about this place, and the only thing unusual about it is that it's a rather eccentric venture taken by a woman who was probably deceived into doing this by her "medium." But, I might just be wrong and those things might be under-reported. Does anyone know about this? J.J. Bustamante 10:14, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- The gift shop at the house has hundreds of books about the history of the house and Sarah Winchester. One, by John Rambo (not the Rambo of the Sly Stallone films) is short and pretty good and dispells many of the myths surrounding the house (it's also all hand printed!). I think the store would be a good place to look for books on sightings and such. — Frecklefoot | Talk 13:24, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] odd
I find it odd that this article makes no mention of the peculiar traits of the house. Just "the house had no master building plan"? Isn't it because the house is so strange that it is such an attraction? Novium 01:26, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Images for article
Some orphaned images I found which might fit into this article: ~ BigrTex 22:52, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
