Winchester House, USA

Another deserted place that is able to frighten not only with its empty premises, but a huge number of horror stories, is Winchester House in the US city of San Jose. This is a very beautiful huge house that has 160 rooms. It is situated in a picturesque landscaped garden. The owner of the house was the son of Oliver Winchester who was the inventor of the world-famous rifles. He lived in the house with his wife Sarah. All lifelong the couple was chased by a terrible misfortune.

Their only daughter died as an infant. William Winchester died quite early too. One night, he appeared in a dream to his wife Sarah, who became the sole owner of the luxury house, and told her about the curse imposed on their families. According to the legend, the family was avenged by thousand souls of the dead, whose lives were cut short by the weapons by Winchesters’ ancestors.

On that day, the rich widow decided to rebuild the house completely. She made it incredibly confusing. There were about forty stairways and corridors in the mansion. In such a way Sarah Winchester tried to hide herself from ghosts chasing her. Some locals still won’t agree to step on the threshold of the cursed house. You can easily get lost in this old mansion. There are more than 2 000 doors, about 10 000 windows and a large number of rooms of all shapes and sizes. For many years, the deserted house frightens local residents. Not all of them dare to look into the empty eye sockets of windows while passing by. Next - Hovrinskaya Hospital