The Creepy (and Inexplicable) Details About the Real Winchester Mystery House

Winchester died in her sleep of heart failure at 83 in this bedroom in September 1922. She was buried next to her husband and child in New Haven, CT. She left a will written in 13 sections and signed 13 times. (Just one example of the unlucky number in her life.) She left almost everything to her niece, Marian I. Marriott, who auctioned off a lot of it.

As Winchester also didn't allow photos to be taken of her interior designs or belongings, the furnishings on display are not original. That doesn't stop her spirit from stopping by occasionally. One source recalled standing in the bedroom and hearing noises from the nearby dressing room. Upon investigation, the previously closed heavy cabinets were wide open with no one in sight.