Dark and creepy victorian street store front with Christmas tree in window

People often think Halloween is a great time for ghost stories and ghost tours, and it is. However, so is Christmas. If your idea of making spirits brights includes visiting haunted places, here are 5 holiday 2020 ghost tours for you. Although, it’s important to note that as we know,Continue Reading

Sara Winchester looking lady with Winchester Mystery House closed again sign

More proof 13 is an unlucky number? It wasn’t a Friday but one of California’s most mysterious houses decided to reopen on a 13th. Monday, July 13, 2020, to be exact. Sadly that was the same day the state announced new coronavirus guidelines, which meant the Winchester Mystery House closed.Continue Reading

Winchester Mystery House reopening graphic

After being closed since March, the Winchester Mystery House reopening has finally been announced: Monday, July 13, 2020. It’s not a Friday, but it is a 13, a number that’s significant to the house. What can visitors expect when they’re allowed back into the mansion? Here’s what’s stayed the sameContinue Reading

Lady in black Victorian clothing standing in a window with a candle

Coronavirus lockdown restrictions are easing in a lot of places, including California and Arkansas where the Winchester Mystery House and the 1886 Crescent Hotel are located, respectively. Both places recently announced they’re reopening starting Friday, May 15. But they’re not going directly back to business as usual. Let’s look atContinue Reading

360 degree walk through graphic of Winchester Mystery House

Have you ever wanted to explore the Winchester Mystery House at your leisure with no crowds or restricted access? Thanks to their new 360 Walk Through experience you can! Video Access Tour The Winchester Mystery House has come up with some great offerings during this coronavirus quarantine crisis we findContinue Reading

Aerial view of Winchester Mystery House with their l

Like most other tourist destinations, the Winchester Mystery House is closed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. However, they had an exciting story in the newsletter they sent out today. At least, it was exciting to me. A way to take a virtual tour of the house. Even better? OtherContinue Reading

Aerial view of Winchester Mystery House with their l

Out of an “abundance of caution” due to coronavirus concerns, the Winchester Mystery House decided to close until April 1, 2020, which also means no Friday the 13th Flashlight Tours. As usual, I’m all kinds of behind on emails, updating the Ghost Tours & Ghost Hunting Events page, etc. InContinue Reading

Winchester Mystery House exterior

The Winchester Mystery House really is a mystery. Why did Sarah Lockwood Pardee Winchester spend millions transforming the eight-room farmhouse she purchased upon moving to San Jose, California, from New Haven, Connecticut, like she did? What was the purpose of all the doors, stairways, windows and skylights? Was there evenContinue Reading

Winchester Mystery House

If you have a history and paranormal loving woman in your life, what better way to honor her than with Mother’s Day Brunch at the Winchester Mystery House? Which, if you don’t live anywhere near there, might also include a trip to the great state of California. #Bonus. Anyway, IContinue Reading

This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. I’d heard Winchester was disappointing when it was in theaters. Still, I was curious about it. My dad took me to the Winchester Mystery House when I was little. Which was many, many, many moons ago now. He was always takingContinue Reading

This is a guest contribution from Desmond Rhodes. The tale of Sarah Lockwood Pardee, or later and more famously known as Sarah Lockwood Winchester, is one born of tragedy and shrouded in mystery. She was an heiress to an enormous fortune brought onto her by the death of her husband.Continue Reading

Since there’s a chance we might get to San Francisco this year, I’m already researching things we can do while there. I came across this Winchester Mystery House, Muir Woods and Sausalito Day Trip tour On Viator, and decided it’d make for a fun Feature Friday post. ABOUT THE TOURContinue Reading