Some time ago I uploaded this video, simply called Winchester Mystery House, and I was warned recently by YouTube that something in the video might be copyrighted and that I might not own the rights. Since every photograph in the video came from my camera, I had to conclude that the music background was what they referred to, although they didn't say. I had thought that Herr Mozart wouldn't mind my using a passage from one of his piano concertos as a tasteful backdrop to pictures of an interesting Victorian house, but noooooooooooo! Apparently not only does the composer have to be dead for at least 70 years, but the performers as well. Not wanting to run afoul of the DMCA, I removed the video and redubbed the background music. This time it is from a CD called "Neil/Armstrong." I have permission to use this music, as Tedd Armstrong (his professional name), the composer of the music, producer of the CD and the performer of all but the Neil tracks on the CD happens to be my brother. So YouTube can rest easy now.
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I love all the little anomalies. I’ve seen houses with stairs leading to ceilings, and doors that open to 6 foot drops. My kind of house.
U grew a beard Largo! Hahahahaha looking snazzy!
@Largo64 thanks for reply// yeah that makes since about the unconstructed rooms… i didnt know if some rooms were just not seen because hard to get tour group into, or just dangerous because of how house is built,,,so now i understand! im sure the tour is much better in person, as most videos and shows only focus on the a few of the same features.. but in reality theres a lot of area ! thanksa again
cont.) Sure, there is hype about the place. I never saw nor heard anything spooky in two years working there, but there are others who claim they have seen ghostly things. I think that to see ghosts you have to believe in them first.
@arlichar11 The “off limits” rooms are unfinished and considered unsafe for tours. The house was always under construction during Sarah’s lifetime, and many things were left undone when she died. The colors are the same as those when Sarah lived there. It wasn’t so dark. there were gas lights in every room. As for the bathrooms, none of the plumbing works. The bathrooms are all locked so no one tries to use them. The public restrooms, separate from the house, are excellent . . . and CLEAN.
wow.. cool a tour guide there..well i want toi know what are the 50 rooms that are off limits and why? and whats up with the color scheme..doesnt seem rational for the time period,maybe just so not so dark in there? do people ever get lost there?
i know the bathrooms have window doors so that tours can see, but dont use them!
i personally think not everything thingn they tell u is true seems hype for tourists, alot of things that seem bizarre ,actually have good reason to be that way
@Largo64 Thank you for your honest answer! But despite you advising me not to take the trip, I think I still will! Not only for the house, but to see San Jose.
@gyqz I was a tour guide there for TWO years. I found the place to be fascinating, but I wouldn’t advise you to take such a long trip just to see it. The tour of the house lasts 65 minutes, and the one of the grounds and basement about the same. You can spend as long as you like in the gardens. I would suggest you go to a website called Yelp with a dot and a com. There you will find many review from people who have visited the place. Some love it. Some don’t.
OMG…you were a tour guide for over ten years?? Then you the ONE person to tell me if it is worth a trip over from across the pond ( I live in The Netherlands, you see). I’ve been wanting to see this house for so long, that I told everyone I’m going there this month…..but I can’t ( for several reasons). Now I’m hoping to go next April…..I’m also dying to check out San Jose, so if you could be of some assistance…thank you very much in advance!!
Very insightful, thank you.
A lot of esoteric symbolism in the house…. very nice
Such incredible craftsmanship. Thank You for posting, Larry. Maybe I will check it out next time I pass through.
@missyX45 Sarah was a spiritualist. She believed that some good spirits were guiding her design of the house so as to confuse not so much evil as angry spirits of people killed by Winchester firearms. I think she believed they were justified in their anger. Nevertheless, she never divested herself of the company, and continued to bank royalties on rifle sales as long as she lived.
@jack2breeze The stories about details like that do vary. By the script the bathroom windows were all original. Some of them certainly are old, “wobbly” glass, perhaps still possible after 1922. Your guide looks familiar to me, but there were quite a few who came and went over the two years I was there. Most of them were young students for whom this was a temporary job. I got to know a few who hung around for a long time. My memory of names has always been poor.
oh, mines the one on the right with the young girl.
hate to admit it but it`s better then mine.
We were told that the doors with windows were put there after Sarah`s death. Watch my Winchester tour vids on my channel and tell me if you know the tour guide. Thanks. btw nice vid.
Actually it was never too clear why there were windows in bathroom doors, but many have them. I was told they were that way in Sarah’s time, but that they had curtains. An explanation was that sarah was very weak and ill in later years and if she were using one and collapsed her servants wouldn’t find her. If she could pull a curtain they could.
Between you and me, the windows may have been installed after Sarah’s death so tourists could see the fixtures. But don’t tell anyone I said that!
The best video about the house!
This was interesting to watch. I was afraid it was going to be a waste of 10 minutes, I’m lucky I was wrong.
Great pictures,
this is like an online tour of the house
nice vid, nice pics
(the Christina song)
Once again, excellent vid! And, I recognize this song, I’d swear!