The must-haves are quirky, to say the least. The construction of the gigantic estate never had any plans, blueprints or foresight, just Sarah and her constant list of must-haves. This abode is fascinating from start to finish. "This house, in itself, was her biggest social work of all. The Winchester House was built back in 1884 by Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester firearms fortune. "She had a social conscience and she did try to give back," said Boehme. Janan Boehme, the house's longtime historian, believes there's a logical explanation for the continual, maze-like construction Sarah commissioned during the second half of her life. While the upcoming film plays up Sarah's spiritualism with scenes like a séance that may or may not have taken place in the house's front turret, also called the "witch's cap," not everyone is convinced the heiress had otherworldly motivations. Staffers found her in a bedroom that had been obscured by rubble. She also had a habit of sleeping in different rooms (to hide from ghosts perhaps?) which posed a problem after a 1906 earthquake caused three floors of her house to cave in.
Some point to Sarah Winchester's reclusive nature as proof of her guilt. "And I can only imagine that people who make fortunes to this day from selling armaments have pause at some point, especially if they are Christians: 'Am I going to pay?'" "If you have made a fortune out of death, you have to pay the price, a psychological price and a spiritual price," Mirren continued.
"Was she a Rosicrucian? Was she a straight-down-the-line Christian? Was she haunted? Was she crazy?" Times during an interview that took place in the storied house last May. "There are many understandings of her," Mirren told the L.A.
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