Spooky Happy Halloween bay area locations

   17 spooky location photos, with comments.

San Francisco Chronicle, 10/27/12, "Spooky spots in the Bay Area"   

Sarah Winchester statue

Right, photograph 3 of 17. "There are many mysteries surrounding San Jose's Winchester Mystery House. Switchback staircases descending seven steps before rising eleven, many windows with 13 panes, and secret passageways. Another, does the eccentric woman who built the home over a century ago, Mrs. Sarah Winchester, still roam its halls?  Photo: Lance Iversen, The Chronicle / SF."   

 

Yes, that's a door to nowhere

Oops, end of the road

Related - Winchester mystery house.  "Mrs. Winchester passes away."  "At the time of her death, the unrelenting construction had rambled over six acres. The Sprawling mansion contained 160 rooms, 2,000 doors, 10,000 windows, 47 stairways, 47 fireplaces, 13 bathrooms, and 6 kitchens. Carpenters even left nails half driven when they learned of Mrs. Winchester’s death.

According to the provisions of her will, Mrs. Winchester’s personal property, including the furnishings, household goods, pictures, jewelry, and papers were left to her niece, Mrs. Marian Merriman Marriott, who promptly had the furnishings auctioned off. It is said to have required six trucks working six weeks to cart the furnishings away! The mansion and farm were not mentioned specifically in the will. They became part of Mrs. Winchester’s estate and were sold by her trustees, the Union Trust Company of San Francisco."

Posted by Kathy Meeh