At the crossroads of true crime, interior design, and the paranormal, Dark House explores beautiful homes that can’t seem to escape their dark histories. Hosts and House Beautiful editors Hadley Mendelsohn and Alyssa Fiorentino dig into the twisted backstories of four infamous homes, and uncover the strange stories suggesting some inhabitants never left—and that perhaps history isn't the only thing haunting them. Featuring guest interviews with authors, set designers, psychic mediums, and paranormal investigators, Dark House uncovers why these residences, and the stories they tell us, are so important.
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At the crossroads of true crime, interior design, and the paranormal, Dark House explores beautiful homes that can’t seem to escape their dark histories. Hosts and House Beautiful editors Hadley Mendelsohn and Alyssa Fiorentino dig into the twisted backstories of four infamous homes, and uncover the strange stories suggesting some inhabitants never left—and that perhaps history isn't the only thing haunting them. Featuring guest interviews with authors, set designers, psychic mediums, and paranormal investigators, Dark House uncovers why these residences, and the stories they tell us, are so important.
Winchester Mystery House (San Jose, CA) Feat. Seance Expert Lisa Morton
Dark House
1 hour 40 minutes
2 years ago
Winchester Mystery House (San Jose, CA) Feat. Seance Expert Lisa Morton
Kicking off season 3, Hadley takes us to the Winchester Mystery House (aka Llanada Villa)—a sprawling San Jose mansion built by The Winchester Repeating Arms Company heiress Sarah Winchester in the late 1800s. The hosts dig into the many legends surrounding the property and investigate rumors that the home’s creepy and bizarre architectural features were an attempt to keep out unwelcome spirits. Along the way, they uncover the true story of Sarah Winchester’s life, from her reclusive lifestyle to her love of interior design, to find out what really motivated the never-ending construction of her rambling mansion, and why it was deemed valueless after her death. To learn more about the Spiritualist movement that swept the nation during Sarah’s heyday, the hosts chat with Lisa Morton, the author of ‘Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances,’ about the history of mediumship, seances, ouija boards and more.
CREDITS
Alyssa Fiorentino - Host & Producer
Hadley Mendelsohn - Host & Producer
Jessy Caron - Producer & Audio Editor
Jacob Stone - Sound Editor & Mixer
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RELATED LINKS
‘Captive of the Labyrinth’ by Mary Jo Ignoffo: https://amzn.to/3PgyLzZ
1963 KPIX Documentary: Mrs. Winchester's House (VIDEO): bit.ly/3refp6n
“Return of the ‘66” (VIDEO): bit.ly/466hSyB
Hargis Ranch in 1876 (PHOTO): bit.ly/3sUeNDq
The Winchester House (1985) by Trish Newfarmer (VIDEO): bit.ly/3sTT3Yi
‘The Gun That Built an American Dynasty’ by Laura Trevelyan: https://amzn.to/45LIx4a
‘Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances’ by Lisa Morton: https://amzn.to/465g09h
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Dark House
At the crossroads of true crime, interior design, and the paranormal, Dark House explores beautiful homes that can’t seem to escape their dark histories. Hosts and House Beautiful editors Hadley Mendelsohn and Alyssa Fiorentino dig into the twisted backstories of four infamous homes, and uncover the strange stories suggesting some inhabitants never left—and that perhaps history isn't the only thing haunting them. Featuring guest interviews with authors, set designers, psychic mediums, and paranormal investigators, Dark House uncovers why these residences, and the stories they tell us, are so important.
