The Secret Origin of The Winchester Mystery House Will Be Explored in a New Horror Comic Series
The Winchester Mystery House is the subject of a new three-issue comic book series titled The Winchester Mystery House. The story will explore some of the real-life facts about one of the world’s most haunted places and it will also dive into speculation about the famous haunted house from the family that created the Winchester rifle company.
The comic will also delve “into the behind-the-scenes creation and development of the Winchester Mystery House, and the modern mythology that now surrounds it.”
I’ve included a preview of the comic below along with some of the cover art that has been shared. Here’s the synopsis that was shared:
The Winchester Mystery House began as a simple, unfinished farmhouse built in the late 1800s in rural California. But in 1888 it was acquired by Sarah Winchester, the widow of the founder of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company - one of the most successful gun manufacturers of that age. Winchester came to California following the death of both her husband and their infant child - spurred by a medium who said she must continuously expand her home not just for herself, but to harbor the the ghosts of those killed by her family's rifles.
This true story became a 20th-century yarn passed around by people, and went on to inspire non-fiction books as well as fictionalized versions in books, comics, television, and film.
The series was written by Joshua Werner, who said in a statement:
"The Winchester Mystery House is a labyrinth full of secrets, and it is my great pleasure to bring those secrets to the reader and unravel them. Sarah Winchester was a brilliant person, incredibly ahead of her time, and deliciously complex. And the reader is in for some shocks and surprises."
The art for the series comes from Dustin Irvin, and the creative team are working in full partnership with the current owners of the Winchester Mystery House, along with its general manager Walter Magnuson.
