The Widow and the Winchester

When Sarah Winchester's husband died, she inherited millions from
the family business: the manufacture of the famous Winchester
Rifle. A medium reportedly told Sarah that she would be haunted by
the victims of that rifle unless she used her fortune to build a
house, and never stop building. That's exactly what she did. Pamela
Haag’s book is The Gunning of America: Business and the Making of
American Gun Culture. For a transcript of this episode, send an
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