winchester meant that the women of winchester. able-bodied men of military age remained and occupied valley towns were protestants, pastors, powerless to expel yankee men, but retaining authority over fema congregants, even after masculinity -- the white protestants confronted radicals. i do not claim to present a systematicve or study of religion in the occupied valley. a lazy to select two communities were a number of educated civilians are left accessible and local archives. the communities of winchester and lexington and their residence of the focal point. winchester, the largest town in the lower valley was contested by defending forces. it was about around on three occasions. lexington, the most significant institutions was not threatened by union troops until 1864. by 1860, the valley was virginia's most diverse region in terms of religious beliefs. laterked the anglican and episcopalian prominence. comprised of eight counties, the presbyterianavily and lutheran reflecting the western movement. bridgewater provides us with

story of the winchester house is being turned into a major motion picture. in minutes, we explained by they found most of it in a field in australia. >>> in san francisco with -- at the four seasons. environmental groups are raising up to 1 million -- $1 million for this one event. the weather forecast coming up. >>> one of the strangest story and history is about to make its way to the big screen.>> snake on the set of the movie winchester that tells the story of sarah winchester and the bizarre house that she built. >> we are having trouble. they are filming a new movie. helen mirren is playing sarah winchester and they built a complete mockup of the house in australia. that is where they filmed it of the movie. have you ever been to the mystery house? >> i was looking forward to see where it was so i can take a visit. >> it is so bizarre when you walk through. stairways that go nowhere and all of these rooms for no apparent reason. a fun place to go and see. let's go back to san francisco. bill mountain and the annual fundraiser. they are expecting to see

. >> we are touring never-before- seen areas of the winchester mystery house in san jose. coming up we'll take you there. >> from the kpix weather center, good afternoon, everyone. we have seen may gray and see this? i'm going to tell you why you only need to wear one sock today even though we have a cooldown. the weekend forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> take a look at this a 40- foot tree toppled over in san francisco hitting a house. it appeared to damage the outdoor staircase railing. it happened on the 1200 block of dolores street in noe valley. public works crews jumped into action cutting down that tall tree. no reports of any injuries. arborists will look into whether this was a case of root failure. >>> new at noon the winchester mystery house is opening new doors as kpix 5's anne makovec reports, the san jose attraction now allowing visitors to view parts of the home that have never been seen before. >>> reporter: it's a room known as the south witch's cap, one of 40 rooms in the winchester mystery house open to the public for the first time today. >> i kn

tours of winchester mysteriy house happen all the time. >> this is where we believe that sarah winchesterld conduct her say aunss. >> this was being run by the producer of winchester, a mystery move that just wrapped starring helen miles an houren as the sarah winchester. >> i was thinking i wonder if you would have been a silicon valley entrepreneur. because she had the intelligence and imagination. >> >> reporter: near the famous fountain you'll see the trappings of hollywood taking the famously big house to the big screen. >> is there a sense of -- this being a mystery and a horror now that you finally get to see this do you pick up on that at all. >> every part of it's interesting, the glass with the quotes whether the lamp -- everything is built detailed and well. >> everything was also 3-d modelled by drone to allow you primary scheidting in australia. the actors say it was almost like being here. >> because of the the perfect combination of a ka character who was real with an incredible complicated and deep background. but who nonetheless is surrounded by mystery. >> reporter: the

helen mirren spoke to us today about her upcoming role in "sarah winchester". >>> post questions foraskfinney. >>> catch all the action tomorrow night from the comfort of your own living room. coverage starts at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. >>> and it's followed by after the game, and warriors preand post-game ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ to take advantage of this offer on a volvo s90, visit your local dealer. >>> have you been here? it's been called one of the most haunted houses in america and one of the most unusual. now the winchester mystery house in san jose is the setting for a movie about sarah win chester, the woman who spent 38 years building this mansion. jonathan bloom got a tour from the producers and sat down with the cast. >> reporter: there's only one photo of sarah winchester in her sprawling mansion. >> mrs. winchester never spoke with the press during her lifetime, all the secrets of the home stayed secret. >> in a weird way, it was like playing the queen, because the queen in the same way is incredibly public, but we don't actually kind of really know who she is. >> reporter: she was bless

ask the cast of winchester.hey have been filming in the winchester mystery house in san jose which son described as a haunted and some say are odd. >> it features 10,000 windows strange staircases leading nowhere. >> it's more benign than i imagined. this reputation of a haunted house, there's a likeness and sweetness that surprised me. >> it was under construction 24 hours a day and seven days a week for 38 years. it's under sarah winchester areas to the rifle fortune building a house for the ghost that haunted her with the only way to appease them. >> she believes that she was haunted by the ghost and spirits that died at the hand of the winchester rifle. >> reportedly agosta photographed in the window and this is the only known photo of sarah winchester, helen mirren re-created the picture on the first day of filmmaking. the house was also re-created in australia for the shoot. >> spent two months jumping into closets hiding or running or through the roof to nowhere. it's a weird sense of dij@ vu. >> the mayo

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hollywood is bringing to life the story behind the winchester mystery house.ress helen mirren was filming in san jose today. kpix 5's own betty yu got to talk to the academy award winner. let me guess what part she is going to play, betty. >> reporter: the lead role, ken. you know, helen and the rest of the cast have been filming in a bigger replica of this house in australia for the last 7 months and it wasn't until this week that they got to do so here at the winchester mystery house. she tells me that it has been very special to film in a place with so much history. i know you guys have been filming in australia. but what has it been like to be here in the real house? >> far out, as we used to say. ha ha ha. in the olden days. it was fantastic. >> reporter: actress helen mirren stars as real life [ indiscernible ] sarah winchester who was convinced she was haunted by the souls of those kills by the guns that made her family rich. the crew is shooting in some of the mansion's 160 rooms. they recreated this house in australia because some of these faces were

. >>> the winchester mystery house is opening new doors as kpix5 reports, it will now allow visitors to view parts of the home they had never been seen before.>> it's a room known as the south which is -- which is room -- witches room. >> sometimes you will hear someone whisper your name and there is no one there. >> this is going to be the first time that tourists are actually allowed in the front door of the winchester mystery house. >> sarah winchester didn't want anyone to see it, because it wasn't furnace -- furnished. in the north wing, you can see remnants of damage and artifacts from the great san francisco earthquake of 1906. the mystery house is about the peak a lot more interests. the story of sarah winchester is now being produced as a film. >> this house is the manifestation of sarah winchester, and i think in that sense, it was haunted. >> she constantly constructed and reconstructed the house for 38 years, supposedly to throw off the spirits and give herself places to hide. on our tour, we saw a door knob suddenly shaking. >> sarah, is that you?>> nope, just a construc

word is sarah winchester didn't want anyone to see it because it was not fourniered. -- furnished. >> reporter: in the north ring, you can see damage from the great san francisco earthquake in 18906. the mystery house is about to get a lot more interest. the story of sarah winn chester is being produced as a film. >> this house is a manifestation of sarah winchester, and i think in that sense, it is haunted. >> reporter: sarah was convinced she was haunted by the souls of those killed that made her guns rich, and she constantly constructed and reconstructed the house's 160 rooms for 38 years supposedly to throw off the spirits and give herself places to hide. >> reporter: on our tour we saw a doorknob suddenly shaking. sarah, sarah, is that you? no, just a construction worker because parts of the home are still under renovation, so guests coming through this area will have to wear what they call bump casts because it's so low, it's easy to hit your head. [ cheers ] >> reporter: but with this ribbon cutting today, all are welcome to see most of the mysterious house that sarah wincheste

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(steve) sarah winchester-- the weathy widow the winchester rifle tycoon william winchester-- began building the mansion in the late 1800s. construction on the house continued for 38 years-- until her death in 19- 22. tabloids from the time suggest sarah continuously built the mansion to appease the spirits of those killed by winchester guns. the "explore more tour" is available for a limited time only. (steve ) a live look outside at sfo (pam)closing in on the weekend.. brittney has the forecast.. a cooling trend can be expected through friday as high pressure weakens and the marine influence increases. minor warming is then expected during the upcoming weekend into early next week as high pressure returns to the west coast. (pam) new tonight at 8. a victim of botulism is now taking legal action against the company that made the tainted cheese which authorities say caused the illness..(steve) she is one of ten sickened by that nacho cheese. and claims she's suffered severe and permanent injuries. and as kron-4's terisa estacio reports another victim --- a 16 year old (pam) new tonight at 8.

for the movie based on the eccentric sarah winchester. you might know, she is the hair he is of the winchester rifle fortune and the owner of that spooky house. they are filming some scenes in the actual house. >> perfect interpretation of a character who was reel with an incredible complicated and deep background who nonl is surrounded by mystery. >> a lot of mystery. like those staircases going to nowhere. >> to nowhere. tinny steps. >> she built the stairways because she was scared of the ghosts of all the people who died from her rifles into it was supposed to be a maze to throw them all off. amazing. >> the movie comes out next year. >> we are all going to see it. >> have a great weekend. thank you for joining us. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- paul giamatti, giselle bundchen,

mystery house in san jose is the setting for a movie about sar a winchester, the woman who spent 38the mansion. we got a tour from the producers and sat with the cast. >> there's only one photo of sarah in her sprawling san jose mansion. >> she never spoke to the press all of the secrets of the home stayed secret. >> so for helen mirren it was a challenge. >> in a weird way it was like plague the queen because in the same way was incredibly public but we don't really know who she is. >> she was blessed with a fortune but perhaps cursed by where it came from. >> told us she was haunt bid the ghosts and spirits that died at the hands of the winchester rival. >> some believe she built the halls to confuse the spirits. >> this is where it is believed that sarah winchester would condust her sia nrk ces. >> what's she coming here to do. >> city has grown around the house. >> really has evoked so many memories for me. it's such a part of every kid's life in san jose. >> production designers had to recreate it in australia. >> in 1906 there was a win chest zbler there was a earthquake that

we turn some of the rooms in the winchester mystery house. open to the public for the first time. on nightbeat at 10:00 today is national wine day. so we're asking you, when buying a bottle how much do you usually spend? do you spend less than $20 or maybe more? tweet me right now at #veronicadlcruz. tonight we have we have a guest with wine tips that won't break the bank. that's coming up tonight at 10:00 over on our sister station kbcw 44/cable 12. >>> san jose's winchester mystery house. opening some new doors. >> kpix 5's anne makovec got a peek. >> reporter: it's a room known as the south witch's cap one of 40 rooms in the winchester mystery house open to the public for the first time today. >> i know that there are several people who would love to have a seance in here. >> reporter: the third floor corridor is one of many areas of the house said to be visited by ghosts. >> sometimes you'll hear someone which is sper your name. >> reporter: this is going to be the first time that tourists are actually allowed in the front door of the winchester mystery house. word is that sar

the year after sarah winchester died in it... for 38 years... wealthy widow continued construction on the mansion that has confounded architects and guests...nats- door creeks open maybe you can blame the wind for these doors randomly opening... or, maybe it's ghosts.nats- "it's closing. oh, the wind." you decide... in any event... the home boasts about 160 rooms... and, until now, only 110 of them were available to tour guests... winchester mystery house general manager walter magnuson says the new "explore more tour" allows visitors to see as many as 40 never before seen rooms.walter magnuson/general manager- "there have been spaces that have been sealed off for almost 100 years. uh, there have been spaces that we didn't even know where the skeleton keys were to open the doors." our tour dispatcher ellen demuynck (duh- mink) takes us around the once seven story mansion, lowered to four stories after the 1906 earthquake. sarah winchester's unfinished bathrooms, bedrooms, walls and balconies once off-limits, now part of a tour....ellyn demuynck/

the year after sarah winchester died in it... for 38 years...lthy widow continued construction on the mansion that has confounded architects and guests...nats- door creeks open maybe you can blame the wind for these doors randomly opening... or, maybe it's ghosts.nats- "it's closing. oh, the wind." you decide... in any event... the home boasts about 160 rooms... and, until now, only 110 of them were available to tour guests... winchester mystery house general manager walter magnuson says the new "explore more tour" allows visitors to see as many as 40 never before seen rooms.walter magnuson/general manager- "there have been spaces that have been sealed off for almost 100 years. uh, there have been spaces that we didn't even know where the skeleton keys were to open the doors." our tour dispatcher ellen demuynck (duh- mink) takes us around the once seven story mansion, lowered to four stories after the 1906 earthquake. sarah winchester's unfinished bathrooms, bedrooms, walls and balconies once off-limits, now part of a tour....ellyn demuynck/tour

winchester never spoke to the press during her lifetime.ess helen mirren, playing her was a myth. >> it's like playing the queen. the queen in the same way is incredibly public, but we don't actually kind of really know who she circumstances she was blessed with a fortune by perhaps cursed by where it came from. >> she was told that she was haunted by the ghosts and the spirits that died at the hands of the winchester rifle. >> some believe she built the house full of winding halls and stairways to confuse the spirits. >> this is where it's believed that sarah winchester would conduct her seances. >> the board of the firearms sent a psychiatrist played by jason clark. >> what is he come hearing to do? >> to do a hatchet job on sarah. >> the city has grown up around the house. >> it really invokes so many memories for me. it's such a part of every kid's life. >> but construction designers had to recreate it in australia. >> and in 1906, there wasn't trucks and buses. >> but there was an earthquake that trap herd in her home. >> when they do

sarah winchester-- the weathy widow the winchester rifle tycoon-- began building the mansion in the late house continued for 38 years-- until her death in 19-22. tabloids from the time suggest sarah continuously built the mansion to appease the spirits of those killed by winchester guns. the "explore more tour" is available for a limited time only. next- it's called the 48 hour walmart challenge. two indiana college students explain how they did it.. and what it is. (justine) "nathan's" and "curtis beef master" hot dogs have been recalled because they might be contaminated with metal. more than 200-thousand pounds of hot dogs have been recalled after receiving complaints. as of right now there are no reports of injuries or illnesses from the tainted hot dogs. for more information on the recall head to our website at kron four dot com. (justine) 48 consecutive hours inside walmart. could you do it? well two indiana college students deciced to take on the challenge...and succeeded. and their documented their journeyon youtube. the challenge was a part of their show on ...titled "the christ

the cast of the new movie winchester has been filming inside the winchester mystery house and san jose which some describe as haunted and others called truly odd. it features 10,000 windows, secret spot for siances and strain >>> cases that lead nowhere. >> this reputation of the haunted house and all the rest of it has a light mist to it and a sweetness to it. it surprised me.>> it was under construction 24 hours a day seven days a week for 38 years. its owner heiress to the rifle fortune felt that building a home for the ghost that haunted her was the only way to appease them.>> she believes and she told this that she was haunted by the ghosts.>> she had them photographed in the windows of the house and this is the only known photo of winchester. helen mirren re-created the picture of the first day of filming. the house was re-created in a field of australia.>> two months jumping into closets and hiding and running through there and making my way to the stairs to nowhere. is a weird sense of dij@ vu. the mayor who stopped by said he is pleased to see a unique san jose story make its

we're still seeing 40's showing up there at martinsberg 48. 46 in winchester, 47 in hagerstown.er radar has a shower east of hagerstown in northern frederick county. light rain sneaking into montgomery county. we have a passing shower chance, planner forecast shows sunshine now will become mostly cloudy by 11:00 a.m. 55, shower chances for the district mid afternoon, sunshine with a high of 64. it's a cool week ahead, seven-day forecast is still coming up. >>> thanks so much. in other news, a school secured garrett is facing sexual abuse charges arrested 57-year-old mark yantose friday night for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old girl. this comes a month after he was arrested for having sex with the the same teen and ordered to stay away from her. he works a the richard montgomery school. montgomery county investigators say yantose was grooming his team victim for a sexual relationship. they had this message for concerned parents. >> we're urging parents to have conversations with their children, if they had contact with the suspect. if they go to the school, have an honest

winchester at 81. looking at the lightning strikes.need one to walk, we have one available. right through the day, have the umbrella. let's check the roads. good morning, melissa mollet. >> good morning, sheena parveen. outer loop at arena drive, you can see the crash blocking two left lanes this morning. we are keeping an eye on that. see. all the major routes into town and out of town and your travel times coming up. >>> melissa, thank you. pretty soon we may be able to get a taste of pastrami and corned beef from a famous new york deli. >> i can taste it already. this is the same deli featured in the iconic romantic comedy "when harry met sally." katz's deli has been serving up pastra pastrami, corned beef for 129 years. the shop's owner tells our news partners at wtop that the d.c. location would be on his radar if he planned to expand. deli already ships most of its menus throughout the u.s. i would like to order something. >> despite the wonderful years and the gallant comeback. >> disa pointsmeppointment in d sports. we'll fill

sarah winchester-- the weathy widow to the winchester rifle tycoon william winchester-- began building1800s. construction on the house continued for 38 years-- until her death in 19-22. tabloids from the time suggest sarah continuously built the mansion to appease the spirits of those killed by winchester guns. the new tour is available for a limited time only. ( darya ) for a third straight year the golden state warriors will face the cleveland cavaliers in the nba finals.( mark ) the cavs beat the celtics last night. this is the first time in n-b-a history that the same two teams will meet in three straight n-b-a finals. golden state is coming off a historic 12-0 record in the playoffs. they swept every team they faced. tip off for game one of the nba finals is next thursday at oracle arena. ( darya ) as for warriors head coach steve kerr... he's has been out since game 2 in the first round suffering from lingering complications from back surgery two years ago. although he has been traveling with the team, walking around at practice and being in the locker room before and during game

maybe a sprinkle near winchester at 81. that's really about it for now.you see, the weather pattern still unsettled. whenever you see weather patterns early and offshore and imla inland, that means we're 1234 in store for a store. 65 in quantico. if you're walking the dog. or if you need one, here's kane, you can head to the website on how to adopt him. areas of fog by lunchtime, 73 degrees. and a chance for a couple thunderstorms. this is future weather, we go through lunchtime, mostly dry, a cub showers south. later on today, 5:00 p.m., we could be seeing showers and storms mostly south of the district. tomorrow, friday, we d back in the 80s. the weekend, though, that's holding out for chances of rain, unfortunately. a closer look at your forecast that's coming up. >>> homemade explosives left behind in a popular trail. water bottles being turned into bombs. what you should look out for. >> and darcy spencer is still out at the scene. road closure. a tree is blocking glebe road at 123. we'll check back with her. >> and melissa a twitter campaign is help

the famous or infamous winchester mystery house is ready for its close-up. hollywood has come to san jose and so, too, has oscar winning actress helen mirren. our business and tech reporter scott budman got an inside look at the spooky mansion and the upcoming movie. >> reporter: if you live in the south bay, you probably know the winchester mystery house. >> this is where it's believed that sarah winchester would conduct her seances. >> reporter: now winchester the movie just wrapped starring dame helen mirren who says she had a blast playing sarah winchester. >> because you have the perfect combination of a character who was real with an incredible, complicated and deep background, but who, nonetheless, is surrounded by mystery. >> reporter: the tools of hollywood are here taking the famously big house to the big screen. >> the story we all grew up with here in san jose and so many of us spent many years crawling around this house and checking it all out. now fun to see it up on the silver screen. >> reporter: is there a sense of this being a mystery and a

h this happened between five:45 and 6:30 up toward the winchester area. a storm up there, tornado warned, certainly some large hail, a lot of trees came down. is it tornado or straight lined wind damage in we're going to have to wait and see. i did make a call to the national weather service and i think the plans are unclear as to whether or not the survey. they'll continue to collect the information and decide if it is something they need to look into. there were reports of hail and trees down, especially all along route seven and that continue ted into the barryville area. i want to show you that. as we look at barryville they had a hail that was almost half dollar size. that means there was definitely rotation likely in that storm, certainly a strong got stafford county and into king george to fredericksburg, real i got a storm going down there as well that produced not only a lot of hail and trees down, but a wind gust of 59 miles an hour in the city of way mute. so it's been busy but we are still tracking not severe storms but somewhat stronger storm

many moved coal into this boiler. >> this house is a manifestation of sarah winchester and i think ine, it's haunted. i don't feel the remotest sense of spookiness in this house. if there are spirits here and i think her spirit has to be in these walls, um, but i think it's a very sweet loving spirit. >> reporter: shooting is expected to go well into the night and wrap up by tomorrow. this film is due out in early 2018. and the house is also rolling out a brand-new tour that will feature some never-before-seen and some not often shown rooms later this month. live in san jose, betty yu, kpix 5. >> looks good. >> very cool house nonetheless. haunted or not it's cool. >> a movie that we want to watch and look forward to. betty, thank you so much. >>> let's go to paul with cool weather. >> outside the winchester mystery house the weather is not a mystery. it's right there. san jose 70. cooler and breeze ye. santa rosa 74. you're one of the warm spots today. livermore a few days removed from 94 degrees today you didn't even hit 70. 59 degrees windy at the beach. overnight 40s and 50s. the

another patch to winchester. go to the big map and drill down in the areas. the first stop is coming out of winchester. showers and the thunderstorms are building there. this cluster betweengategate and frederick is moving north and north east. heading to howard county. and baltimore county at 5:4 batch, this is headed to the berriesville, leesburg in 45 to 50 minutes. more chances of the isolated chances of the thunderstorms through the evening. you the activity tapers off quickly. muggy overnight. tomorrow is a better chance of the thunderstorms. we leave you with the current numbers that are ranging from the upper 7 o's to lower 9 o's. we will check the weekend coming up. alison: new information just in to our news room. heart-breaking story. a deadly crash we first brought you last night at 11:00, and 6-year-old xavier lucky died after being hit by a car on livingston road in southeast. they issued a statement saying it was the little boy's birthday. the driver did stop. there is the child was hit. larry: well, he stopped at a corner store to buy hisfyian

that does pult us way down. 65, d.c. 65 quanlt he could. 65 near winchester.emperatures today, ten degrees below average for the most part. that's where we'll be tonight. that's why we have frost advisories. you see them around frederick, winchester and back to the west, farther west, there is a freeze warning. now in effect. temperatures are expected to get very close to freegz. does not include the d.c. metro area. cover up the plants tonight. rain moves back in and chilly weather moves back in, too. wait until you see the forecast thursday and friday. and, of course, talking mother's day weekend as well. we've been on a lot of roller coasters. >> a disturbing crime in arlington. you ma i have seen this extremely clear video to dave a sexual assault suspect leaving the atrium konld minute yums on key boulevard. police missed him by just seconds, they say. and tonight news 4's jackie benson found out why they got there so quickly. >> first we're going to ask bem to lung, look at your screen and look at that video one more time. watch this guy's reaction as he

winchester, because of the rain, now down to 73 degrees.pretty heavy rain there. 90 in leesburg, but look at the heat index. in the city, at the airport, up to 91 degrees. 94 in leesburg, feels like 95 in fredericksburg today. went back to my hometown. i went to fair view elementary, not herndon elementary. but herndon high school, i went there too, that's where most of these guys will be going. had a great time with the second graders today. in the next few days, big time storms to the west, tracking those as well. for us, we'll be watching the temperatures in the 90s. boston today, 95 degrees. boston set a record today at 95. now, as far as the future weather goes, we've got some shower activity tomorrow afternoon. here's 2:00. notice 4:00. more numerous thunderstorm activity. it's not going to be completely widespread. but i would take the umbrella just in case. notice around 8:00, more thunderstorms developing. so i think this is going to be a stormy friday afternoon. not everyone will see them, but if you do, we could see some heavy do

underway in winchester after the afternoon severe storms. a mobile home park got it bad. it knocked down trees, power lines and caused all kinds of damage. marina maracco beginses our team coverage now it's going to be a long night for folks here at the blue ridge mobile home park. as residents start to make their way back up and cleanup screws show up here after severe storms tour of tore through this neighborhood. tree services were called in to help to clear the way back to this park where some of the homes were damagedded most and thankfully no serious injuries reported but there are some neighbors here who tell us they may need to find a place to stay tonight after the roofs caved in from tree limbs that fell over their roofs. they have not allow us any further into the neighborhood mainly because of downed power lines. it could be well into tomorrow before the streets in the park are cleared for traffic. i was watching tv and then all of a s was no power. then i seen the rain coming hitting up against the window, rocks, everything, it was terrible. first it was ligh

it's called the explore more in the winchester mystery house.10 rooms have been open to the public but they've added 45 as part of this explore more tour, including some rooms that have never been visited by the general public before. i'm going to poll owe you in, the historian. this is a very unusual part of the house, the first time the public has been allowed in here. they call it the witch's cap because -- >> because it looks like a witch's cap. >> and stand with me in the center. i don't think it's going to translate to television but when you stand here, because of the acoustics, it sounds like surround sound. was this by design, do you think? >> any time you build a cone-shaped roof you'll get that effect. it's well done. >> how did this room speak to you? >> this room is full of, i've been told by sensitives, it's full of spirit energy. >> sensitives? >> psychics, mediums. i love the feel of this room. sometimes i come here to be quiet and think. >> why wasn't it completed? i know there is a lot of spice in the house that weren't finishe

and sara winchester, a lot of rooms she didn't complete. what makes this room different or unique compared to other rooms that have been open to the public? >> this room, for example, is very spacious which is not really the case in this house. but another thing i find interesting is that this appeared in pictures well before 1906 yet it was never remotely near being completed? >> you said your job as a historian is also like being an archaeologist. do you know why this room wasn't finished? look at the beautiful stained glass, you would think that would be the last things. she doesn't even have the plaster or whatever in. >> exactly. and when it comes time to plaster the walls they would have removed the windows, put them into storage. i have no idea. this would have been a beautiful room with a fireplace, a beautiful view of the gardens. it would have been a very special room. >> if we were to go upstairs, the attic is finally open to the public. in the attic you have wood pieces, what are the singh zmans. >> those are the remnants of the

this was not far from winchester virginia. how are thing looking where you are? >> reporter: well, emergency crews just left the area here, but it took a few hour to clear the debris in this community. that said, trees fell on much more here than just roads. a powerful storm rolled through the blue ridge mobile home park late tuesday evening with james hairington's trailer right in the path. >> it went from being lay daylight to pitch black. the windings went 50 miles an hour. then hail started to fall. when the hail fell, that is when i knew to get everybody to the bathroom. >> all of a on our trailer right above my head. the building inspector told me i was lucky to be alive. >> reporter: luckily, the tree did not split his home in two. perhaps more remarkable, no one was hurt in the entire county. the storm caused quite the inconvenience as they rushed to assess the damage. >> structure collapse. >> reporter: for a while, some residents couldn't get back to their homes due to the storm. >> it was completely shut down. >> reporter: that said, things could have

brand-new tours of the winchester mystery house are under way.ll announce to visitors the home's witches cap and third floor corridors not seen in the mansion's 94-year history. this explore more tour also includes access to the north wing where people can check out artifacts from san francisco's 1906 earthquake. have you been to the mystery house yet? >> no. i have passed by it but haven't gone in yet. >> you should go to it. it's awesome. >> i have been in two or three times. it's eerie just walking through there. i know you spent the night in there. >> the only person who has ever slept in the seance room. >> wow. >> it was a dare and i was stupid and i did it. you hear a lot of creaks in the night in an old mansion like that but i just had one of those coalminer lights on my head and when you have go to the bathroom in the middle of the night -- >> i want a picture of that. >> not when you're in seance room of the winchester mystery house. >> better to have one, though. [ laughter ] >> it's a great sight. it really is. it's so crazy. it's acr

in fact, a mobile home park in winchester got it bad. the storm knocked down trees and power lines and caused plenty of damage. marina maracco has the latest. reporter roar it's going to be a long line for folks here at the blue ridge mobile home park. as residents start to make their way back up and a the crews show up after the severe storms toured through this neighborhood. tree services were called in to help to clear the way back to this park where some of the homes were damaged most. there are some neighbors here who tell us they may need to find a place to stay tonight after the roofs that caved in from tree limbs fell onto their homes. they have not allow us any further into the area mainly because of downed power lines and it could be well into tomorrow before the streets in the park are cleared for traffic. i was much whattinging tv and then all of a sudden there was n heard the rain and branches hitting up against the wipped oh, rocks, everything. it was terrible. first it was a light hail and all of a sudden it going like a t

but we are tracking severe weather, back towards 81, winchester.we've had a couple of stronger storms for frederick, montgomery county, now shower activity there. farther west, western loudoun, south of sandy hook, right around the charlestown raceway, this was a severe thunderstorm. the warning has been dropped. no lightning with this storm. but this storm here, this is the storm that dropped the warning. so between brunswick and cabletown, heads up there. this is the storm, look at the lightning associated with this one. it's two storms, now three. i was expecting this. a new thunderstorm warning issued. let me turn off the beeping and move this to the right. this is for the second storm was talking about around the millwood area. most likely until about 7:30. it does include portions of northern fqu white post area, the bluemont region. a ton of lightning, and when you see that explosion of lightning, that shows you that a storm is strengthening. and that's what this is doing. these are moving east, but they are tending to die as they make their

way back out in winchester it's 50 degrees.e're going to have temperatures out there in the upper 40's so it's really going to be raw this evening. i talked about the heat. here it is down here well to the south. raleigh right now is 84. even rich richmond is stuck ine 50's right now at 56 degrees. new york city is warmer than we are at 59. binghamton real nice at 60 degrees and pittsburgh is 53. this evening's forecast showers will continue on and off for the next hour or two. i think the nats game is in pretty good shape. it's going to be a little bit wet but they should be able to get the game in. 54, 54, this is in town. out in the suburbs it will be colder than this. i just showed you a reading in winchester 50 so they could be down in the 40's over the next couple hours. we'll keep at least a chance of a shower in. once the showers move the drizzle kind of hangs in late evening and during the overnight. here's the trend. only 58 tomorrow, we're stuck in clouds with some rain. rain continues on saturday. i think we're even

winchester this storm has already passed east of you. i know there's still a lot of lightning.oss i-81 and it's gotten mostly east of i-81 now. it will cross over the higher elevations heading into purcellville and loudoun county so we'll continue to watch these storms. again, mostly as they're headed off to the east at about 25 to 30 miles per hour and there is the severe thunderstorm warning again for northern sections of carroll county. we'll get you the update on that. no doubt probably extends until about 6:00 or probably 6:30. we've cooled a little bit. most locations were over 90 degrees. not for national. cooled by the south wind coming across the river. some scattered thunderstorms at 7 o'clock. we're dry at 9:00 maybe a lingering shower to the east of us. temperatures will be cooling down into the 70's went stay very mild overnight tonight. lower 70's for lows here in town. maybe a few mid to upper 60's north and west and tomorrow we do it one more time with temperatures upper 80's and lower 90's. winds will be out of the west tomorrow, okay, so in advance of more thu

another one around winchester. but it's this storm here, notice the warning, look at all the lightning right now around warrenton. this thing has blown up and blossomed over the last 15 or 20 minutes. just north of culpeper, along 17 as well. if you're south of warrenton, her in warrenton, make sure you're inside your house. we could see strong winds with this, upwards of 60 miles per hour, hail with this, and incredible lightning and heavy rainfall. fauquier county, prince william county, stafford county, culpeper county, until 6:30 tonight. and rappahannock, it's right here, but moving out of there right now. another storm firing up around the jefferson county area. frederick county virginia, in towards clark county. it's seen a lot of lightning in the last ten minutes, increasin northern clark county, cable town, frederick county, maryland. we'll continue to watch all these storms as they continue to develop and move to the east. this is all part of that same line, where we saw severe thunderstorms up to the nor

winchester at 37. dulles. you'll need the jacket this morning, as far as your commute is concerned. we're going to be dry and the evening. by tomorrow morning, we're looking at a chance for showers. let's take a look at the nates forecast for this evening. >> good morning, sheena. it is a beautiful day out there, temperatures in the low 70s. increasing cloud cover. that's about it but another great day out there. sheena is right, let's talk about that nats forecast. we've got two losses against the tonight. on home turf, if you're going to the capitals game as well. temperatures dropping through the 60s, eventually in the 50s with increase in cloud cover but it will be dry as we head through this evening. melissa, we got a dry commute. how are the roads? >> i appreciate that. we still have closure southbound at gw parkway. right now, you're pushed off reagan national because of that second crash. multicar. they're on scene. it's a little slow because people are look to get side. problem, 270, to 70 down to the spore. we have on-time southbound, northbound also looking quite good. we

we've got 80s in frederick right now, 79 in winchester. let's talk about threats here. this is going to be, again late afternoon. for the immediate metro area, most of us this holds off until after 6 p.m. this evening. damaging straight line wind gusts, that's threat. these could be in excess of 50, 60 miles an hour. it only takes one at your house to cause some damage. so just be weather aware. hail in a tornado, that's a low threat. nonetheless it's on the chart here, you have to watch out, especially those areas that have the slightly higher risk of severe storms which would be parts of northern virginia and then into west virginia and the panhandle of maryland as well. this is futurecast. this model is a little bit more of the excited version of the model versus some of the model that are a little less excited. this shows it already by 4, 5:00, we've got some scattered thunderstorms popping up. these of which are ahead of the main batch of thunderstorms. this will be around the i-81 corridor at 4, 5, 6:00. then we go later into the evening. this is 7:00, this is the

look at winchester down to 32. those are some of the areas where we do have that frost design and freeze warnings. upper 60s. mostly north and west of the district, all these blue shaded areas, that's the frost advisory. hopefully you covered your plants overnight. freeze warning is off in the higher elevations. as we go through the day, we're still going to stay dry once we get into the afternoon. ev thursday, rain chances go up a bit into friday. there's that area of low pressure passing through for saturday morning. that's when we expect most of the rain early saturday. for today, 68 degrees. mostly sunny. tomorrow around 70. these temperatures are still below normal. we cool down more thursday, friday. here's your weekend. so far sunday looks like the better day. we warm up for next week. let's look at the roads. >> inner loop before connecticut avenue, the only work zone hanging around the beltway. it's blocked because of that work zone this morning. northbound 295 at benning, this is the normal work zone that

it's a movie about the life of sarah winchester and the strange house that she built in san jose. >>porter: the truth is stranger than fiction just asked the cast of the new movie. there been filming inside the mystery house in san jose which some describe as haunted as some describe as odd. it features 10,000 windows and strange staircases that lead nowhere. >> this reputation of a haunted house there's a lightness to it and the sweetness to wait that surprised me. >> reporter: the landmark was under construction 20 from was a day seven days a week for 38 years. the owner said somehow that building a home was the only way to appease them. >> reporter: she believes that she was haunted by the ghost and the spirits.>> reporter: there was a ghost photographed the window of the house and this is the only known photo of sarah winchester. the house is also re-created in a field in australia for much of the shoe. >> i spent two months hiding or running through theirÃthere. it's a weird sense of dij@ vu. >> reporter: the mayor says he is pleased to see a unique san jose story make its way t

the year after sarah winchester died in it... for 38 years...ontinued construction on the mansion that has confounded architects and guests...nats- door creeks open maybe you can blame the wind for these doors randomly opening... or, maybe it's ghosts.nats- "it's closing. oh, the wind." you decide... in any event... the home boasts about 160 rooms... and, until now, only 110 of them were available to tour guests... winchester mystery house general manager walter magnuson says the new "explore more tour" allows visitors to see as many as 40 never before seen rooms.walter magnuson/general manager- "there have been spaces that have been sealed off for almost 100 years. uh, there have been spaces that we didn't even know where the skeleton keys were to open the doors." our tour dispatcher ellen demuynck (duh- mink) takes us around the once seven story mansion, lowered to four stories after the 1906 earthquake. sarah winchester's unfinished bathrooms, bedrooms, walls and balconies once off-limits, now part of a tour....ellyn demuynck/tour dispatcher-

and 62 mannasas and culpeper and 59 winchester this hour and 62 baltimore and 61 degrees rights now at leonardtown. your planner for tomorrow not bad at all. we're starting out 8:00 at 60. still fairly mild and headed to upper 70s tomorrow. 70 by the 5:00 hour and we are still talking rain showers and even a chance of rumble of thunder before all said and done. keep umbrella handy and my 7 day forecast sunsetled as well as far as sky conditions and rain is concerned. i'll have that coming up la later, back to you. a follow up to the story you saw first on "fox5". a man brutally attacked we a yup of teenagers riding young man that stepped in and helped brawing up a fight. a take look. >> the word hero thrown around casually sports heroes. >> this guy say hero. >> john rally just walked off the train gallery place on way to meet a friend for din wher a group of teenagers surrounded him and attacked knock him to the ground kicking him and throwing him towards the moving train. >> i have come to terms with the fact violence exists in the world. and question more so what are we going to do

it's 40s elsewhere. 40, dulles and 40 red fr frikzburg autopsy winchester 47.still jacket warm as you head out the door. >> satellite and radar showing you clouds and filtering in through the day today. mix of cloud and sun. yesterday, sunny, bright, beautiful all lay long. high pressure in control northerly wind keep youing us on cool side. later this afternoon you get warmth bubbling ahead of the frontal boundary that positive most of us should reach the 70s later today. begun ai few more clouds mixing daily allergy report. gentlemen allergy sufferorers tree pollen high out there. employed is low. weeds low. grass moderate range. again keep allergy medicine handy if you head out and about. nationals baseball finally rivrmry moves to town. nats have not had luck moving to d.c. they can get the job done. 0 headed to ballpark later today and headed to the caps game tonight you want maybe want the long sleeves for after the game. but i think getting down there should be type. 74 the daytime high today. showers back tomorrow and then showers leakly friday and satu

winchester may see very light rain. heading through 81 there. but otherwise, as we take a look at the big picture, we don't have too much heading our way right now. but we are under a pretty unsettled weather pattern. so, later on today, we still have a chance of a thunderstorm. temperatures are very mild. 66 in the district. 64, frederick, 65 in quantico. relatively dry, just wet pavement out there. lunchtime cloudy by the afternoon. 80 degrees we're looking at a chance for showers. that's when we can see potentially south of the district. that may change slightly. then we go into tomorrow and friday. temperatures start to warm up. plenty of sunshine. rain, more rain as we go into the weekend. closer look at your extended forecast coming up. let's check the roads this morning. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, sheena. taking a look at outer loop at connecticut avenue now on the left shoulder. you don't have to worry about that one much more. it's basically moved out of the way here. that's good news for a lot of folks. northbound glebe, l

still staying below normal. 36 34 winchester. in the district 37 degrees. 37 south of that in lorton. it is chilly this morning. here is a look. we still have the frost advisories up in the north and west. you could be waking up with a little patchy frost outside on your car. brief warning over the higher elevations. hopefully you can cover up your plants. 7:00 a.m., still chilly. you'll need the deck. sun glare if you're driving by lunchtime, 64. this afternoon the upper 60s. a nice day but there's rain in the forecast. we'll take a look at that. let's check in with you, melissa mollet. >> sheena parveen, taking a look right now. d.c. police, northbound 295 after pennsylvania avenue, have a car that went down an embankment hours ago. still, they're trying to get that out. the lanes are open. you might see some sort of response there this morning because of that. northbound 95 at the zone from the left side of the roadway. have a new crash here henderson road near old yates ford road. 66 and 95, no major issues. inner loop and ou