VIDEO : 'The Haunting of Hill House' Real-life Inspiration

According to Business Insider, 'The Haunting of Hill House' was inspired by a real-life mansion and a deadly Harlem fire.
Shirley Jackson?s book. ?The Haunting of Hill House? is said to have been inspired by the story of Sarah Winchester and the house she built in San Jose, CA.
According to Smithsonian magazine, Sarah Winchester was said to be tormented by guilt, believing her family and its fortune to be "haunted" by the spirits of those killed by the family firearms.
Another source of inspiration for Jackson was her visit to the scene of a 1957 Harlem apartment fire, where three people had died, which placed her 'the closest she would come to a supernatural experience'
The Haunting of Hill House is available for streaming now on Netflix.