Villa Winter
Canary Islands · Spain · House
The caretaker who lived alone in the house calls it the house of horror — and tells of sounds in the cellar vaults he could never explain.
The caretaker who lived alone in Villa Winter has described unexplained night-time sounds in the house and calls it, plainly, the house of horror. Around the villa flourish legends few places in Spain can match: signals to German submarines offshore, fleeing Nazi officers, and a cellar room said to have been an operating theatre where wanted men were given new faces — claims historians have never been able to substantiate.
The German engineer Gustav Winter raised the house after the Second World War behind the mountains at the desolate beach of Cofete on Fuerteventura, with a tower, thick walls, cellar vaults and walled-up doors. In 1945 Winter was on the Allied blacklist of suspected German agents.
FAQ
Where is Villa Winter located?
Villa Winter is in Kanarieöarna, Spain.
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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.
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