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News & Updates
Updates will be made periodically.
2008
**NEW** Our reports, including photos, of the investigation we conducted at the Henry Derby House Bed & Breakfast in Salem, MA, the photo page of the USS Constitution, aka Old Ironsides, a battleship from 1794 that is now docked in the Boston harbor and photos of the House of the Seven Gables have been published.
**NEW*** Hans and Rebecca's investigation of the Golden Lamb Inn located in Lebanon, Ohio on May 3 has been written and published!
**NEW** The Old Burying Grounds, the Howard Street Cemetery at which alleged male witch Giles Corey haunts and the Old State Prison in Salem, MA were investigated in May! Photos and information has been posted!
2007
Mr. Theodore Glattke, whose father held the position of Supervisor at the old Ohio State Reformatory (Mansfield Reformatory) was interviewed by Charles Montaldo. Mr. Montaldo is a writer for About.com and researches the aspects of crime and punishment. Mr. Glattke kindly referenced Rebecca's site and Mr. Montaldo linked it within his article regarding sensationalism and inaccurate stories about the Glattke family that have been conveyed to the public. Thanks to Mr. Glattke and Mr. Montaldo for the reference! See the article here: http://crime.about.com/od/prison/a/mansfield.htm
We would like to thank the staff of the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast for acknolwedging us on the main page of their website. We appreciate their kindness and generousity and look forward to many return visits!
We spent a portion of our honeymoon at Salem and with its well-known history of death due to cruel punishment if one was under the impression that another was a “witch”, we were looking forward to investigating the paranormal energies within the city. Once we reached Salem, we were so captivated by its charm, the friendly people and the living history of the buildings and houses right on the bay, we decided to forego the investigations and enjoy ourselves. That’s not to say I didn’t notice a ghost here and there... The photo album page for Salem will be posted soon!
We hope you enjoy the new site layout and welcome any comments, questions or suggestions. Please E-mail us at the address listed on our Contacts page.
Reports and photos of the Lizzie Borden house and Ground Zero have been posted!
An investigation of the Buxton Inn was scheduled but had to be postponed in fall, 2007. The investigation took place in February, 2008 but was not successful. We will be returning later in the year to try again!
A producer from the NBC Today Show contacted Rebecca, inviting her entire investigation team to NYC for a Halloween episode to be aired on October 31, 2007!! Rebecca accepted the invitation and she and Hans will be flown to NYC on October 30 for a live on-air interview the morning of October 31. See the entire interview here:
http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&brand=msnbc&fg=rss&vid=f53acd78-5497-491d-8078-ad9f64104803&from=05
Rebecca and Hans spent several days in and around Salem, Massachusetts. No proper investigations were conducted, but Rebecca will be publishing a report of her experiences and what spirits she saw or sensed while in the area. Photos will also be provided. Locations include an abandoned state prison, the oldest burial ground and a cemetery where Giles Corey was said to have been crushed to his death after condemnation.
A short impromptu investigation of the Lizzie Borden house was conducted. A return visit is planned for the near future. The report and photos taken will be published soon.
OCTOBER 6, 2007 – Congratulations to Rebecca and Hans! On this day they combined two loving families, the Shott’s and the Muller’s, into one as they performed their vows of marriage to each other. The ceremony was perfect, and the day was beautiful, warm and full of sunshine.
John Hodge, a radio host of the show called Think Again out of Tennessee contacted Rebecca and requested that she conduct an interview with him on his morning show. Rebecca hesitated due to her full-time work obligations, and John filled the spot but will reschedule to speak with Rebecca in the future.
Rebecca was contacted by Optomen Productions to participate in a team of investigators versus skeptics. The show is called Psychic America. Rebecca does not debate her beliefs and actions taken in the paranormal industry, therefore she declined this opportunity.
A publicist of the Universal Convention, a media event including TV networks such as A&E, invited Rebecca and Hans to take part in their sixth consecutive paranormal convention. Rebecca and Hans opted to decline with intentions of participating in 2008; due to traveling on their honeymoon.
Rebecca was featured on the Haunted America Tours website, along with Troy Taylor and many other professional investigators and ghost researchers. See the answers to her 20 questions here: www.hauntedamericatours.com/20questions/RebeccaShott.htm
SMS Concepts Casting in Toronto contacted Rebecca and spoke to her about accepting the position of Host for a paranormal series called Paranormal Investigators. Rebecca declined the position after prioritizing full-time work responsibilities.
The Southcoast Paranormal Convention invited Rebecca and Hans to participate in their convention this year, but due to wedding plans, they were unable to attend.
The History Channel contacted and interviewed Rebecca to participate in House of the Unknown, a new television series about artifacts found in Ohio that have a history of being haunted, or belonging to someone involved in tragedies in the past. Rebecca opted not to participate in this series after discussing terms with the studio.
ABC contacted Rebecca and asked her to take part in their Wife Swap television series, a “ghost hunter’s version”. Aside from the fact that Rebecca was engaged, not married, she was not interested in partaking in this show.
2006
Rebecca was contacted by the Discovery Channel to assist them in creating episodes of A Haunting. After some thought, Rebecca declined the offer due to a difference in opinion of how ghosts and those who experience hauntings are portrayed.
Rebecca and Hans were contacted by Sara Smith of the Columbus magazine, The Other Paper. Sara and her photographer participated in an investigation of the Elevator Brewery and Draught House, writing an extremely intricate and gracious article about the investigation team. Article was published on October 26, 2006.
2005
Mr. Theodore Glattke, son of the infamous Supervisor, Arthur Glattke Sr. who is correlated with the Mansfield Reformatory, contacted Rebecca, inviting her to a personal VIP tour of the Reformatory. See report.
Rebecca participated in the filming of “Scariest Places on Earth” at the Dixmont State Hospital in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, as requested by Triage Entertainment, Inc. after Triage located her pictures and documentation of her previous investigations at the Hospital on various online websites. Rebecca was interviewed, and filmed as the “Psychic/Lead Investigator”. The episode was first aired on Halloween, 2006 and will be repeated the weekend of October 27, 2007.
2002
Edrick Thay, author of Ghost Stories of Ohio (Lone Pine Publishing), contacted Rebecca to receive permission to use her personal pictures of the Mansfield Reformatory that he found online from her previous visits to the prison. Permission was granted, and Mr. Thay listed Rebecca's full name in the credits at the beginning of the book as a member of MI Parahaunt (no current or recent associations with MI Parahaunt).
Rebecca was introduced as an “up and coming” paranormal investigator by Nick Reiter of the Avalon Foundation and spoke at the PSI ghost conference in Rocky River, Ohio. Nick Reiter was associated with Chris Woodyard, author of the Haunted Ohio series.
2001
Rebecca was contacted to write a full-page article on her experiences at the Mansfield Reformatory for a southern Ohio newspaper. The newspaper contacted Rebecca after reading her thorough report of her first few visits of the Reformatory at the Creepy Cleveland website.
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