Ahh, Placerville Brewfest is here…

Art and Wine Festival Jan. 24th

If you have never attended this wonderful event, here is your chance.  Taste more than 30 different wines from El Dorado County and get a chance to bid on original artwork that helps community members.  Book at the Albert Shafsky House for the event and we will comp your tickets (2 night min.) to the event a $50 value.  Stay either Friday-Saturday or Saturday-Sunday whatever works for you.  Limited to the first 3 couples that mention this special.

Yes, we are haunted…but by friendly spirits!

The team also found this out about our bed and breakfast in Placerville.

Now let’s see what Robert’s FINDINGS and CONCLUSION are. Did Robert’s team capture EVPs or any photographic evidence? Let’s see, Robert take it away:

ROBERT REPPERT’S FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION:
ROBERT REPPERT: There was a great amount of voice phenomena in the kitchen area, and also in the area where the piano once was. The voice phenomena was extremely audible on the stairs, and it is clear that you can hear Albert Shafsky say “Christmas party” which was interesting in itself, as he was Jewish. He speaks of a “holiday party” for the children, his and his friends, keeping them upstairs until the downstairs is ready for them to see. He also says the word “Memorial”. Both these are clearly heard when he was on the stairs, and in the kitchen his voice is heard as well, as is his wife ‘Kitty’. We will do further work on getting those words clearly off our equipment, this is a preliminary finding.

There was a great amount of orb actrivity at the bottom of the stairs where the unseen steps go under the building, as well as in the Albert Shafsky bedroom. Shadows appear in the kitchen, stairs, and living quarters which will need further investigation. As we go through the voice phenomena with a fine tooth comb, it is clear there are other words. This is truly a haunted building.

One more thing. Nancy was able to identify that there was a piano in the living room, and was surprised it was on an outside wall. She was concerned as she plays the piano herself, and knows that all pianos must be kept on an inside wall so as not to allow for moisture. However, she has a clarification for the door next to the piano. On first observation she thought it was opened with shelves inside and perhaps some brass parts for instruments. Upon looking at it closer she is certain at 100% that what she thought was shelves, was WOOD PILED UP SIDEWAYS, making it appear to be shelve like. The shiny objects are at the end of what appears to be a wood holding device, so the opening next to the piano held firewood, and the cabinet led to the outside of the building.

This is a truly haunted Victorian building with wonderful clear and happy energy. We do not have Brian or Rodney’s findings on their equipment as yet. We intend to come back and spend our anniversary here in November with Stephanie and Rita over a glass or two of wine, our two new friends, seeing what else may be going on.

Robert Reppert

One more thing, let’s see what our Evidence Analyst Brian Abeel and Technician Rodney Roberts have to say:

BRIAN & RODNEY’S NOTES (found at this link):

http://forums.jazmaonline.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=633

Photos of the Shafsky House can be found here:

http://ghosts.meetup.com/231/photos/

For more information on Gold Rush Ghosts please visit
www.GoldRushGhosts.com

Paul Dale Roberts, GRG Paranormal Investigative Reporter, Ghosthunter
WPRT Paranormal Radio – Content Editor
Email: JazmaPika@cs.com
www.GoldRushGhosts.com
www.nancybradley.org
www.wprt.com
Paranormal Cellular Hotline: 916 203 7503 (for comments on this story).

Copyright © 2008 Paul Dale Roberts, GRG Ghostwriter/Gold Rush Ghosts/Nancy Bradley Copyright © 2008
all rights reserved.

Is our Placerville Bed and Breakfast haunted?

Yes, we have been wondering that very thing for a long time ourselves.  When Rita and I first moved in there were a number of things that we could not explain and chalked up to being in a new house, exhaustion from moving and learning to be innkeepers….but we also felt like there was more going on….and we were right.
We recently had the experience of having Nancy Bradley and her team of “Gold Rush Ghost” hunters visit and record their experience with us and the home of Albert Shafsky.  Below is a portion of their preliminary report…more to follow.

Submitted by Paul Dale Roberts
“Sometimes when I go to Blockbuster Video, I pick up a few horror movies, like Thirteen Ghosts. That was one scary movie, in which every ghost is hideous and is an imminent threat to the guest’s well-being. Ummm…how come I never run into Thirteen Ghosts that will scare the living daylights out of me? Case example, I get a call from Robert Reppert – Head Investigator of Gold Rush Ghosts and his lovely wife Nancy Bradley – Celebrity Psychic. They run down a story to me about a preliminary investigation that Robert Reppert, Rodney Roberts and Catherine Noble did at the Albert Shafsky House B&B. The story is intriguing. Robert wants me on the official investigation. Robert has me hooked, because he also mentions an Indiana Jones meets the Winchester House type of discovery. Robert discovered a stairwell in the basement area that leads to nowhere!

When I arrive to Nancy’s home, the paranormal investigative team gathers: Robert Reppert – Head Investigator, Nancy Bradley – Psychic Extraordinaire, Rodney Roberts – Technician, Brian Abeel – Evidence Analyst and of course me, Paul Dale Roberts – Ghostwriter. We gather all the equipment that we will be using this evening of Sunday – May 18, 2008, which includes: thermal reader, digital audio recorders, digital cameras, video cameras, temperature gauges, EMF Readers. We all pile up in the official GRG Truck and head over to the Shafsky House – www.shafsky.com / 2942 Coloma Street, Placerville, CA 95667.

We are greeted by the owners Rita Timewell and Stephanie Carlson. Two very sweet ladies that have stories to tell. Nancy and I, conducted the interviews for her show Journey into the Paranormal. With the interviews, I learn that Albert Shafsky and his wife Dora Shafsky aka Kitty came to Placerville in 1901. Albert was a dry goods salesman and opened up a department store on Main Street. He was the first man to have glass show windows and he had a milliner who made lady’s hats. He built a beautiful home for his wife Kitty and their 2 year old daughter Alberta. He later had 3 more daughters, Verah, Bernice & Jeane. He was to later have a son named Boyd, born in Oakland. Albert became well known in the community and was elected City Council Member from 1906 to 1910 and Mayor of Placerville from 1906 to 1908. Albert and his three brothers came from Kishinvev, Moldavia. His daughter Alberta lived for 103 years. Albert Shafsky is descended from Kopel Yarashafsky of Modavia. “

I will post more in a few days…..