I just have to say that the USGS visit was a good idea, as to a post in the Courthouse topic, many people don't notice small earthquakes.  I was in the Bay Area when a small tremor occurred, my sister, who lives there and went through the '89 World Series quake, jumped up and was halfway out of the house, when I said "What?" with an obvious confused look on my face, my Dad said, "earthquake" and pointed to the houseplant behind me, whose leaves were still shaking back and forth.  I heard nor felt anything during that one, but my sister said she heard it.  I guess some people can hear the low frequency noise a lot better than others, especially after being through an "Almost The Big-One", even though there was much damage and loss of life in that earthquake (the '89 one) it wasn't as bad as it could have been.  This little quake did measure in the 3.0 odd point Richter range, it took one a bit higher for me to feel that happened on the same trip, but I was still in bed and stated, in jest, I think my room's possessed.  They then said, you felt that earthquake this morning, huh?  I think this one was high 3's to maybe 4.  I aslo think the one I didn't feel was what they out there call "A roller" and the one I felt was "A Shaker"

 But I have slept through several low 3 on the Richter scale quakes, one in South Dakota, another here in Kansas…you wouldn't think we would have one in either location, but they happen.  And I guess NYC could suffer a major quake and New England is known to have them.  Some of the oldest rock formations are in New England up to Greenland, and when you get up and close to them, you can see the bending and twisting they have taken over the millenia.  The US Geological Society page is very interesting to read, and you can see the small quakes that happen over the US and be surprised where they occur, even if small, enough to tip some things over (small, like pictures and such).

 Hi Leigh,

 I posted this before I read all about the trouble you had with the TAPS team,  I am not trying to disprove your house being haunted, I haven't been there, I just wanted to point out that many people do not feel small tremors and that there are faults in the NE area, but yes, as you or someone else pointed out, it would be on the news as an event of note..no matter how small.  Unless it was like 1 on the Richter scale or something, which happens a lot, we normally don't feel those and very doubtful it would move anything.

 I also just wanted to point out that it was a good idea for them to check out a scientific source, which is very lacking in their cases normally.  Do I trust these guys, no.  Not as far as I could throw Jason, which is what I imagine you want to do.

 I am sorry for all the trouble you and your spouse had to go through with these guys, I have quickly yesterday, bookmarked the New Hampshire Paranormal site which you said had better evidence, I had planned to read that today, but saw that there was a post in here by you, but sadly, nothing said.

 I am not a TAPS junkie that tries to validate everything they say, if you see my other posts, you can see I am quite skeptical of them and was just very surprised that they actually went to a REAL science source. Not just relying on their "EMF" detectors or FLIR device to supposedly see "apparitions" that aren't solid.  And like it was pointed out, they aren't even plumbers, well, I guess Jason has an apprentice license, don't know if they expire, I know it was said it was a 1 year apprentice license or permit.  I know I wouldn't want these guys installing a hot tub or hot water heater in my residence (if I had room in my apt for a hot tub) I sure wouldn't want to take on the handle of another poster here, CrispyCritter!

 So Good Luck, I hope the trauma caused by these guys will heal soon, and maybe you will find some awesome evidence with the help of a more reputable group, it's just sad hearing more and more people come forward to state how they were treated with no respect and lied to by them.   Just remember, I wasn't trying to put you down or dismiss that your house was haunted, but just put forth that an actual scientific method, seismology and use of the USGS was actually tried.

 I believe this is why Jason and Grant are not using homes as much these days, but concentrating on working establishments or unoccupied buildings, I remember the days they claimed to be out there to help people, but finding out the very first episode's homeowner also had problems, posting as "Brenda" on here  for  a while. Now she was quite angry…I can't say I blame her or you for defending your position as you did!

 Take Care and good luck! Thanks for coming over from the Scy-Fy board to fill us all in with the valuable info on how the production works, I encourage some of the readers here to check with that forum and get a little more insight on how Leigh felt his wife was treated  badly, if he doesn't answer alicat's question on the main page.  I don't have a link for it handy, but I think everyone knows where the Scy-Fy forum is and just look for the MacNeil House.

@alicat,

Yes, I saw this after the post, and often see that there are conflicting ideas on where to post thoughts.  I have seen "there's a subject in the forum, post there, and now vice-versa.  I thought the idea of the forum was to keep down posts on the review page, so maybe a little clarification is needed.

What purpose does the forum serve if all posts of an investigation are to be posted in the review section? Please clarify, now see I could have posted this in the MacNeil House review section, but it would be a bit off topic and waste space, I am not trying to be testy or anything on the issue, just want to know where to post, again, like I said, I saw the blank post here, knew the background of the story, saw to my right that Mr. MacNeil posted in the review section towards the end of my typing, and with my hard time typing at times, didn't want to do the whole thing over.  At first I thought he had messed up and accidently posted the blank and decided to fix it later.  So my bad, I guess.

 It's the last Halloween Special, 2008, with the famous Collar-Gate episode and the crew member walking in on Jason and Grant as they were doing a take.

 I know the pro-wrestler's name now from looking at the blog here on the review page, "The Miz". Lol, as I was going through the posts, some people were saying how obnoxious he was, I agree on the questions, HollyDolly, he was just trying to be a skeptic, as I remember it, it just seemed that the TAPS members were a bit annoyed at his trying to debunk things that they thought perhaps might be paranormal, but he wasn't in awe of them as most guests are and I guess that showed through as well.  But all this little side drama was put wayyyyy on the back burner of topics, except in early posts, after more and more people came forward with the collar issue and the "You don't belong here" "disembodied voice", where it looked like Grant was going through sound files, rather than rewinding the digital voice recorder and when he couldn't find the right file, said quickly his batteries went dead.  But he may have really been rewinding, so to speak, as there is no tape, I honestly cannot say.

 But the wrestler's questions and obvious tension between him and his investigation partners, seemed to cut his appearances from the director's playbook, so he was rather forgotten in all the later hubbub of the controversy of the episode.  I know this should be in that forum thread, but you wouldn't have found it.  I hope this helps, I also agree with alicat that the whole business about going to VA was silly, but like I said in that post, I think they are trying to connect themselves with real science, however lamely done, to show their "thoroughness", now there is sarcasm in that sentence, I think Concord would have been much better too, but the probably drove past that sign and just went in and got stock footage on earthquakes, hoping to use it somewhere, as alicat pointed out, the timeline was all wrong, as did others.  I don't believe they specificly talked about NH in that interview, so I doubt it was even for that episode, but an opportunity they used maybe while on another investigation or coming back from another investigation to get that stock footage, the PR lady only really spoke of an earthquake in Manassas, VA.

 But yeah, it was the Halloween '08 special, with Collar-Gate that the wrestler was featured, the thread of the review is in the November 08 archives and at first you get a lot of negative remarks about him until the "String hits the Fan" so to speak.  Oh, and I read that Sy Fy is one channel owned by a company that also owns USA, or Spike as it's now known as, which would explain the cross-channel interaction with the sports-entertainment guys, anything to add another demographic to their list (Ghost Hunter's), which I still haven't heard if they are doing a live Halloween episode yet or not.  I know Ghost Adventures is going to do one, to lead off their return to give us something to talk about.  I apologize for all the references not related to the MacNeil House episode.