A spooky visit to the University of Maryland, Baltimore's parapsychology collection

By Scott Maucione

Published October 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM EDT

The library at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County is pretty typical: rows of books, a cafe. But then there's also a haunted stuffed mongoose. We visit the large parapsychology collection.

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