Does Mary Reynolds haunt tavern in downtown Annapolis?

For nearly two years, the employees at Reynolds Tavern have endured exploding glasses, mysterious footsteps and eerie singing.

Come Feb. 19, they hope to prove once and for all where it's coming from: the ghost of Mary Reynolds.

That evening, 34 members of the Maryland Ghost and Spirit Association will descend on the Church Circle location in downtown Annapolis wielding cameras, infrared sensors and other spirit-hunting tools to document whatever is bugging Reynolds Tavern.

English imports Jill and Andrew Petit bought the old Reynolds home in April 2002, set on re-creating a British tea room.

"We had looked in...