Tales of mysterious grave robberies remain part of the lore of Willoughby. Though local stories start to get exaggerated over the years and often are associated with adjectives such as “chilling” and “spine tingling”, one grave robbery is on record as actually happening, and the corpse was in fact buried three times—but not in Willoughby. [...]
Who is Willoughby’s Girl in Blue?
Located in the back plots of Willoughby Cemetery under the trees lies the grave of Willoughby’s “Girl in Blue”. “The Girl in Blue” is one of the city’s most tragic but untold stories during the Halloween season. The mystery begins to unfold two days before Christmas 1933, when a young beautiful woman wandered into Miss [...]
Willoughby Ghost Walk

Editor’s Note: This article was updated for the 2011 season. Hidden inside the buildings and beneath the streets of historic downtown Willoughby is a haunting and mysterious past that is discovered by many who attend a local ghost walk. The Willoughby Ghost Walk, which began four years ago, was the creation of Cathi Weber, who spent [...]






