On this episode of F-Bomb Friday, we travel to Old Scio Cemetery in Dexter, Michigan, where an eerie local legend has survived for generations: the story of Warlock Willie.

Hidden among weathered stones, tangled branches, and two thorn trees said to have grown around a lonely grave, the legend claims Willie was buried in a way meant to keep something trapped beneath the earth. But who was he really? A forgotten pioneer? A misunderstood outsider? A name shaped by oral tradition? Or was Warlock Willie never one man at all?

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Hosted and Produced by Tracy Preston, featuring Todd Preston

Researched and written by Todd Preston

Original music created exclusively for F-Bomb by Tracy Preston

Original artwork by Todd Preston

Sources:

Robinson, John. “Warlock’s Grave: Warlock Willie Legend.” 99.1 WFMK, 2017.

“Old Graveyard in Dexter, Michigan.” WKFR.

“Scio Township History.” MIGenWeb Washtenaw County.

“Scio Township Historical Resources.” MIGenWeb Washtenaw County.

“Cemetery Records and Burial Research.” Find a Grave.

“Genealogical and Historical Records.” FamilySearch.

“Local History Collections.” Ann Arbor District Library.

This episode also draws from Michigan folklore, local oral tradition, cemetery research, genealogical records, and narrative interpretation surrounding the Warlock Willie legend. Some possible historical connections remain unverified and should be understood as folklore-based interpretation rather than confirmed fact.