The Maple Grove Murder Mystery was born at Maple Grove Cemetery from a simple but daring idea, to have a mystery dinner at a unique setting, a cemetery. We believed that this was the first time anywhere such an event had been conceived within a cemetery setting. From the beginning, it was decided that nothing about the experience would be borrowed or secondhand. Each script was original, inspired by the lives and legends of notable denizens resting at Maple Grove. With a cemetery then approaching its 150th year, the writers were gifted a rare luxury, time itself. This allowed mysteries to unfold across eras such as a Victorian Egyptian Mummy Mystery, a Day at the Horse Races, a crackling Radio Mystery, a Civil War Mystery, etc. and more, each steeped in the customs and curiosities of its age. After dinner plates were cleared and conversation softened, the hall lights would dim. Beyond the windows, lanterns flickered to life and moved closer and closer. Then the French doors would slowly open, and through them would process figures from the past. Historical characters in period costume, stepping out of history and into the mystery. What followed was a lively exchange between audience and actors: questions posed, clues revealed, suspicions stirred. Together, the living and the long departed unraveled the tale, until at last the mystery was solved. It was history brought to life, theater wrapped in tradition, and an evening unlike any other! An event as memorable as it was singular, and quite possibly one of a kind in the world.