Rod Serling's daughter at Willoughby festival

In 1960, “Twilight Zone’s” first season, an episode aired titled "A Stop at Willoughby."

It’s natural that "Twilight Zone" creator Rod Serling used the Ohio city as the setting. The late Binghamton, New York native attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio before starting his illustrious career at Cincinnati radio and TV stations.

Serling’s daughter, Anne Serling, author of “As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling,” will be in Willoughby as grand marshal for the 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17 parade in the Last Stop Willoughby Festival. 

She also will give a talk after the first showing of the “Twilight Zone” “Willoughby” episode in Willoughby City Hall. The episode will air continuously from noon to 6 p.m. 

 "A Stop at Willoughby" stars James Daly as a weary businessman whose train keeps stopping in a pleasant little town called Willoughby.

To read former BJ television critic Mark Dawidziak’s Plain Dealer article in the event, click on http://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/index.ssf/2013/08/anne_serling_to_be_grand_marshal_of_last_stop_willoughby_parade.html#incart_river