This is FRESH AIR. On October 2, the state of Ohio placed a new historical marker on the campus of Antioch College. It commemorates screenwriter and TV writer and producer Rod Serling, who graduated ...

Despite featuring its fair share of alcoholic characters—Al Denton, Jerry Etherson, and Henry Corwin all come to mind—The Twilight Zone never contained a moral lesson in why one should not get behind ...

The original series ran from 1959 to 1964 and still anchors marathon showings on several networks, helping successive generations discover Serling's 156‑episode anthology. Hollywood has repeatedly ...

It's hard to imagine a world without The Twilight Zone, but in 1964, series creator Rod Serling was convinced the anthology known for twist endings and weighty themes was merely a passing footnote in ...

From his birth in Syracuse to his childhood in Binghamton to his work at Ithaca College, discover the landmarks tied to the ...