Gov. Mike DeWine holds a photograph that shows Rod Serling sitting on the far right while in the home of his grandparents Albert and Ruth Liddle during a dedication ceremony for a historical marker ...

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 ...

Television writer Rod Serling, right, huddles with producer-director Fielder Cook, backstage at a New York rehearsal for a precedent-making telecast of Serling's "Patterns," on Television Theater.

It's been 50 years since the Emmy Award-winning TV writer and producer died. But watching reruns of The Twilight Zone confirms that the themes Serling tackled remain relevant. This is FRESH AIR. On ...