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 ...

“The real monsters aren’t in outer space. They’re within us — our fears, our hatreds, our need to blame.” Rod Serling, TV Guide Interview, Oct. 1959. “The tools of conquest do not necessarily come ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Rod Serling's anthology series "The Twilight Zone" nailed it. Serling not only had a boundless imagination as a writer, but he was also ...