Yes, of course Peyton Place was a dirty book — one reason why we loved it — but that was only the beginning. If corruption means teaching people all about the wicked things that they’re not supposed ...

A bobblehead of author Grace Metalious and a copy of “Peyton Place” are on display at the New Hampshire State Library in Concord. (Dana Wormald/New Hampshire Bulletin) In “Peyton Place,” Metalious ...

Ted Hartley — the Navy fighter pilot–turned–actor, producer and longtime chairman and CEO of RKO Pictures — has died at 100. A resident of the Hamptons, Hartley died on October 10 in New York City, ...

Barbara Rush, the Golden Globe-winning star of "It Came from Outer Space" and "Peyton Place" has died. She was 97. Rush's daughter and Fox News Channel senior correspondent Claudia Cowan confirmed her ...

Efforts to stop the 1956 novel backfired spectacularly. But Grace Metalious, the book’s New Hampshire author, paid a terrible price. It seems so familiar: Books are being banned; basic freedoms are ...

Author Grace Metalious caused quite a stir with her novel "Peyton Place". Produced in 1994, this documentary looks at the rise and fall of New Hampshire acclaimed author Grace Metalious, who caused ...