Rod Serling became famous as the creator and host of The Twilight Zone, but his story reaches far beyond strange endings and black-and-white television.

In this episode of Buried by Time, we look at Serling’s life as a World War II veteran, writer, television pioneer, and moral critic of American culture. From early live television dramas to the creation of The Twilight Zone, Serling used science fiction, fantasy, and suspense to talk about censorship, prejudice, fear, war, conformity, power, and the darker corners of human nature.

This is the story of a man who turned television into a mirror, and left behind warnings that still feel uncomfortably modern.

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