Ohio historical marker for Rod Serling.

Rod Serling testifies before 
the FCC in Jan. 1960.

John Kiesewetter of Cincinatti's WVXU writes of the upcoming unveiling of a historical marker in Yellow Springs, OH, to honor writer, producer, and instructor Rod Serling. The marker will be situated outside One Morgan Place at Antioch College. Serling graduated from Antioch in 1950 and later taught at the college. The Yellow Springs Film Festival plans a tribute to his work in October. 

Presentations, Nancy Drew 95th Anniversary Convention.

Toledo [OH] Public Library, which hosts the Jennifer Fisher Nancy Drew Collection, has posted videos from the April 2025 Nancy Drew 95th Anniversary Convention, including the following:

• Fisher, founder of the Nancy Drew Sleuths group, discusses "95 Years of Nancy Drew" 

• Fisher on collecting Nancy Drew 

• Stacia Deutsch, who has written under the Nancy Drew pseudonym Carolyn Keene 

• Erika Head on using Nancy Drew in the classroom 

My July-Aug 2025 EQMM column.

My Jury Box column has been published in the July/August 2025 Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, including reviews of short story collections and classic reprints by Ethel Lina White (of The Lady Vanishes and Some Must Watch fame), Sara Woods, the intriguing Madelon St. Denis, Miles Burton (aka Cecil John Charles Street), Dorothy Cameron Disney, and Mary Fortune (a 19th-century mystery pioneer who emigrated to Australia).

Aldous and Gillies on Harry O.

Steve Aldous and Gary Gillies, authors of McFarland's Harry O Viewing Companion, clear up misconceptions about the beloved PI series and discuss the program's original San Diego location in a two-part episode of Ed Robertson's TV Confidential radio show. Part 1 includes a clip of the late David Janssen talking about the series and some clips from Harry O episodes. Part 2 covers the roles of Farrah Fawcett (as Harry's girlfriend Sue Ingham) and Les Lannom (as aspiring criminologist Lester Hodges) as well as the favorite episodes of Aldous, Gillies, and Robertson.

Score to Pursuit (1972).

Martin Sheen in Pursuit (1972)

As Scott Bettencourt writes in Film Music Friday, Intrada has released Jerry Goldsmith's score to the TV movie Pursuit (dir. and writ. Michael Crichton, 1972). In Pursuit, G-man Ben Gazzara seeks to thwart an extremist who plans to unleash nerve gas on a city. For more information and to hear some selections, go here.