GILMANTON — Sixty years ago Grace Metalious published her blockbuster book “Peyton Place,” and the controversy it stirred up continues to swirl around the Granite State. Metalious wrote the novel ...

It was 57 years ago when "Peyton Place," the 1956 novel by Grace Metalious, caused a scandal when published.

Dorothy Malone, who won an Oscar for her sultry role in the 1956 film "Written on the Wind" and starred in the television soap opera "Peyton Place," died Friday in Dallas, The New York Times reported.

Ted Hartley, ‘Peyton Place’ actor and former RKO Pictures chairman who appeared in ‘High Plains Drifter,’ has died at 100, his family confirmed.

CAMDEN, Maine -- When moviemakers wanted to film "Peyton Place" in this small seaside town, the best-selling novel the movie was to be based on was so scandalous the local library didn't even keep it ...

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 Grace Metalious and a copy of "Peyton Place" are on display at the New Hampshire State Library in Concord. (Dana Wormald | New Hampshire Bulletin) Before “Fifty Shades of Grey” became ...