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‘Peyton Place’: Selena Cross Was Based On a Real Woman Who Killed Her Father

Before there was an abundance of true crime shows, the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place addressed some difficult issues. The show, which aired in the ’60s, was considered a groundbreaker in dealing with such issues as sex and infidelity. Peyton Place was based loosely upon a 1956 best-selling novel of the same name written by Grace Metalious. …