Sherlock Holmes (Robert Carlyle) returned, after being presumed dead, to investigate “The Pittsburgh Mystery,” and there were ...

The opening line of a book is your first step into the story. See how many you remember from these notable works published in the 1980s.

A three-volume book series by Penn Press is retelling the history of the Delaware Valley ahead of the U.S.'s 250th birthday.

There's a new detective out there, and his name is Maigret! PBS's newest crime-solving series, Maigret, is a modern-day retelling of a classic detective story (originally set in the early 1930s-1970s) ...

Hollywood flew into a tizzy this week at the news that a computer-generated “actor” named Tilly Norwood will soon have an ...

NEW YORK — In 1983, six thieves muscled their way into a warehouse near Heathrow Airport, expecting to find a large sum of foreign currency. They got much more than they bargained for — 26 million ...

Virgin Voyages has debuted a new stage show called "Murder in the Manor" on its Brilliant Lady ship. The show is a campy, 1980s-style whodunit that begins with the funeral of a famous singer. The hour ...

When Ken Burns started making his series on the American Revolution nearly a decade ago, he knew one of his biggest challenges would be casting George Washington. The renowned documentarian has worked ...

Seattle's PBS station will cease production of its local long-form journalism, leadership announced on Monday. The move, attributed to a $3.5 million annual loss in federal funding, marks the layoffs ...

For decades, many chemical companies, as well as the U.S. military, treated the waters off the coast of southern California as a toxic dumping ground, creating 14 sites where chemicals like DDT were ...