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War of the Worlds Radio Hoax (1938)

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The War of the Worlds was an episode of the American radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on October 30, 1938 and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. Directed and narrated by Orson Welles, the episode was an adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds.

The first two thirds of the 60-minute broadcast was presented as a series of simulated news bulletins, which suggested to many listeners that an actual Martian invasion was in progress. ( Edited by DGfromMTL)

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That fact that people lost it pretty much puts this high on the list, I'm no expert but didn't people kill themselves? Pretty awesome stuff, life must have been very interesting in low information world of the 30's.
by ryankoziel 9 months ago