There were suicides and America went crazy because of the: “WAR OF THE WORLD” BY ORSON WELLES

[more than] 75 Years Ago, ‘War Of The Worlds’ Started A Panic. Or Did It? : The Two-Way On the evening of Oct. 30, 1938, Orson Welles and his troupe went on the air to say that Martians had invaded New Jersey. Ever since, stories have made it sound as if the broadcast caused a […]

“War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast | PBS America”

Featured image: telegraph.ca.uk The War of the Worlds is an episode of the American radio drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on Sunday, October 30, 1938, and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. Directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker Orson Welles, the episode was an adaptation of H. […]