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Orson Welles adapted H. G. Wells' novel as a live radio show that simulated a Martian invasion, causing panic among some listeners. Learn about the plot, production, reaction, and legacy of this famous broadcast.
Learn how the young radio star and his Mercury Theatre transformed H.G. Wells' novel into a realistic news broadcast that terrified America in 1938. Discover the behind-the-scenes story of the...
On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles broadcast a fictional adaptation of H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds" that terrified millions of listeners. Learn how he pulled off the stunt, what happened...
Learn how Orson Welles's realistic adaptation of H.G. Wells's novel caused panic among some listeners on October 30, 1938. Find out how the broadcast influenced Welles's career and the radio...
46K. 3.9M views 13 years ago. Orson Welles - War Of The Worlds - Radio Broadcast 1938 - Complete Broadcast. The War of the Worlds was an episode of the American radio drama anthology...
Listen to a cleaned-up version of the famous Orson Welles radio play that panicked listeners in 1938. This 2020 edition features targeted EQ, sound leveling and no "radio in a can" sound.
Listen to the 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells' sci-fi novel by Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre. The broadcast caused panic and confusion among the listeners who mistook it for a real...
Of the countless adaptations made of H.G. Wells' 1897 science fiction classic The War of the Worlds over the past century, the one that remains most talked and written about to this day was Orson...
On 30 October 85 years ago, the population of the US was – according to Orson Welles – overwhelmed by mass panic, terrified by the all-too-real broadcast of his alien-invasion drama The...
Listen to the famous radio dramatization of HG Wells' classic novel, The War of the Worlds, by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater on the Air. Experience the panic and confusion of the audience who mistook the play for a real Martian invasion.