So how did so many people actually believe that Martians were invading? For starters, we didn’t have a clear idea of what was on the surface of Mars yet. The space age was still decades away. So for ...
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Did Orson Welles really convince the world that aliens were invading?
There might not be a more misunderstood moment in the 20th century than Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the ...
Long before Donald Trump used the term “fake news” to complain about coverage he didn’t like, Orson Welles mastered the art of actual fake news. Welles’ 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The War ...
Orson Welles' 'War of the Worlds' broadcast, a realistic radio dramatization of Martians invading Earth, scared Americans and sparked a nationwide panic on Oct. 30, 1938. Orson Welles’ ‘War of the ...
Oct. 30, 1938, was a cool autumn Sunday evening. Baltimoreans were still celebrating Johns Hopkins’ win over Haverford College, 7-6, after Charlie Rudo made a stunning 80-yard touchdown run in the ...
In 1938, when CBS aired the infamous alien invasion broadcast play on Oct. 30, national press stirred the pot to claim it caused mass hysteria while more farsighted columnists saw it as a call toward ...
Long before Donald Trump used the term "fake news" to complain about coverage he didn't like, Orson Welles mastered the art of actual fake news. Welles' 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells' "The War ...
In 1938, the Great Depression ravaged America, the world was on the brink of war, and Superman debuted. And on the night before Halloween that year, another event occurred that sent America into pure ...
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