Events tagged with "h g wells"

Historical Events tagged with "h g wells"

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Welles Radio Adaptation Sparks Nationwide Panic

October 30th, 1938 86 years ago

Orson Welles, an American actor and director, broadcast a live radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's science fiction novel, The War of the Worlds. The dramatic presentation aired on October 30, 1938, over CBS radio, and was presented as a series of news bulletins that suggested a Martian invasion was underway in New Jersey. Many listeners, unaware it was fictional, believed the broadcast to be real, leading to widespread panic and confusion across the United States.