A broadcast by young auteur Orson Welles was reported to have triggered hysteria among the millions of listeners who believed what was happening was real.

NEW YORK (WTAP) - Orson Welles’ realistic radio dramatization of “The War of the Worlds” aired on October 30, 1938, bringing H.G. Wells’ science fiction novel to national radio audiences.

I stand in the heart of New York at 9 p.m. on October 30, 1938. Chaos erupted. Martians had invaded Earth. An hour earlier, ...

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 ...

On Halloween morning, 1938, Orson Welles awoke to find himself the most talked about man in America. The night before, Welles and his Mercury Theatre on the Air had performed a radio adaptation of H.G ...

Listeners in 1938 thought the fictional broadcast was a real news report. The year is 1938. The cost of a gallon of gas is 10 cents. Franklin D. Roosevelt is president. The primary medium of ...

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UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Ladies and gentlemen, the director of the Mercury Theatre and star of these broadcasts, Orson Welles. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: If he was alive today, the great Orson Welles would have ...