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1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast(uncut)
Published by Safin
12-09-06
Alien 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast(uncut)

One of the most dramatic events to have taken place on that eventful Sunday, October 30, 1938, that led to widescale panic and terror.

Millions of radio listeners were shocked when radio news alerts announced the arrival of Martians. They panicked when they learned of the Martians' ferocious and seemingly unstoppable attack on Earth. Many ran out of their homes screaming while others packed up their cars and fled.

Though what the radio listeners heard was a portion of Orson Welles' adaptation of the well-known book, War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, many of the listeners believed what they heard on the radio was real.

The NewYork Times Story the next day:


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Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact
Many Flee Homes to Escape 'Gas Raid From Mars'--Phone Calls Swamp Police at Broadcast of Wells Fantasy

This article appeared in the New York Times on Oct. 31, 1938.

A wave of mass hysteria seized thousands of radio listeners between 8:15 and 9:30 o'clock last night when a broadcast of a dramatization of H. G. Wells's fantasy, "The War of the Worlds," led thousands to believe that an interplanetary conflict had started with invading Martians spreading wide death and destruction in New Jersey and New York.

The broadcast, which disrupted households, interrupted religious services, created traffic jams and clogged communications systems, was made by Orson Welles, who as the radio character, "The Shadow," used to give "the creeps" to countless child listeners. This time at least a score of adults required medical treatment for shock and hysteria.

In Newark, in a single block at Heddon Terrace and Hawthorne Avenue, more than twenty families rushed out of their houses with wet handkerchiefs and towels over their faces to flee from what they believed was to be a gas raid. Some began moving household furniture.

Throughout New York families left their homes, some to flee to near-by parks. Thousands of persons called the police, newspapers and radio stations here and in other cities of the United States and Canada seeking advice on protective measures against the raids.

The program was produced by Mr. Welles and the Mercury Theatre on the Air over station WABC and the Columbia Broadcasting System's coast-to-coast network, from 8 to 9 o'clock.

The radio play, as presented, was to simulate a regular radio program with a "break-in" for the material of the play. The radio listeners, apparently, missed or did not listen to the introduction, which was: "The Columbia Broadcasting System and its affiliated stations present Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre on the Air in 'The War of the Worlds' by H. G. Wells."
The Original Transcript: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - SCRIPT - Orson Welles & the Mercury Theratre on the Air

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By MA5K on 12-09-06, 01:22 AM
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lol.. those must've been the good old days!!!
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By Safin on 12-09-06, 01:31 AM
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yep, the beauty of the radio
nowadays TV will spoil the whole thing, eg day before that wonder car that drove on its own. Thanks to "aajtak investigative team" we found out that that was a normal driver driving during prime time.
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By dipdude on 12-09-06, 10:26 AM
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^ It just means one thing 'People are easily gullible - time not being a factor'
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