October always brings frequent reminders about radioâ??s most memorable and myth-beclouded programâ??Orson Wellesâ?? superb dramatization of the War of the Worlds that aired on Halloween eve 1938.
So realistic was Wellesâ?? show, so alarming were its simulated news reports of invading Martians, that listeners by the tens of thousandsâ??or moreâ??were convulsed in panic and hysteria.
Fright beyond measure gripped the country that night; it was the night that panicked America.
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