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"The War of the Worlds" was a Halloween episode of the radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air which was broadcast live at 8 pm ET on October 30, 1938 over the CBS Radio Network. The episode was directed and narrated by Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds and is infamous for inciting a panic by convincing some members of the listening audience that a Martian invasion was actually taking place. The first half of the program was delivered in a realistic "breaking news" format. Since the Mercury Theatre on the Air had few commercial interruptions, the first break came after fictional reporters had described a devastating alien invasion and the fall of New York City. This apparently caused some confusion and fear among its listeners, though the scale of the panic is disputed.[1] Popular legend holds that some of the radio audience may have been listening to the much more highly rated show The Chase and Sanborn Hour with Edgar Bergen on NBC and swi

The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama) - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1938 radio drama by Orson Welles Radio show "The War of the Worlds" The Mercury Theatre on the Air episode Orson Welles explaining to reporters that he had not intended to cause panic (October 31, 1938) Genre Radio drama, science fiction Running time 60 minutes Home station CBS Radio Starring Orson Welles Frank Readick Kenny Delmar Ray Collins Announcer Dan Seymour Written by H. G. Wells ( novel ) Howard Koch (adaptation) Directed by Orson Welles Produced by John Houseman Orson Welles Exe

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