The War of the Worlds Panic
About this episode
For Halloween, the true story of the night a radio play made America think Martians had landed.
Research sources for this film
- “Jitterbugs” and “Crack-pots” | National Archives
- Radio broadcast of War of the Worlds panics Seattle and the nation on October 30, 1938. - HistoryLink.org
- The Hyped Panic Over ‘War of the Worlds’
- Page from the Past: War of the Worlds | Timeless
- Radio Research Project
- Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact
- 'War of the Worlds': Behind the 1938 Radio Show Panic | National Geographic
- The legend of the 'War of the Worlds' | PBS News
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