" 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.

May 6, 2015 · Orson Welles (arms raised) rehearses his radio depiction of H.G. Wells' classic, The War of the Worlds. The broadcast, which aired on October 30, 1938, and claimed that …

Feb 10, 2023 · In perhaps the most notorious event in American broadcast history, on 30 October 1938, 23-year-old Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre on the Air performed a radio …

Apr 30, 2025 · Thus, Orson Welles had one of his writers, Howard Koch, rewrite the story of War of the Worlds. With multiple revisions by Welles, the script transformed the novel into a radio …

Oct 30, 2013 · Orson Welles' 1938 program is the most famous—and dramatic—broadcast in radio history. As the clock struck 8 p.m. in New York City on the night of October 30, 1938, …

War Of The Worlds (1938) - Full Radio drama - H. G. Wells "The War of the Worlds" was a Halloween episode of the radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air directed and...

Explore the legendary 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast—how it sparked panic, debate, and left a lasting cultural impact across America.

Aug 9, 2025 · Relive the infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast! Learn about Orson Welles' 1938 adaptation of H.G. Wells’ novel, the panic it caused, and its impact on broadcast history. …

Oct 3, 2001 · they heard that the end of the world was coming, they accepted it uncritically. A few imagined that it was really a German or Japanese invasion, but the majority believed in the …

Oct 27, 2016 · Orson Welles' 30 October 1938 radio adaptation of "The War of the Worlds" caused mass hysteria, convincing thousands of panicked listeners across North America that …