In 1938, Orson Wells aired his famous radio broadcast that was a mock news report about

aliens invading the Earth.

Although intended as theater, many listeners believed it was real, and the nation went

into a mass panic.

Right?

Well, that's what we've all heard about that infamous broadcast.

But how much of that is true?

We're going to find out.

Today on Skeptoid.

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I'm Allison Hudson from Skeptoid.com.

The War of the World's Panic Broadcast.

We know now that in the early years of the 20th century, this world was being watched closely

by intelligences greater than man's, yet as mortal as his own.

So began one of the most famous radio broadcasts of all time, the October 30th, 1938 adaptation

of H.G. Wells, the War of the Worlds.

Whenever Halloween rolls around, I always get in the mood to listen to the so-called panic

broadcast.

It's one of my favorite radio shows.

Not only is it a great program by itself, but I'm also fascinated by the story around

it.

Not the story that's usually told, however, but the far more interesting truth behind what

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