And the Oh, Welcome to 1001 heroes, legends, histories and mysteries.

As some of you know, we started an old time radio show podcast called 1001 Radio Days, where

you can catch lots of great entertainment from what many call the golden age of radio

between 1935 and 1955 before TV really caught on.

Many of the radio shows were very well written and acted, and when TV became affordable in the 1950s,

many radio shows, like Gunsmoke and Dragnet, made the jump to TV.

Besides newspapers and magazines, radio was the only game in town and

because they couldn't offer visual effects they had to be good at describing

things. Radio, which came into its own in the 1920s was a mix of entertainment and news, and

people listened breathlessly to the news.

The War of the World's radio broadcast was one of those times when people confused entertainment with the news and things got crazy fast.

We're offering a full uncut version of the War of the Worlds with Orson Wells over at

1001 radio days right now. So check it out and subscribe to 1001 radio days because you can

catch all our episodes and we've got a tremendous mix of vintage radio entertainment over there.

And subscribe to 1,001 Radio Days, that's your favorite host, so you can catch all our episodes. Subscribing is free. If this sounds like an unabashed

ad for 1001 Radio Day's podcast, you're right. The War of the World's phenomenon began as the brainchild of English author H.G. Wells,

first printed in 1897 by Pearson's magazine in the UK and then by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US.

It's one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial

race, in this case Martians.

And it remains popular today as a gripping mix of science fiction and terror.

The original novel is written in the first-person narrative and takes place in Surrey England.

The War of the Worlds has been both popular and takes place in Surrey, England.

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