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Parental discretion is strongly advised. On October 30th, 1938, American history was changed forever by a Halloween prank.

Most of the 6 million people who tuned in to 23-year-old Orson Wells radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells Sci-Fi Classic War of the Worlds

realized that it was simply an audio drama.

However, because of the realistic news bulletin format, many thousands of listeners believed that

aliens had actually landed in the small town of Grover's Mill, New Jersey.

Even in those days before Facebook and Twitter, the reaction was immediate.

Listeners all across the country began calling their local newspapers and radio stations for updates,

while National Guardsmen in New Jersey were calling their armories to find out if they needed

to report for duty. After the broadcast, thousands of needed to

the report for duty. After the broadcast, thousands of letters were sent to Wells from listeners as well as to the FCC

complaining about the show.

And Orson Wells, who had already made a name for himself on the New York stage, became

an overnight success.

Just three years later, he would create a masterpiece with his film Citizen Kane and became a legend.

And it all started with a radio show the day before Halloween. I'm Darren Marler and this is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends,

lore, the strange and bizarre, crime, conspiracy, mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved, and Unexplained.

October is the birthday month for Weird Darkness celebrating eight years now, and as you you know each year I celebrate our

birthday by holding a fundraiser called overcoming the darkness I'm using this whole

month to raise funds for depression and suicide prevention.

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