“The War of the Worlds”, directed and narrated by Orson Welles, was performed and broadcast live 86 yeas ago #OnThisDay.
It is “infamous for inciting a panic by convincing some members of the listening audience that a Martian invasion was taking place, though the scale of panic is disputed, as the program had relatively few listeners.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)
#OTD #history #radio #halloween #scifi #aliens #TheWarOfTheWorlds
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@stefan@stefanbohacek.online Hail St. Orson! This was a deliberate early example of “media jamming” to make people aware that what you hear is not necessarily truth. Impressive feat!
