So how did so many people actually believe that Martians were invading? For starters, we didn’t have a clear idea of what was on the surface of Mars yet. The space age was still decades away. So for ...
Long before Donald Trump used the term "fake news" to complain about coverage he didn't like, Orson Welles mastered the art of actual fake news. Welles' 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells' "The War ...
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War Of The Worlds: How Orson Welles Scared A Nation
It was the night before Halloween, October 30, 1938. Radios glowed in living rooms across America as families settled in for ...
In 1938, the Great Depression ravaged America, the world was on the brink of war, and Superman debuted. And on the night before Halloween that year, another event occurred that sent America into pure ...
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