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War of the Worlds Panic History or Hoax? - Orson Welles
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In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing Orson Wells radio broadcast production of: The War of the World by H.G. Wells AND the supposed panic and mass hysteria that it caused. Was this really the greatest MASS HYSTERIA event in American History, OR was this a complete Halloween Hoax? CBS loves to celebrate this cbs radio history event. There are a lot of conflicting reports.. Listen to today's episode for the facts of the case & decide for yourself!
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The original 1938 'War of the Worlds' Broadcast by a young Orson Wells.
Full Broadcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0K4ApWl4g
Full audio: https://archive.org/details/OrsonWellesMrBruns.
WATCH the FULL "The night America trembled" Movie here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jeW30vLwds
Additional res ources:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000080/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Orson-Welles
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation
https://www.tcm.com/articles/Programming-Article/021638/orson-welles/
https://www.history.com/news/inside-the-war-of-the-worlds-broadcast
https://www.historynet.com/war-of-the-worlds-panicked-america-or-did-it/?f
https://slate.com/culture/2013/10/orson-welles-war-of-the-worlds-panic-myth-the-infamous-radio-broadcast-did-not-cause-a-nationwide-hysteria.html
https://mediamythalert.com/2010/10/30/why-war-of-the-worlds-show-didnt-panic-america/
http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/56017.html
https://www.historynet.com/war-of-the-worlds-panicked-america-or-did-it/?f
https://gizmodo.com/did-the-war-of-the-worlds-radio-broadcast-really-cause-1453582944
https://slate.com/culture/2013/10/orson-welles-war-of-the-worlds-panic-myth-the-infamous-radio-broadcast-did-not-cause-a-nationwide-hysteria.html
https://mediamythalert.com/2013/10/29/pbs-squanders-opportunity-to-offer-content-that-educates-in-war-of-the-worlds-doc/