Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast – Great Halloween History
Who isn’t a sucker for a good, scary story. Here’s a link to Orson Welle’s original broadcast of War of the Worlds. When originally broadcast, many people who didn’t listen from the start were fooled into believing that the martian invasion was really taking place. If you’ve never listened to this before, notice carefully how well the radio play is constructed.
Place yourself back in its day, with its rudimentary communications technology, close your eyes and enjoy 
the superb acting of Orson Welles and his Mecury Radio Theater.
Here’s a webpage on the broadcast.
Orson Welles was an amazing actor. We generally link him with Citizen Kane, his revolutionary cinematic classic, but the man did much more. His acclaimed Mercury Theater created many excellent radio performances, which later continued on Campbell’s Playhouse. You can still get or hear recordings of these on the internet at such places as OTR Now, a site dedicated to Old Time Radio.
October 30th, 2008 at 6:12 am
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October 30th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
The power of the radio was shown that day