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#129 Orson Welles' War of the Worlds and a 1930s BBC Ghost Story
30 October 1938 - 88 years ago precisely before this podcast lands - something else landed too, according to Orson Welles. US radio listeners were terrified as his adaptation of HG Wells' War of the Worlds brought Martians to American ears, via fake news reports and other immersive drama. But how terrified were they, and had they heard the show?
Our guest Dr A Brad Schwartz is author of Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News (Hill and Wang, 2015), shining a new light on one of the most famous moments of radio history - but perhaps one of the most…
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