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The Night That Panicked America (1975)
Episode 235 — The Night That Panicked America (1975)
Day 24 of 31 Days of Halloween brings us to The Night That Panicked America, a television movie dramatizing Orson Welles’s legendary 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast!
Matthew and I explore the recreation of the broadcast and the frightened listeners who believed Martians were invading. With a cast including Paul Shenar, Eileen Brennan, Vic Morrow, John Ritter, and Meredith Baxter, this film brings one of radio’s most famous nights to life—a subject that has fascinated me for years!
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