The Night Martians Landed (Oct. 30, 1938)

The Daily Muster · Oct 30, 2026 · 10m

The night Martians landed in New Jersey, on the radio.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

1:01 Who Owned Sunday Night

2:31 A Pencil on a Map

3:42 Dead Air

4:56 Monday's Headlines

6:28 Five Thousand Phone Calls

7:16 The Letters

SOURCES

- Library of Congress, National Recording Registry essay: War of the Worlds (Christopher Sterling): https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/TheWaroftheWorlds.pdf

- Library of Congress interview with A. Brad Schwartz (2023)…