On the night of October 30, 1938, thousands of Americans panicked when they believed that Martians had invaded Earth. What appeared to be breaking news about an alien invasion was in fact a radio drama based on H. G. Wells’s War of the Worlds, performed by Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre players. Some listeners became … Continue reading Read & Listen: Spooked! How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America