#PanicBroadcast
👉 Today in Pop Culture History:
The Most Famous Radio Broadcast in History, the #PanicBroadcast:
Oct 30, 1938 – #OrsonWelles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety and outright panic in some of the audience in the United States.
Orson Welles: The 'alien invasion' that fooled America - BBC News
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October 30, 2026 at 9:17 AM
👉 Today in Pop Culture History:
The Most Famous Radio Broadcast in History, the #PanicBroadcast:
Oct 30, 1938 – #OrsonWelles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety and outright panic in some of the audience in the United States.
Orson Welles: The 'alien invasion' that fooled America - BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2026 at 9:17 AM
👉 Today in Pop Culture History:
The Most Famous Radio Broadcast in History, the #PanicBroadcast:
Oct 30, 1938 – #OrsonWelles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.

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