Oct. 30, 1938, was a cool autumn Sunday evening. Baltimoreans were still celebrating Johns Hopkins’ win over Haverford College, 7-6, after Charlie Rudo made a stunning 80-yard touchdown run in the ...
The front page of the Deseret News in 1938, days after a radio play, "War of the Worlds," caused panic among some listeners. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News ...
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There might not be a more misunderstood moment in the 20th century than Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the ...
Long before Donald Trump used the term “fake news” to complain about coverage he didn’t like, Orson Welles mastered the art of actual fake news. Welles’ 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The War ...
On Oct. 30, 1938 — 86 years ago — the famous “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast predicted modern America. The America of 2024. And that's no hoax. The broadcast, of course, was. But the lesson of the ...
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