War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast – People Really Believed It

On October 30th, 1938, Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre performed a radio play that shook America. What was meant to be a Halloween broadcast of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds turned into chaos when thousands of listeners believed Martians were really invading Earth. Families fled their homes, churches filled with panic, and newspapers called it “the night radio scared the nation.”

In this video, we dive into the legendary War of the Worlds radio broadcast — how it was made, why people believed it, and the lasting impact it had on media and public trust.

📻 Sit back and discover the story of the broadcast that blurred the line between entertainment and reality.

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