In 1897 H.G. Wells wrote the novel War of the Worlds.

In 1938 Orson Welles created a radio drama based on the novel, and sent Americans into a panic when they believed it was a real news broadcast.

In 1975 the ABC Television Network produced a TV movie dramatizing the making of the radio broadcast and the public reaction to it.

In 2020, Ian and Matthew offer this podcast about the 1975 TV movie.

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Links:

• The Night That Panicked America - Wikipedia
• The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama) - Wikipedia
• The War of the Worlds - Wikipedia
• The Night That Panicked America on DVD
• War of the Worlds 1938 Radio broadcast - audio file
• Special Bulletin (1983 TV movie) - Wikipedia
• RKO 281 - Wikipedia