Bestselling author William Elliott Hazelgrove joins Big John Howell to revisit the night in 1938 when Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds broadcast sent America into a panic. They explore how Welles crafted the fake “breaking news” format, why so many believed it, and the chaos that followed. Hazelgrove also draws parallels between the media climate then and now, and what the stunt still teaches us about fear and misinformation.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.