The Mercury Theatre on the Air - War of the Worlds

The Mercury Theatre on the Air - War of the Worlds
Hosted by The Mercury Theatre on the Air series, the War of the Worlds radio dramatization was broadcast on October 30, 1938. The broadcast was directed by Orson Welles, and was an adaptation of the novel of the same name written by H.G. Wells and published in 1898.
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Audio edited and remastered by Retronome Radio
Original broadcast from The Internet Archive: archive.org
Art & Graphics by Ausborough
Original image by Gerhard Gellinger from Pixabay
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[@allenjones3130]

This is arguably the most well-known radio broadcast of all time.

[@retronomeradio]

Agreed.

[@ChapoBlanco]

Forever notorious and Goat’d. Probably my favorite broadcast. It was flawlessly executed and forever is nostalgic in anyone that liked OTR.