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ORSON WELLES 1938 CBS radio broadcast at microphone Mercury Theatre on the Air Columbia Broadcasting System Photo Stock Photo - Alamy
![Orson Welles' War of the Worlds panic myth: The infamous radio broadcast did not cause a nationwide hysteria. Orson Welles' War of the Worlds panic myth: The infamous radio broadcast did not cause a nationwide hysteria.](https://compote.slate.com/images/0d1e213a-79e7-4b4d-9a3c-fe762e0bd6c6.jpg)
Orson Welles' War of the Worlds panic myth: The infamous radio broadcast did not cause a nationwide hysteria.
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The Infamous "War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast Was a Magnificent Fluke | History| Smithsonian Magazine
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How Orson Welles' iconic The War of the Worlds broadcast inspired surreal new Apple+ drama Calls | South China Morning Post
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The Fake News of Orson Welles: The War of the Worlds at 80 | The National Endowment for the Humanities
![Campbell Playhouse: Lost Horizon - December 3, 1939 by Orson Welles - Radio/TV Program - Audible.com Campbell Playhouse: Lost Horizon - December 3, 1939 by Orson Welles - Radio/TV Program - Audible.com](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51pYyCkOFGL._SL500_.jpg)
Campbell Playhouse: Lost Horizon - December 3, 1939 by Orson Welles - Radio/TV Program - Audible.com
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Orson Welles - The War Of The Worlds - The Definitive 80th Anniversary Collection 1938-2018 (Deluxe Edition) - Amazon.com Music
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Orson Welles' 'War of the Worlds' Broadcast 1938 and Ominous Echoes In Media – The Hollywood Reporter
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The Fake News of Orson Welles: The War of the Worlds at 80 | The National Endowment for the Humanities
Digital Collections - Orson Welles, Betty Garde, Ray Collins, William Robson and Archibald MacLeish in rehearsal for the radio program Air Raid.
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