Baba's Reviews > The Martians are Coming!: The True Story of Orson Welles' 1938 Panic Broadcast

The true story of the Orson Welles, Mercury Theatre production of HG Wells' The War of the Worlds on CBS radio in 1938 that led to panic in the New York and New Jersey areas, and resulted in real injuries, chaos and significant disturbances on the night which reverberated across the United States, Hitler's Germany, Mussolini's Italy and around the entire world. A wonderful true story that demonstrated the reach and power of radio in the 1930s... as well as the genius of the man Orson Welles. 7 out of 12