The Martians Are Coming!: The True Story of Orson Welles' 1938 Panic Broadcast

by Alan Gallop

It was Halloween 1938 when twenty-three year-old Orson Welles fooled America into thinking it had been invaded by aliens. The Mercury Theatre on the Air production of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds is one of the most talked-about radio broadcasts in history. The realistic retelling of Wells' original story resulted in mass panic across America. People ran into the streets screaming that the world was ending. Churches were emptied of their congregations,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445602237
• ISBN13: 9781445602233
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"