Radio dramatist Orson Welles and members of his company, caused mass hysteria and frightened tens of thousands of listeners causing people to flee from their homes and praying for salvation when the adaptation of H.G. Wells play, War of the Worlds was aired on CBS Radio. The dramatization was so good people mistook the play for newscasts which caused the panic. Its realism convinced many listeners that beings from another planet have landed on earth.
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