The Day That Panicked America: The War of the Worlds Scandal




Radio Retropolis show

Summary: This program examines the fallout of Welles popularity in which he never recovered. The world was about to enter into a new phase of terror in which the The War of the Worlds Mercury Theatre broadcast was simply the metaphor of what was to come-World War II and the Rise of the Third Reich! This program explains much of the hysteria caused by this broadcast, the scandal that followed, and the question of whether it could ever happen again.