Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of Orson Welles’ famous radio broadcast of War of the Worlds. Welles (then 23 years old) and the Mercury Theater players created a program so realistic that thousands of listeners panicked thinking that Martians had landed in Grover’s Mill, N.J. and were moving toward New York City.
Search the library catalog for recordings and more. If you’re on campus, you can also read the New York Times report of the event.