This Day in Halloween: Orson Welles' radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ "War of the Worlds" is broadcast and stirs panic in 1938. / Illustration by Brooke Ramirez
Orson Welles’ radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds is broadcast across the country in 1938. Presenting the story in what sounds like a live news broadcast thrills some and fools others, creating a panic in areas. Welles feigns shock in a press conference the next day.
