Deseret News archives: In 1938, ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast was too realistic

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Oct. 30, 1938, the radio pla ...

‘The War of the Worlds’ radio broadcast terrified Philadelphians on this week in Philly history

And this broadcast, despite two more times reminding listeners it was a fictional account, made it seem realistic that ...

Opinion: What Orson Welles’s ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast tells us, 88 years later

Our current obsession with fake news really began 88 years ago.
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‘War of the Worlds’ returns to the airwaves with a familiar Cleveland voice: Leon Bibb

Nearly 90 years after Orson Welles' legendary radio broadcast, Radio on the Lake Theatre is bringing the science fiction classic back to life with 3News' Leon Bibb ...

Eugene station to air War of the Worlds this Halloween

Eugene sports radio station The Sports Animal will air the original 1938 "The War of the Worlds" radio drama in its entirety ...