war of the worlds – Meaghan Walsh Gerard

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31 Days of Halloween — October 30, 2013

October 30, 2013

Today marks the 75th anniversary of Orson Welles’ broadcast of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. Welles, and his Mercury Theater players, produced a radio play on October 30, 1938 based on HG Wells’ book. Though it was preceded by a disclaimer that it was a fiction, the play itself was interwoven with “fake”…