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CBS News Radio flashback: Orson Welles' 1938 "War of the Worlds" broadcast
On Oct. 30, 1938, CBS News Radio listeners were sent into a frenzy listening to Orson Welles' reading of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," thinking it was a real broadcast detailing an alien invasion. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns introduces the fictional, now-iconic breaking news bulletin.
TL;DR
- On October 30, 1938, CBS News Radio broadcast Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds."
- Listeners believed the fictional alien invasion report was real news.
- This caused a frenzy among the radio audience.
- Caitlin Huey-Burns of CBS News introduced the broadcast.