The Mass Panic Over The ‘War Of The Worlds’ Radio Broadcast? It’s A Myth

“The idea that hysteria swept America on October 30, 1938, when a 62-minute radio dramatisation of The War of the Worlds [was broadcast], remained unchallenged for nearly eight decades.” But it didn’t happen. (Well, not in the U.S.) Here’s (some of) the truth about that night.