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Podcast: Stuff You Should Know
Episode: Selects: The Great War of the Worlds Panic Myth
Description: On Halloween 1938 young radio star Orson Welles scared the pants off of America with a fictional news bulletin claiming Martians had landed and were destroying the country. People across the nation ran wild with panic in the streets – or did they? Listen to this classic episode to find out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.