One of the greatest hoaxes on the live CBS radio broadcast happened 84 years ago. On Halloween, the announcer Orson Wells reports about a certain observatory, which has detected blasts from the planet Mars. The music again was interrupted by another bulletin. This time it was about a meteor that hurtled into a farm in Grover Mills, New Jersey. The “news reporter” gave a description of an alien coming out of space ship, this added to the panic that was already rising.
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The extent of the damage done by the hox became evident when people started crowding the streets. Some hid in basements and cellars. Some wrapped their head in towels as a precaution against “alien gas.” It became a national scare. The War of the World’s radio show became one of the best hoaxes of all time.
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