Men From Mars

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Ledger-Star​

Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch

Norfolk, Virginia · Saturday, November 05, 1938

 

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I Had a Copy Of the Original Broadcast on A Reel

With the Exception of the Beginning, I don't See How anyone Listening
Couldn't Tell it was Fake

Most Must Have Turned their Radios Off & Panicked

 

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While often remembered as causing nationwide hysteria, recent historical analyses suggest the widespread "panic" was largely exaggerated or manufactured by newspapers of the era, which aimed to discredit radio as a new competitor in news and advertising