The War of the Worlds broadcast, aired on October 30th, 1938, set the nation into panic. The broadcast was a special Halloween episode of the Mercury Theater on the Air series. When listeners heard the broadcast, they mistook it for nonfiction. The anxiety and tension that already existed because of the impending second world war, had a huge impact on all Americans. It is said however, that newspapers exaggerated the extent of the panic that actually existed.
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