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What were listeners panicked about during Orson Welles’ “The War of the Worlds” radio broadcast?

Retry Correct Incorrect On October 31, 1938 Orson Welles read an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ novel, The War of the Worlds, on a radio program. Listeners thought that there was a real Martian invasion because they didn’t catch the introduction where Welles explained that it was a dramatic radio show.

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What were listeners panicked about during Orson Welles’ “The War of the Worlds” radio broadcast?

• swarms of bees
• a Martian invasion
• Russian spies
• floods