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War of the Worlds radio broadcast

Epic trolling?

MMDE: The War of the Worlds radio broadcast caused mass panic





Popular myth

For 80 years, no-one questioned the stories of the mass panic. Reports of thousands of people feeling their homes and looking towards the sky to see a real "space battle" were in all the newspapers. Yet, that might have been the whole point. Today, doubt is thrown on whether this really was the case by ... todays newspapers. Well, it might generate a few more clicks for them ;-)