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Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Play

Patrick Good-

Nick Fitzgerald- Current Belief: When people first started hearing about this, people thought it was real. Because of the stupidity of the people back then, they decided that were going to commit suicide because they actually believed that martins were going to invade earth and kill everyone. People took this way too seriously. The were convinced that an interplanetary conflict had started with invading Martians. Because of this, people started fleeing their homes because they thought there was a gas raid. People had had wet cloths over their mouths so they wouldn't die from the "gas raid". This broadcast interrupted not only families but religious services as well.

This broadcast was aired as a halloween play. But people were stupid enough to believe it was actually real even though it wasn't. The first two thirds of the 60-minute broadcast were presented as a series of simulated news bulletins, which suggested to many listeners that an actual alien invasion by Martians was currently in progress. And because of that there was a mass suicide in New Jersey and New York. It's hard to believe people were this stupid.

"Radio's War of the Worlds Broadcast (1938)." Radio's War of the Worlds Broadcast (1938). N.p., Oct.-Nov. 1938. Web. 11 Jan. 2013. "The War of the Worlds (radio Drama)." // Wikipedia //. Wikimedia Foundation, 01 Oct. 2013. Web. 10 Jan. 2013

Maricela Caperon- Radical Thoughts: In the 19th Century The War Of The Worlds was a radio "drama", which was basically saying that there were aliens that were going to come and invade and completely take over earth its self. As more and more people began listening to this radio show, more people started freaking out. In reality the radio broadcast was about The Mercury Theater, but like broadcasted instead. This station ran for 60 minutes, without any commercials, which made it even more easier to believe that this was truly happening to earth.

As time went on and with there being a strange adaption to this so called "real" alien invasion. Many people being to panic, as well as there being a huge outrage. People of the 19th century were not really sure as how to react or take action with something like this taking place. As the broadcast went on more and more people freaked, which brought many or most people to suicide. Clearly people would rather be dead then have to go through an "alien invasion".

Citation: ""War of the Worlds": Behind the 1938 Radio Show Panic." //National Geographic//. National Geographic Society, n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2013. (in both 1st and 2nd paragraph) "The War of the Worlds (radio Drama)." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, 01 Oct. 2013. Web. 10 Jan. 2013. (first paragraph)

Chance Majarian-

Emerging Thoughts- What were the ideas or events that was starting to replace the conventional (mainstream)?

People actually believed that the radio broadcast was a news broadcast about a martian invasion. This is due to the recent amount of science fiction that was being pumped into the entertainment business through, comic books, and the radio. But after the fact, it made people skeptical of radio broadcasts, and even when the attacks on Pearl Harbor happened people did not believe it at first. Supernatural theories were beginning to make their way into the belief of the mainstream population. This was also about the time that Action Comics, or superman was first created who is possibly one of the most well known super heroes of all time. It is clear that people were willing to read these things, making other science fiction more believable.

Citation: "Martians Invade UConn in ‘War of the Worlds’ on Campus Radio" Uconn. University of Connecticut, 30 October 2012. Web. 11 January 2013