Hump Day Horror

 On this day in 1938, Orson Welles terrified the public with his dramatization of The War of the Worlds.

It was Sunday evening, prime time in the golden age of radio, and millions of Americans were listening in.  But many missed the introduction.

Welles employed sophisticated sound effects as well as top notch actors - it's really no wonder people mistook the tale as an actual report.  As "Martian cylinders" landed in Chicago and St. Louis, real life panic was setting in.

Welles was just 23 at the time, and the broadcast helped him land a Hollywood contract.

Happy Halloween Eve!