war of the worlds

• pre-existing fan base through the book by HG Wells 1898
• 38 minutes in, we are reminded that this is a CBS broadcast of WOTW and Orson continues to read from the book
• NY Times- “ a wave of mass hysteria seized thousands of radio listeners”
• In weeks prior to the episode, CBS reported of Hitler’s continued occupation of Czechoslovakia and the inevitability of another global conflict