“The War of the Worlds” Radio Broadcast
In this special extra-sized edition, we go back 70 years to a simpler, scarier time when people believed it just might be possible aliens from Mars would attack us. It created quite a stir. What Halloween hoaxes do you want us to look at? Let us know at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com.
Also, don’t forget to listen to the episode on Ghosts….
War-of-the-Worlds.org has everything on all forms of WotW.
Wikipedia has a lot of information for you to examine.
RelicRadio.org presents one of our favorite podcasts, The Horror!, which presented the entire program, plus a radio conversation between H.G. Wells and Orson Welles.
Music:
“Twilight Realm” by Twilight Productions (from Soundclick.com)
Brian Hunt said,
October 30, 2008 at 7:42 am
Just to add a little on the subject…The recent cable tv version of “War of the Worlds” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449040/) featured a still shot of my towns(North Adams,MA) main street being blown up(well melted)! its the same Picture Brian Keene used for the cover of his book “The Conqueror Worms” if you’d like to see it heres a link! http://creature-corner.com/nextraimages/keeneworms.jpg
it was covered in my local newspaper but the archive is a pay for play affair
perhaps you might mention it next year?
The Halloween Haunter said,
October 30, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Hello, Brian,
Thank you for your additional information. Funny coincidence that the “War of the Worlds” movie you refer to has a shot that’s also on the book “The Conquerer Worms” and Thomas Lovell Beddoes’ poem “The Conquerer Worm” was featured in the Halloween Haunt along with another “War of the Worlds.” Hmmm…now that I see it in print, it’s not such a funny coincidence.
I don’t think I’ll be covering this again next year, but your comment is saved for posterity on the website. I love North Adams, by the way…you have lovely cemeteries.
–HH
Brian Hunt said,
November 1, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Next time your haunting the area give me yell
The Halloween Haunter said,
November 1, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Brian, Brian, Brian…
You know I don’t yell….
But I’ll try to let you know.
–HH