The War of the Worlds was an episode of the American radio show aired on October 30, 1938. It was a Halloween special that was made up primarily of made up news reports. They reported how there was an alien invasion happening through out the world.
The show however was interpritated as real by some listeners, it caused 'moral panic.' Some listeners across America and Canada began to flee their homes, calling the police and claiming that they could smell poisinous gases or seeing flashing lights.
Studies later suggested that the 'moral panic' wasn't as wide spread as the Media had made out, and that although some of the population genually believed it, a larger amount did not.
The aftermath included people trying to sue the radio show, inwhich only one man was successful after the claim that he used money for that was to buy new shoes to escape the aliens.
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