75th Anniversary of the War of the Worlds
Wednesday, 30 October 2013 | by Pat's Picks
Martians attacked Grovers Mill, New Jersey 75 years ago today. Or so thought an estimated 1.7 million radio listeners who were sucked into Orson Wells’ Halloween Eve tall tale. That’s 1.7 million who actually believed the story, out of the four to six million who were listening. The Newark Star-Ledger talks with some of the people who were in Grovers Mill that day.
SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger