Oct. 30, 1938, was a cool autumn Sunday evening. Baltimoreans were still celebrating Johns Hopkins’ win over Haverford College, 7-6, after Charlie Rudo made a stunning 80-yard touchdown run in the ...

The front page of the Deseret News in 1938, days after a radio play, "War of the Worlds," caused panic among some listeners. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News ...

Looking for a little out-of-this-world fun before Halloween? A “War of the Worlds” 85th anniversary “broadcast bash” will take place Sunday, Oct. 29, on a farm in the Grovers Mill section of West ...

There might not be a more misunderstood moment in the 20th century than Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds. Pop culture has continuously repeated the story of the radio ...

Some Spanish audiences thought clever ads for the sci-fi blockbuster Independence Day were news reports of an actual alien ...

Almost 85 years ago – Oct. 30, 1938 – “War of the Worlds” was broadcast on CBS Radio, including KNX (1070 AM) here in Los Angeles. In his radio adaption of H. G. Wells’ book for his program “Mercury ...