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On November 2, 1938, a nationwide radio station broadcast a radio show that was based on the best seller, War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells. The play was performed by many people, namely Orsen Wells and John Houseman. It was during a time when the radio was the pr ....

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.... Over in Europe, Adolf Hitler had taken control and was looking towards invading more countries and terrorizing more people. President Roosevelt was debating whether to go to war or not. Most of the American people did not go to war, but some of them did. Many Americans had relatives in Germany or in Czechoslovakia. Everyone was extremely worried and stressed out due to war threats and viewed everything that went on around them as a sign that war would break out. Therefore, when the people heard the news of Martians they went absolutely insane. On September 21, 1938, about six weeks before the broadcast, a vicious hurricane hit the New Yo ....