Weekly Music Review: The War Of The Worlds

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Originally Posted by Sakata

He even said a woman had tripped, then threw her shoes off saying she wasn't going to need them anymore.

Originally Posted by dextire

Nick: You are indeed correct that the news reports of hysteria were greatly exaggerated by the newspapers, fearing they would be wiped out by radio.
However, in 1949 a Spanish version of the joke was played in Ecuador. The panic, and soon after riot of hundreds that followed caused at least six deaths, and they burned the radio station to the ground.