War of the Worlds: The Night That Terrified America

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See and hear the terrifyingly true tale of how H. Orson Wells' unparalleled artistry panicked a nation. The infamous Mercury Theatre on the Air dramatization of the H.G. Wells alien-invasion classic War of the Worlds, originally aired on Oct. 30, 1938, and remains a master class in the power of mass media. Join Daniel H. Foster, associate professor and chair of the Liberal Arts Department at the Peabody Conservatory, on the 85th anniversary of the original broadcast for a special Halloween edition of Hopkins at Home, exploring the golden age of radio drama, what lessons the past holds for our present, and how silence, in an invisible medium, can be the most frightening sound effect of all.

Please attend the event by using the Hopkins at Home link.