Ecuador mob burns radio station after broadcast of "War of the Worlds" 📻👽

[Kevin]

Event Date

Feb 13, 1949

A mob burns a radio station in Ecuador after the fictional story "War of the Worlds" of alien invaders by H.G. Wells was broadcast.

 

[screenersam]

‘War of the Worlds’ 1949 radio play remake had deadly result in Ecuador – CuencaHighLife

cuencahighlife.com

wow. how tragic.
the power of media.



one of the pay channels is running a new WotW series.