Dead air: the night that Orson Welles terrified America

The Magician

Prologue: October 30, 1938

The Setup. Who Is Orson Welles?: 1938 ; Something Deathless and Dangerous: 1937 ; Rosebud: 1915 ; Something Dark and Brutal: 1931 ; The Shadow: 1934 ; The Cradle Will Rock: 1937 ; Dummies: 1938 ; The Perfect Setup: September 1938 ; Martians: October 1938 ; The Script: October 24, 1938

The Broadcast. The Crapperoo: October 30, 1938 ; Dead Air: October 30, 1938 ; A Wave of Mass Hysteria: October 30, 1938 ; Go Home and Prepare to Die: October 30, 1938 ; The Whole Country Was Bursting Open: October 30, 1938 ; Terrorist in Action: October 31, 1938 ; The Long Night: October 31, 1938 ; Benedict Arnold and John Wilkes Booth: November 1, 1938 ; Durn Fools: November 1, 1938 ; Campbell's on the Air: December 9, 1938 ; War of the Worlds: June 1944.