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Help us transcribe letters sent to Orson Welles after the infamous CBS broadcast of "War of the Worlds" in 1938
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This project makes rare sources about one of the most significant media events accessible to researchers, students, and anyone online. Help people of today understand one of the first major cases of fake news in American history.
My Dear Mr. Welles: War of the Worlds Fan and Hate MailAbout My Dear Mr. Welles: War of the Worlds Fan and Hate Mail
In 1938, following the CBS broadcast of Orson Welles’s infamous radio drama War of the Worlds, hundreds of people panicked thinking that New York and New Jersey were being attacked by alien invaders. Or so the story goes. Help us transcribe letters written to Welles from listeners all over the world that, in many cases, tell a different story.