War of the Worlds. A Halloween Eve (October 30/1938) CBS live broadcast radio drama, played out for a prank. Produced and directed by Orson Welles of the Mercury Theatre Players and based upon the 1898 H.G. Wells novel. The radio airing terrified many of its listeners, especially the ones who tuned into the broadcast late, and thought it was a live news broadcast of a real alien invasion from outer space.

A Princeton psychologist of the day, found in his study of the mass hysteria, that 2 million people were alarmed into thinking the alien attack was legitimate.

The short audio portion in this video is of the specific section of the 60 minute radio play that prompted most of the listening audience to believe it an actual attack.

The day after the radio airing, Orson Welles apologized to the public for the panic he had 'created'.

1938年，大導(dǎo)演奧森·威爾斯根據(jù)H.G. 威爾森原著小說(shuō)改編了一出廣播劇《世界大戰(zhàn)》，并放在萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夕通過(guò)CBS的直播之聲播出，本打算跟聽眾朋友們開個(gè)玩笑。結(jié)果聽眾們都把這個(gè)故事當(dāng)成了直播中的新聞，紛紛跑到街上，用濕毛巾?yè)踔^。這個(gè)廣播劇給當(dāng)時(shí)社會(huì)造成了極大的恐慌。奧森·威爾斯最后不得不出來(lái)向大家道歉。

雖然是發(fā)生在萬(wàn)圣節(jié)的事情，不過(guò)整個(gè)這一出戲就是一愚人節(jié)玩笑啊。由此也說(shuō)明，玩笑不能開的太大，說(shuō)謊也不能說(shuō)得太像真的，不然最后郁悶的人還是自己。

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