"War of the Worlds," Mercury Theatre on the Air, October 30, 1938 

On October 30, 1938, the Mercury Theatre on the Air aired a one-hour radiocast of "War of the Worlds." The radio drama was adapted by Howard Koch from the original novel by H.G. Wells. Actor Orson Wells directed and produced the program, which aired on the CBS radio network.
This recording was downloaded from Kim Scarborough's "The Mercury Theatre on the Air" web site at:
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A 2015 Smithsonian Magazine article about the broadcast and its consequences is at:
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