History's Greatest Hoaxes War of the Worlds (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Documentary

History's Greatest Hoaxes

War of the Worlds (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | Documentary

History's Greatest Hoaxes looks at Orson Welles's Mercury Theater radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel 'The War of the Worlds'. The simulated news broadcast convinced many Americans that an invasion by Martians was underway. Newspapers...See moreHistory's Greatest Hoaxes looks at Orson Welles's Mercury Theater radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel 'The War of the Worlds'. The simulated news broadcast convinced many Americans that an invasion by Martians was underway. Newspapers claimed that it led to a massive panic around the country, but was the original audience actually that large? Written by Shatterdaymorn See less

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Tom Ward Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Quills (2000)
Guy Walters Self - Author & Historian Self - Author & Historian See fewer	World War Weird (2017)
Nick Pope Self - UK Ministry of Defense Self - UK Ministry of Defense See fewer	Contacto Extraterrestre (2013)
Marcus Brigstocke Self - Author & Comedian Self - Author & Comedian See fewer	Love Actually (2003)
Joe Nickell Self - Columnist, Skeptical Inquirer Self - Columnist, Skeptical Inquirer See fewer	Lost Tapes (2008)
Linda Papadopoulos Self - Psychologist (as Dr. Linda Papadopoulos) Self - Psychologist (as Dr. Linda Papadopoulos) See fewer	Who Killed Me (2012)
Alex Boese Self - Author, The World's Greatest Hoaxes Self - Author, The World's Greatest Hoaxes See fewer	History's Greatest Hoaxes (2016)
Clyde Lewis Self - Host / Ground Zero Radio Self - Host / Ground Zero Radio See fewer	Files of the Unexplained (2024)
Chris Gaylo Self - Local Resident Self - Local Resident See fewer	History's Greatest Hoaxes (2016)
Louis Labovitch Mercury Theater Radio Actor / Orson Welles Mercury Theater Radio Actor / Orson Welles See fewer	Maggie (I) (2015)
Richard Lavender Mercury Theater Radio Actor Mercury Theater Radio Actor See fewer	The Hippopotamus (2017)
Nicholas Lupu Mercury Theater Radio Actor Mercury Theater Radio Actor See fewer	Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Roxana Lupu Mercury Theater Radio Actress Mercury Theater Radio Actress See fewer	Queen Marie of Romania (2019)
Martyn Mayger Mercury Theater Radio Actor Mercury Theater Radio Actor See fewer	Humshakals (2014)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Sam Shoubber Mercury Theater Radio Actor Mercury Theater Radio Actor See fewer	Wrath of Man (2021)
Orson Welles Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Citizen Kane (1941)