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Bless us, Spider-Man, for we have sinned (europe.pub)
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[โ€“] klugerama@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It quite literally caused a national panic, because it was delivered in a believable manner to a gullible audience.

It mostly did not. Ironically, that story is mostly fictitious.

Did the 1938 Radio Broadcast of 'War of the Worlds' Cause a Nationwide Panic? | Snopes.com https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/war-of-the-worlds/

[โ€“] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

Ironically, that story is mostly fictitious.

Well, that's impossible. I was told real life accounts couldn't be faked or embellished.