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A Panic Of Orson Welles Radio Drama

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The radio drama created a panic, Orson Welles created a panic with his radio drama war of the worlds people missed the announcement at the beginning and they thought it was real People believed the radio drama was real. The reason people believed it was real is that they missed the announcement in the beginning A martian invasion was happening in the united states. The voice acting was believable. People thought it was real. No one heard the beginning announcement saying that it is a play. Mainly because people missed the beginning announcement stating that it is a play. Martians were invading the world, and people were believing it. People were believing it because they missed all the announcements stating that it was a play. In the end the
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