Blurring the Real

War of the Worlds by Orson Welles

A slightly different edition of Vinyl Notes for the Halloween season. I present to you War of the Worlds, a radio play that is as much folklore as it is a powerful example of art-meets-life.

This radio play was the brain child of Orson Welles that went over the airwaves on Halloween night, 1938. It was an adaptation of a story written by H.G. Wells (diff…