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Spooked!
- Author
- Gail Jarrow
- Narrator
- Suzanne Toren
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 30 August 2022
- Run Time
- 3 hours 14 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
bulletins interrupted the show. New Jersey had been rocked by mysterious explosions. The announcements continued, each more frantic than the last. An invading army's strange and powerful weapons had killed thousands. Listeners
feared the worst. Was America under attack by the Germans? Could this be the start of another world war?
Award-winning author Gail Jarrow reveals in riveting detail the events leading up to the terrifying radio broadcast and its aftermath. She explores the reactions of listeners, the mass hysteria reported by the media, the public's susceptibility to
propaganda, and the role of radio as a source of both entertainment and information.
The shocking broadcast has never been forgotten. Tune in …
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Details
- Author
- Gail Jarrow
- Narrator
- Suzanne Toren
- Duration
- 3 hours 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 August 2022
- ISBN
- 9781705078136
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: Television, video and film, Educational: Media studies, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past
Synopsis
On Halloween eve 1938, people across America gathered around the radio to listen to their favorite Sunday evening program. Expecting to hear the latest drama from Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre, many were alarmed when news bulletins interrupted the show. New Jersey had been rocked by mysterious explosions. The announcements continued, each more frantic than the last. An invading army's strange and powerful weapons had killed thousands. Listeners feared the worst. Was America under attack by the Germans? Could this be the start of another world war?Award-winning author Gail Jarrow reveals in riveting detail the events leading up to the terrifying radio broadcast and its aftermath. She explores the reactions of listeners, the mass hysteria reported by the media, the public's susceptibility to propaganda, and the role of radio as a source of both entertainment and information. The shocking broadcast has never been forgotten. Tune in …
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