We are back this time with our theme of pop Culture Crimes. Mike discusses The War of the Worlds broadcast that took place in Ecuador in 1949 and the fallout.
Sources
- https://historyradio.org/2017/01/21/the-war-of-the-worlds-in-ecuador/
- https://www.otrcat.com/war-of-the-worlds-those-pesky-aliens
- https://cuencahighlife.com/war-worlds-1949-radio-play-remake-deadly-result-ecuador/
- https://time.com/archive/6607399/radio-martians-wild-animals/
- https://www.skepticality.com/assets/war_worlds_quito.htm
- https://cowlatinamerica.voices.wooster.edu/archive-item/fire-at-radio-station-after-broadcast/
- https://radiolab.org/podcast/91624-could-it-happen-again-and-again
- https://www.themichiganarchive.com/post/ecuador-s-war-of-the-worlds-the-myth-that-was
- https://historum.com/t/war-of-the-worlds-quito-ecuador-1949.81972/
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/martians-land-in-quito_b_166776
- https://www.today.com/popculture/martians-take-quito-or-so-we-thought-1c9481184
- https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/latinoamerica/extraterrestres-en-ecuador-el-programa-de-radio-que-dejo-muertos-en-quito-495224
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080501095435/http://www.war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk/war_worlds_quito.htm
- https://donmoore.tripod.com/south/ecuador/martians.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuadorian%E2%80%93Peruvian_War
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quito
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Alcaraz
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