Hoaxes That Fooled The World #infographic

 October 1938, Americans interrupted their regularly scheduled radio broadcast by breaking news stating that the Earth was being attacked by Martians, which many considered to be true. Hysteria exploded with thousands of people panicking, blocking roads, flooding police stations, newspaper offices and radio stations with calls or completely fleeing their homes.

In fact: It was announced at the start of the show that the following program will be an adaptation of the classic H.G Wells, The War of the Worlds, directed by Orson Welles. Unfortunately the beginning was missed by a lot of people and only tuned in once the show had started. So what is arguably the biggest hoax in the world's history, really wasn't a hoax. Just a case of bad timing.

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