On the evening of October 30, 1938, radio listeners may have tuned into the Columbia Broadcasting System's "Mercury Theater on the Air". If they missed the disclaimers or tuned in late, they would have believed that martians had landed in Grovers Mill (West Windsor Township), #NewJersey. Produced by 23-year-old Orson Welles, this fictional broadcast, claimed that alien invaders killed 7,000 soldiers, marched through the Watchung Mountains, and into the swamps of northern New Jersey toward New York City. There was panic among listeners and phone lines at the NJ State Police lit up. In the end, there were no martians, no destruction, and the small Village of Grovers Mill remained fairly quiet, except for a few bullet holes in the wooden water tower. You can find the original recording on YouTube. Did you listen to it today or do you plan to listen? #nj #njhistory #SpreadTheHistory #historygirl #history #travelblog #travelblogger #blogger #blog #history #ushistory #americanhistory #explorenj #njspots #jerseycollective #journeythroughjersey #groversmill #groversmillnj #westwindsornj #orsonwelles #waroftheworlds #radiobroadcast #broadcast #todayinhistory #otd #OnThisDay (at Grovers Mill Pond) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Q1vVdAtGV/?igshid=1ooqqzfhifp79
