[Apanatshka]

The article mentions Radiolab. I remember listening to a Radiolab episode about War of the Worlds, but that must have been a later revision, because in that episode they go into how the first airing of the play did not cause a panick, but other airings of the play in other places certainly caused panick and violence.

[iggldiggl]

When The Burkiss Way spoofed War of the Worlds in one episode in 1979, it apparently still generated enough complaints that for the repeat (and any repeats since) they had to stick in a totally out-of-place announcement about "You're listening to The Burkiss Way, the not-to-be-believed comedy show".