War of the Worlds

Some Classic Audio Frights for Your Halloween

Audio drama is often described as “the theater of the mind,” and some of the best horror stories leave things up to one’s imagination. So it really shouldn’t come as any surprise that there are some top-notch horror radio programs from the days of yore. When we think of rating things at PG: parental guidance…

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War of the Worlds, Classic Style!

We had great fun adapting H.G. Wells’s sci-fi classic The War of the Worlds for radio last year, transporting the action from England to the outskirts of Washington, DC, and also to the present day with War of the Worlds 2018. In fact, many people have adapted it to times and places convenient for them….

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More War of the Worlds Headed Our Way

We were already excited to see the TV version of War of the Worlds due sometime this year, but we’ve since learned David Tennant — aka The Doctor aka Scrooge McDuck — will be reading an audio version of War of the Worlds as well. We’re looking forward to both! (And we bet some of…

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Listen Live! War of the Worlds, 2018

Join us on WERA-LP 96.7 FM just about now at a special time (2:00pm ET) for a rebroadcast of the live performance celebrating the 80th anniversary of the famous Mercury Theater of the Air production of “War of the Worlds.” H.G. Wells’s classic “War of the Worlds” gets a Jabberwocky update as we tune in…

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Listen Live! War of the Worlds, 2018

Join us on WERA-LP 96.7 FM just about now at a special time (6:00pm ET) for a rebroadcast of the live performance celebrating the 80th anniversary of the famous Mercury Theater of the Air production of “War of the Worlds.” H.G. Wells’s classic “War of the Worlds” gets a Jabberwocky update as we tune in…

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Listen Live! War of the Worlds, 2018

Join us on WERA-LP 96.7 FM just about now at a special time (2:00pm ET) for the recording of a live performance celebrating the 80th anniversary of the famous Mercury Theater of the Air production of “War of the Worlds.” H.G. Wells’s classic “War of the Worlds” gets a Jabberwocky update as we tune in…

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JAT Chat #3

Bjorn takes the opportunity to talk a little about how the live performance of “War of the Worlds 2018” came to be. For the remainder of the episode, Bill talks about the inspirations behind our next regular series, Quorum, as well as to what to expect from our first installment, “The Gambler’s Tale: Outstanding Debts.”

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Say, Maybe the Artilleryman Was Onto Something…

If you listened to our adaptation of H.G. Wells’s War of the Worlds, you’ll remember the artilleryman has a cunning plan to live in the network of tunnels under Washington, DC. Now, this dialogue is actually taken almost verbatim from the novel and the artilleryman is referring to London, but we knew DC also has…

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Listen Online! War of the Worlds, 2018

This week on the podcast feed, we have a recording of a special live performance we did earlier this year to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the famous Mercury Theater of the Air broadcast of “War of the Worlds.” H.G. Wells’s classic “War of the Worlds” gets a Jabberwocky update as we tune in to…

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Listen Live! War of the Worlds, 2018

Join us on WERA-LP 96.7 FM just about now at a special time (2:00pm ET) for the recording of a live performance from this past memorial Day weekend. H.G. Wells’s classic “War of the Worlds” gets a Jabberwocky update as we tune in to a special radio broadcast in October 2018 learning of mysterious power…

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