Martians Land Near Niagara Falls 45 Years Ago On Radio

[From NiagaraFallsUpClose.com]

Martians landed on Grand Island, Halloween night forty-five years ago and invaded the Niagara Frontier, at least on WKBW radio. The show was “War of the Worlds” and it was adapted by KB Program Director Jeff Kaye and based on the 1938 Orson Welles radio drama. In Kaye’s drama the Martian invasion wiped out Niagara Falls, Buffalo and most of the world until the common germ put them down.

The radio dramatization was intended to be a tribute to the famous Welles broadcast and Jeff Kaye tailored it to the Niagara region. The first Martian capsule landed on Grand Island and local authorities blew up both bridges connecting the Island to thwart their advance. Of course it didn’t stop the aliens and the broadcast had people on the north Grand Island bridge being swept down the Niagara River and over the Falls…

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