War of the worlds The war of the worlds is one of the most successfull and well known radio shows ever made as it was so believable it caused outrage to the listeners as they thought it was real and that the earth was being invaded. It was written by H G Wells and was broadcasted by CBS radio in 1938 on the 30th October it was sucessful due to the foley sound used as it was sounded so real it caused outrage with the listeners as they thought that this was an attack on the human race and that earth was actualy invaded. Sorry wrong number In 1948 Agnes Moorhead performed one of the best examples of a radio drama to date. its about a women played by Moorhead acidently listening into a phone call between 2 gangsters who were planning a murder in the next 30 minutes in the rest of this story shows Moorheads increasingly desperate attempt to find Someone on the phone to help stop the murder but has an incredible twist ending. The lamp the lam...