adaptation of the radio drama was blamed for panicking thousands and giving an electrician in Valparaiso, named Jose Villaroel, a fatal heart attack, according to a Newsweek article from the time.]]> emulate its success.]]> exonerated.]]> hoax - and embarrassed security forces either refused, or were unable, to come to the broadcasters' aid.]]> hysteria.]]> infamous version of "The War of the Worlds" in 1938, it generated a firestorm in the United States as thousands were duped by the realistic radio drama that depicted an alien invasion of Grover's Mill, New Jersey.]]> notoriety into a distinguished movie career that included the making of the classic "Citizen Kane."]]> inquiry into the event - and according to Ribadeneira and others, Alcaraz fled justice to Mexico, where he worked in the movie industry until his death.]]> emblematic music.]]> "Once more a radio dramatization of H.G. Wells' imaginative novel, ' The War of the Worlds,' had convinced a gullible citizenry that the earth's gig was up," the magazine reported. gullible citizenry that the earth's gig was up," the magazine reported.]]> irate mobs discovered they had fallen for a radio hoax - and embarrassed security forces either refused, or were unable, to come to the broadcasters' aid.]]> prolific writer and musician.]]> depicted an alien invasion of Grover's Mill, New Jersey.]]> account.]]>