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"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said!"
This week Mike is joined by Kim Newman to discuss one of the most influential and important texts in horror/sci-fi history…HG Welles' WAR OF THE WORLDS, and several of it's adaptations, including the 1938 Orson Welles radio play, the 1953 George Pal movie, the 1978 Jeff Wayne concept album and the 2005 Spielberg blockbuster…
Music by Jack Whitney.
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