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'War of the Welles,' the 'War of the Worlds' back story - Off-Ramp for October 26, 2013

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R.H. Greene's new documentary, "War of the Welles," shows how Orson Welles got to "The War of the Worlds," and says it really did panic millions of listeners.

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