Originally Posted by kane

I remember watching this when I was a kid, it played several times and I watched it every time. I only found out recently that my grandma on my dad's side was one of those people who got scared by the original radio show. At the time (1938) my dad was 2 years old and my grandpa was working late. My grandma turned on the radio and only listened for a few minutes so she didn't hear any of the warnings/announcements. She freaked out, got in the car with my dad and drove to my grandpa's work where they were all listening to it. I guess she got really angry because they thought she was joking about being scared so they made fun of her.