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Did the 1938 Radio Broadcast of 'War of the Worlds' Cause a Nationwide Panic?
Written by:
David Emery
Oct. 27, 2016
Accounts conflict about how terrified Americans really were by Orson Welles' infamous 1938 "War ...
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Did Harry von Zell Introduce the President as 'Hoobert Heever'?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 24, 2021
A notorious radio flub became even more infamous through an exaggerated "re-creation" of it long ...
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Dr. Laura on Pit Bulls
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec. 19, 2014
Did radio host Dr. Laura say that pit bulls in an animal shelter were 'taking up space' and that ...
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Sonny Tufts?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 21, 2012
Did A celebrity guesting on a radio program announce Sonny Tufts' name with bewildered amazement?
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Harry von Zell and Hoobert Heever
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug. 5, 2007
Did radio announcer Harry von Zell once introduce the President Hoover as 'Hoobert Heever'?
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Baghdad Betty and Bart Simpson
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Feb. 1, 2001
Did an Iraqi government propaganda broadcaster warn American soldiers that 'Bart Simpson is maki ...
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Who Is Sonny Tufts?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec. 12, 1999
An old-time legend holds that a celebrity guesting on a radio program announced Sonny Tufts' upc ...
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Clem McCarthy
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 23, 1999
Did Clem McCarthy get the chance to broadcast the first network airing of the Kentucky Derby bec ...
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Swearing Child
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct. 11, 1999
Child earns present from radio's Uncle Don by giving up swearing?
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Did 'The Green Hornet' Change Kato's Nationality After Pearl Harbor?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug. 16, 1999
The nationality of Kato, the Green Hornet's valet, was somewhat ambiguous as World War II began.
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Death of the Lone Ranger
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug. 15, 1999
Was a ruse employed to cover up the death of the actor who voiced radio's Lone Ranger?
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