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Hybrid: Dead Air: The Night Orson Welles Terrified America

Based on his new book, Dead Air: The Night Orson Welles Terrified America, William Hazelgrove uses the actual broadcast and many media stories to detail the great Halloween hoax. On October 30, 1938 Welles broadcast to the world that Martians had landed in New Jersey and were exterminating humans. The coast-to-coast broadcast took the American public on a wild ride as they ran for their lives. 

Hazelgrove will have copies of his book for sale at the conclusion of his presentation. 

About the Speaker: William Elliott Hazelgrove has a master's in History and is the best-selling author of ten novels and seven narrative nonfiction books, including Madame President: The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson, Forging a President: How the West Created Teddy Roosevelt (Regnery Publishing), and Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair (Rowman & Littlefield). He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

You can choose to attend this program in-person or watch online on Zoom. Please indicate your preference when registering. After registering, you receive a link to the Zoom webinar at least three hours before the program. If the event is full, or if you prefer, you can watch the live stream on YouTube.com/@SchaumLib. A recording of this program is available at YouTube.com/@SchaumLib approximately 24 hours after the program is completed. 

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