In this comedy based on true events that occurred on October 30, 1938, a dramatic radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds creates a panic in a small town in New Jersey, as naive listeners mistake it for an account of an actual alien invasion. Tony Hale, Anna Camp, and Heather Burns star. Directed by Jody Lambert., In this intriguing comedy based on true events that occurred in 1938, a dramatic radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” creates a panic in small-town New Jersey, as naive listeners mistake it for an account of an actual alien invasion., In this comedy based on true events that occurred in 1938, a dramatic radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” creates a panic in a small town in New Jersey, as naive listeners mistake it for an account of an actual alien invasion.