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Orson Welles is the bombastic wonder boy of radio and stage. But is he also a murderer?Walter Gibsoncreator of pulp superhero the Shadowtravels to New York City to collaborate on a script with Welles, star of the radio show The Mercury Theatre on the Air. The young Welles is a charming but difficult taskmaster who relishes dramatic blowouts with friends, lovers, and colleagues. So when a dead body is found in the studio minutes before the live broadcast of The War of the Worlds, Gibson knows Welles will be the New York Police Departments number one suspect. Gibson has exactly one hourwhile Welles is on the air enacting the infamous hoax story of a Martian invasionto find the real murderer and clear the radio stars name. With its brilliant reconstruction of the broadcast that hoodwinked the nation, The War of the Worlds Murder is a paean to radios golden age.