On the evening of October 30, 1938, Clifford and Belle Guest are enjoying a quiet night in their small American town when a radio broadcast shatters the calm. As reports of a Martian invasion spread across the airwaves, neighbors panic, rumors fly, and ordinary citizens struggle to separate fact from fiction. In A Most Terrifying Thing, playwright David R. Remschel takes the true story of Orson Welles’ infamous War of the Worlds broadcast and gives it a darkly comic twist, exploring how fear, imagination, and misinformation can transform an ordinary evening into something unforgettable.