Beginning in World War II, the Man Called X (Herbert Marshall) fought for freedom, solving mysteries and battling Nazism, Post-War profiteering, and Communism. Suave, sophisticated and ready for action and mystery. Before there was James Bond, there was the Man Called X. Join him in every old time radio adventure as he fights evil and tries to avoid getting cheated by his erstwhile "friend" Pegon Zellschmidt.
Ken goes to a country in the southern hemisphere to prevent a revolution.
Original Air Date: May 27, 1952
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In Athens, Pegon is given a counterfeit Byzantine Bible which holds the key to a missing $10 million fortune that could provide for Greek war orphans.
Original Air Date: May 20, 1952
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Ken goes behind the Iron Curtain into Czechoslovakia to rescue a resistance leader working as slave labor in a uranium mine.
Original Air Date: May 13, 1952
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Ken goes to Afghanistan to prevent the Soviets from acquiring the hydrogen bomb.
Original Air Date: May 6, 1952
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After the murder of a man bringing medical supplies to those strung with cholera in Malaysia the Man Called X travels there to bring medicine and confront the guerillas responsible for the murder.
Original Air Date: April 29, 1952
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Ken travels to Wyoming to find out if a scientist who was rumored to have collaborated with the Nazis is behind an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle.
Original Air Date: April 22, 1952
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The Man Called X tries to help a young man pull off an Easter miracle with the delivery of a new tractor.
Original Air Date: April 15, 1952
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Ken Thurston goes to Africa to investigate the source of an uprising and discovers that a supply of cobalt might be at stake.
Original Air Date: March 18, 1952
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The Man Called X goes to Lisbon to stop an ex-Nazi Scientist with biological weapons and a plan to kill the leaders of NATO.
Original Air Date: March 11, 1952
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Ken suspects that a man murdered in Japan was a scientist whose last known location was Alaska and was developing a robotics technology.
Original Air Date: March 4, 1952
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The Man Called X travels to Venezuela to sabotage and fulfill the dream of a friend to establish a trade route to the. United States and provide jobs for the local economy.
Original Air Date: February 26, 1952
Ken goes to Egypt in hopes of obtaining a ha'penny stamp that contained a coded detailed report on Soviet activity on the back.
Original Air Date: February 19, 1952
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Ken travels to Italy to investigate the murder of a U.S. aid official and get to the bottom of Soviet attempts to discredit the U.S. Aid efforts.
Original Air Date: February 12, 1952
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A scientist wearing Ken's overcoat is murdered. Ken travels to Japan to recover the scientist's work into counteracting the effects of atomic radiation.
Original Air Date: February 5, 1952
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An old friend of Ken's contacts him to say he's been caught up in a dirty racket and is then murdered.
Original Air Date: January 29, 1952
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Ken goes to Casablanca to investigate Soviet spying on U.S. construction.
Original Air Date: January 22, 1952
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Ken goes to Europe find out who's undermining pro-Democracy radio broadcasts being sent behind the Iron Curtain.
Original Air Date: January 15, 1952
The Man Called X goes undercover as a co-pilot on a flight with three scientists, one of whom has stolen a valuable element from the Los Alamos nuclear laboratories.
Original it Date: January 8, 1952
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Ken goes to Lima to find out whether the death of an American geologist is tied to the discovery of oil.
Original Air Date: January 1, 1952
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The Man Called X goes to Chicago to investigate the disappearance of a bureau agent and a "rumor factory" manufacturing false information to undermine service member and civilian morale.
Original Air Date: October 1, 1951
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Ken flies to Indonesia to find out who's behind the murder of three American oilmen.
Original Air Date: July 13, 1951
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With Ken Thurston out of action, Joe Kendall has to go to Algiers to find out who was behind a plane crash that killed a British statesman about to announce a vital loan decision that could determine the stability of the region.
Original Air Date: July 6, 1951
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The Man Called X pursues two men who have access to America's plans to respond to a Soviet invasion of Western Europe.
Original Air Date: June 29, 1951
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The Man Called X crashes a plane in the Middle East and meets a mysterious young girl who’s decided she no longer wants to live in the world.
Original Air Date: December 23, 1950
Bonus Episode from Christmas on the Blue:
The emergency council has failed in their quest to locate Santa Claus. So they call in the Man Called X who wants to be called Y since he’s undercover.
Original Air Date: December 24, 1945
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The Man Called X goes to Vienna to investigate the death of a newspaper reporter and a feud between his two children...one of whom is connected to the Communist Party.
Original Air Date: June 22, 1951
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The Man Called X goes to a remote village along the Amazon where the production of rubber is being threatened by unrest among the local population after the murder of a Doctor friend of Ken Thurston.
Original Air Date: June 15, 1951
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With the Man Called X out of commission, his friend, Jim Kendall, travels to Hong Kong to investigate an effort to smuggle medical supplies from Hong Kong to mainland Communist China. Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at
The Man Called X travels to Haiti to investigate the murder of government officials by Zombies. Original Air Date: May 18, 1951 Support the Read more ...
Ken’s awakened at five o’clock in the morning by Pegon who calls to say he’s in San Francisco with a man who was believed dead. Read more ...
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The Man Called X goes to the Netherlands to find out why a respected leader of a political party signed a Communist-drafted “peace plea.” Read more ...
The Man Called X travels to a dude ranch outside of Helena, Montana to uncover a plot to smuggle foreign agents into the U.S. Original Air Date: M Read more ...
When Pegon’s arrested for smuggling opium, he claims innocence. Ken goes to Guadalajara to find out who planted it on him. Original Air Date Read more ...
The Man Called X travels to Tehran to meet a contact on a plane who has details for the Soviet plans for Iran. Original Air Date February 24, 1951 Read more ...
The Man called X goes to North Korea behind enemy lines to rescue a respected analyst. Original Air Date: February 17, 1951 Support the sho Read more ...
The Man Called X goes to West Germany to investigate sabotage at a coal mine that threats the European economy. Original Air Date: February 10, 19 Read more ...
The Man Called X goes to India after reports of a submarine flying a U.S. flag committing piracy. Original Air Date: February 13, 1951 Supp Read more ...
Ken travels aboard the Orient Express in search of an international criminal. Original Air Date: January 27, 1951 Support the show monthly Read more ...
Ken goes to Japan to stop a Communist plot to introduce a new group of Kamikaze terrorists. Original Air Date: January 20, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
Ken goes to Cuba to find the source of a sabotage guide. Original Air Date: January 13, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
The Man Called X goes to Uruguay in search of the engraving plates developed by the Nazis that make the most perfect counterfeit money. Original Air Date: January 6, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise,…
The Man Called X travels to the Belgian Congo to stop an uprising that threatens a Uranium mining operation. Original AIr Date: December 30, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
The Man Called X goes to Austraia to find out how the secerts of U.S. Atomic research is finding its hands into the hands of an enemy power. Original Air Date: December 16, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham,…
Ken goes to Beirut to stop weapons smuggiling that threatens to destablize the Middle East. Original AIr Date: December 9, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
Ken travels to Guatamala where a newly developed airborne form of cholera has been stolen. Original Air Date: December 2, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
A friend of Ken’s disappeared from Virginia home with the secret to a deciphering machine and Ken sets out to find him. Original Air Date: November 25, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715…
The Man Called X goes to Tibet to thwart a Communist plot to take control. Original Air Date: November 18, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
Ken travels to Burma when a telegraph operator is shot in Rangoon to prevent him from sending a message. Original AIr Date: November 11, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
A famed scientist has disappeared and a music box sent in the mail sends Ken Thurston beyond the Iron Curtain to Czechoslovakia. Original Air Date: November 3, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715…
The Man Called X travels aboard a cattle boat to the Greek Island of Xenophon in hope of recovering stolen radioactive isotopes. Original Air Date: October 27, 1950 This episode brought to you by Wooga and their podcast June’s Journey: The Lost Diaries Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time…
The Man Called X travels to Indonesia to board a freighter in hopes of catching the head of an international espionage ring. October Air Date: October 20, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho…
A woman dies on a train after handing Mr. X a box of custom cigarettes, sending Mister X to Ankara on the trail of a killer and atomic secrets. Original Air Date: October 13, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam…
Ken and Pegon go to Sicily to take on the mafia. The only clue they have is the last words of a dying circus performer. Original Air Date: September 26, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913,…
Ken and Pegon travel to Madgascar to help rescue an atomic physicist on the verge of a great story from an unscrupulous gangster. Original Air Date: September 19, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho…
Ken goes to Australia to investigate some problems that a friend doing desalination experiments is running into. Original Air Date: September 12, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
Ken and Pegon board to safeguard from pirates a shipment of gold that’s vital to providing food to China. Original Air Date: September 5, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
The Man Called X goes to Mexico to break up a contraband smuggling ring. Original Air Date: August 29, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
The Man Called X travels to Burma where war refugees have been stranded and are in conflict with local farmers. Original Air Date: August 22, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more…
A young woman with amnesia is key to the Man Called X locating a stolen collection of paintings that’s needed to provide a good future to Italian war orphans. Original Air Date: August 15, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam…
Ken Thurston travels to Cambodia to prevent the sabotage of a major dam project. Original Air Date: August 8, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
Mr. X goes to Bangkok to search for the location of a large deposit of tin…and a murderer. Original Air Date: June 6, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
The Man Called X goes out West to investigate a fire that burned twenty-three boys at a camp to death. Original Air Date: May 8, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more…
Ken goes to Paraguay on the trail of jewel thieves. Original Air Date: March 28, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
Pegon sees an old sailor friend who supposedly went down with a ship carrying medicine. Original Air Date: March 21, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://supp Read more ...
The Man Called X follows a lead that indicates a friend of Pegon may have sold useless pesticides to be used in South America. Original Air Date: March 14, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise,…
While in the Middle East, Ken and Pegon crashed a plane. In the desert, Ken meets a young girl who says she doesn’t want to grow up. Original Air Date: December 21, 1947 Sponosored by Betterhelp.com. Listeners can get 10% off their first month when they go to http://www.betterhelp.com/box13 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net…
Ken goes to Luxembourg to stop an attempt to smuggle war criminals into the United States. Original Air Date: March 7, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
Ken goes to Switzerland to stay at the home of a master counterfeiter who insists he’s retired, but who Ken suspect is behind a counterfeiting operation he’s investigating. Original Air Date:February 29, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO…
Ken goes to Valley Forge in search for George Washington’s candlestick…and the key to recovering treasures stolen by the Nazis. Original Air Date: February 22, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more…
The Man Called X and Pegon travel down the Niger river to stop the sale of stolen weapons. Original Air Date: February 15, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
A note from Pegon sends Mr. X to Panama to prevent an effort to overthrow the government. Original Air Date: February 8, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
The Man Called X and Pagon board a boat on a tip in hopes of catching an international criminal. Original Air Date: February 1, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
The Man Called X travels to Los Angeles to investigate a report of a missing radioactive isotope. Original Air Date: January 25, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
The Man Called X goes to Shalakar after an American businessman is ejected from the country on trumped up charges. Original Air Date: January 18, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more…
Ken Thurston goes to Bhutan searching of a Nazi biological weapons designer when parrot fever appears in a region with no parrots. Original Air Date: January 11, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715…
After watching a plane take off carrying a man who identified himself as a British knight affiliated with the Air Ministry, Ken Thurston learns the man is actually a criminal and spy. Original Air Date: January 4, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a…
Ken Thurston goes to Naples to protect a shipment of seeds, and is robbed by two juvenile war orphans. Original Air Date: December 28, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
The Man Called X travels to Columbia to foil a plot to destabilize the country and all of Latin America. Original Air Date: December 14, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more…
The Man Called X goes to Uruguay when a friend is murdered while investigating an entire shipment of meat that was found to be bad by a meat inspector…by the name of Pegon Zellschmidt. Original Air Date: December 7, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘…
Ken Thurston travels to Tahiti to investigate a series of “accidents” occurring at a large phosphate mine in Tahiti that’s taken the life of a prominent man who reached out to him for help. Original Air Date: November 30, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘…
A report from a recently arctic expedition that could open the Arctic to colonization is missing. Original Air Date: November 23, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at
The Man Called X goes to Greece to investigate the black market sale of medicine. Original Air Date: November 16, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
Ken travels to Algiers after getting a letter from an archaeologist warning that something hidden in the ruins could threaten the peace of the world. Original Air Date: November 9, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913,…
While watching a film about new aviation technology, Ken discovers that one of the leading scientists on the project is a man who died in World War II. Original Air Date: November 2, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham,…
The Man Called X goes to Oregon to investigate sabotage at a local lumber mill. Original Air Date: October 16, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
The Man Called X goes to the Philippines to foil the theft of a gold shipment. Original Air Date: October 9, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
Ken Thurston goes to Monte Carlo to search for Pegon when he learns that he’s fraudulently claimed information for a weapon of mass destruction. Original Air Date: October 2, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time bas Read more ...
Ken travels to Saigon to investigate when an anthropologist who disappeared on a lost scientific expedition six weeks previously shows up murdered. Original Air Date: September 4, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715…
The Man Called X goes to Arizona near the Mexican Border to investigate a series of illegal border crossings that are tied to a small pox outbreak. Original Air Date: August 21, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO…
Ken travels to Lisbon to investigate a racket that helps women get into the U.S. through fraudulent marriages. Original Air Date: August 7, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
The Man Called X tries to make sure that vitally needed radium is delivered to a hospital in Manilla. Original Air Date: July 24, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
A report from Pegon’s cousin reveals that three Rembrandts hanging at a New York gallery are forgeries and sends the Man Called X to Brazil in search of the actual paintings. Original Air Date:June 26, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to:…
The Man Called X pretends to have been killed so he can catch a dangerous criminal with a fixation on silver. Original Air Date: June 19, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read…
Several returned servicemen have been swindled with the promise of a house in Hawaii and the Man Called X has been implicated. Original Air Date: June 5, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715…
The Man Called X travels to Central America to prevent a coup. Original Air Date: April 24. 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
The Man Called X investigates the disappearance of the companion ship of a ship that made it safely to harbor. Original Air Date: April 24,1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
The Man Called X investigates a series of sabotage at oil refineries. Original Air Date:April 17, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
The Man Called X investigates when a scientist on an Antarctic expedition who is an expert is uranium disappears mysteriously. Original Air Date: April 3, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more…
Ken takes a vacation on a small island off the coast of Maine but finds something suspicious is going on. Original Air Date: July 30, 1946 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more…
When a mysterious woman kisses him, the Man Called X has to France to find her and the jewelry she was wearing. Original Air Date: July 23, 1946 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715…
The Man Called X heads to Berlin to ensure that a Nazi isn’t able to escape justice before the allies arrive. Original Air Date: March 3, 1945 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read…
A jeweler comes to Ken and reveals that he’s received two priceless industrial diamonds that are going to be sent to the Nazis if the Man Called X can’t stop him. Original Air Date: November 25, 1944 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation…
Ken sees an old friend in a music shop, and then follows him home to find him murdered. This leads Ken to Bulgaria. Original Air Date: October 7, 1944 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho…
The Man Called X has to go to India after he found out a man he was delivering a contract to had been murdered. Original Air Date: September 30, 1944 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise,…
An old friend is murdered in New York which leads Ken Thurston to Italy. Original Air Date: August 28, 1944 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...