The Great Detectives Present the Man Called X (Old Time Radio)
125 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -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.
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EP3785: Man Called X: Operation Cabal
June 08, 2022 06:00 - 35 minutes - 16.5 MBKen goes to a country in the southern hemisphere to prevent a revolution. Original Air Date: May 27, 1952 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 Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives Follow us on Twitter@radiode...
EP3779: Man Called X: Ancient Byzantine Bible
June 01, 2022 06:00 - 36 minutes - 16.9 MBIn 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 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 Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Follow us on Insta...
EP3773: Man Called X: Rescue From Czech Uranium Mine
May 25, 2022 06:00 - 32 minutes - 14.7 MBKen 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 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 Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://instagra...
EP3767: Man Called X: The Desert of Death
May 18, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MBKen goes to Afghanistan to prevent the Soviets from acquiring the hydrogen bomb. Original Air Date: May 6, 1952 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 Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives Follow us on Twitter@radi...
EP3761: Man Called X: Cholera Epidemic
May 11, 2022 06:00 - 34 minutes - 16 MBAfter 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Gi...
EP3755: Man Called X: The Maverick Steer
May 04, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MBKen 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 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 Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Follow ...
EP3749: Man Called X: Sicilian Farmland
April 27, 2022 06:00 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MBThe 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives ...
EP3743: Man Called X: Tanganyika
April 20, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBKen 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.c...
EP3737: Man Called X: Plan to Kill the NATO Pact
April 13, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBThe 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.co...
EP3731: Man Called X: Alaska Weather Station
April 06, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 14 MBKen 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://i...
EP3725: Man Called X: Orinoco Basin
March 30, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBThe 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
EP3719: Man Called X: Ha' Penny Stamp
March 23, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBKen 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://instag...
EP3713: Man Called X: Italy
March 16, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MBKen 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagra...
EP3707: Man Called X: The Clicking Buddha
March 09, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutes - 14 MBA 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Follow us on In...
EP3701: Man Called X: Dirty Racket
March 03, 2022 05:00 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBAn 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives Fo...
EP3695: The Man Called X: Casblanca
February 23, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MBKen goes to Casablanca to investigate Soviet spying on U.S. construction. Original Air Date: January 22, 1952 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives Become one of ourfriends on Fa...
EP3689: Man Called X: Icy Slopes of the Matterhorn
February 16, 2022 06:21 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBKen goes to Europe find out who's undermining pro-Democracy radio broadcasts being sent behind the Iron Curtain. Original Air Date: January 15, 1952
EP3683: Man Called X: Flying Trip to Nowhere
February 09, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MBThe 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Foll...
EP3677: Man Called X: Petroleum Sabotage in Lima
February 02, 2022 07:00 - 36 minutes - 16.6 MBKen 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives ...
EP3671: Man Called X: Invitation to Murder
January 26, 2022 07:00 - 36 minutes - 16.6 MBThe 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a c...
EP3665: Man Called X: Flying Trip to Indonesia
January 19, 2022 07:00 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MBKen flies to Indonesia to find out who's behind the murder of three American oilmen. Original Air Date: July 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives Become one of ourfrien...
EP3559: Man Called X: Casbah
January 12, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MBWith 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://...
EP3653: Man Called X: Death and Treasury March Hand in Hand
January 05, 2022 07:00 - 40 minutes - 18.4 MBThe 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/great...
EP3641: Man Called X: From a Starlit Hill
December 22, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 22.7 MBThe 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 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one...
EP3635: Man Called X: Vienna
December 15, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MBThe 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Fol...
EP3629: The Man Called X: Amazon River
December 08, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 17 MBThe 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 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 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net ...
EP3629: Man Called X: The Amazon River
December 08, 2021 06:01 - 17 MBThe 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 Read more ...
EP3623: Man Called X: Grain Black Market in India
December 01, 2021 06:01 - 34 minutes - 16 MBThe Man Called X goes to India to stop a series of black market thefts of grain from warehouses. Original Air Date: June 8, 1951 Support th Read more ...
EP3617: Man Called X: Stalin Plus Seven
November 24, 2021 06:01 - 37 minutes - 17.3 MBBill Pringle goes behind the iron curtain to Romania to rescue an American businessman being held by the Communist Government for a show trial. Original Air Dat Read more ...
EP3611: Man Called X: A Man, Girl, and a Plot
November 17, 2021 06:01 - 40 minutes - 18.4 MBWith 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
EP3605: Man Called X: Enough Intrigue to Fill a Book
November 10, 2021 06:01 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBThe 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 ...
EP3599: Man Called X: Knocked Off His Feet
November 03, 2021 06:01 - 35 minutes - 16.4 MBKen’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 ...
EP3593: Man Called X: Monte Carlo
October 27, 2021 06:01 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MBThe Man Called X gotes to Monte Carlo to find out why a young American official got involved with a married woman…and then in a duel in which he wa Read more ...
EP3587: Man Called X: Terror Across the Nation
October 20, 2021 06:01 - 36 minutes - 16.6 MBAn Israeli friend of Ken’s tips off to gun smuggling from Turkey to Syria and is then murdered. Original Air Date: April 28, 1951 Lea Read more ...
EP3581: Man Called X: Race Against Death
October 13, 2021 06:01 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MBKen fears that the murder of a crusading reporter is tied to a terrorist Puerto Rican nationalist party. Original Air Date: April 21, 1951 Read more ...
EP3575: Man Called X: Treason at White Sands
October 06, 2021 06:01 - 38 minutes - 17.7 MBThe Man Called X has to find out who’s leaking information from a top-secret government project in New Mexico. Original Air Date: April 14, Read more ...
EP3569: Man Called X: India
September 29, 2021 06:01 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBThe Man Called X goes to India to safeguard efforts to prevent a famine in India and overcome propaganda against those efforts. Original Air Date: Read more ...
EP3369: Man Called X: India
September 29, 2021 06:01 - 5 MBThe Man Called X goes to India to safeguard efforts to prevent a famine in India and overcome propaganda against those efforts. Original Air Date: Read more ...
EP3563: Man Called X: The Blue Unicorn
September 22, 2021 06:01 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBThe Man Called X goes to Ireland to stay in a full of suspicious characters in hopes of recovering stolen papers. Original AIr Date: March 31, 195 Read more ...
EP3557: Man Called X: Missing Witness
September 15, 2021 06:01 - 33 minutes - 15.5 MBKen and Pegon travel to Ecuador to bring back a witness who could help provide testimony to deport the most dangerous foreign agent in the U.S. Or Read more ...
EP3551: Man Called X: University of Leiden
September 08, 2021 06:01 - 37 minutes - 16.9 MBThe 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 ...
EP3545: Man Called X: Cargo Confidente
September 01, 2021 06:01 - 39 minutes - 17.9 MBThe 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 ...
EP3539: Man Called X: Dope Smuggling
August 25, 2021 06:01 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBWhen 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 ...
EP3533: Man Called X: A Tiny Bit of Microfilm
August 18, 2021 06:01 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MBThe 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 ...
EP3527: Man Called X: North of Thirty-Eight
August 11, 2021 06:01 - 40 minutes - 18.3 MBThe 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 ...
EP3521: Man Called X: Mine Sabotage
August 04, 2021 06:01 - 33 minutes - 15.5 MBThe 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 ...
EP3515: Man Called X: Pirates Off the Coast of India
July 28, 2021 06:01 - 41 minutes - 19.1 MBThe 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 ...
EP3509: Man Called X: The Orient Express
July 21, 2021 06:01 - 34 minutes - 16 MBKen travels aboard the Orient Express in search of an international criminal. Original Air Date: January 27, 1951 Support the show monthly Read more ...
EP3497: Man Called X: Japan Underground
July 07, 2021 06:01 - 32 minutes - 15.1 MBKen 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 ...
EP3491: The Man Called X: Five Ounces of Treason
June 30, 2021 06:01 - 32 minutes - 15 MBKen 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 ...