The Great Detectives Present the Man Called X (Old Time Radio)
125 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 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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Episodes
EP3485: Man Called X: Operation Fifty
June 23, 2021 06:01 - 38 minutes - 17.8 MBThe 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,…
EP3479: Man Called X: Rythym of Death
June 16, 2021 06:01 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MBThe 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 ...
EP3473: Man Called X: Red Messenger
June 09, 2021 06:01 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MBThe 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,…
EP3467: Man Called X: Pipeline for Peace
June 02, 2021 06:01 - 35 minutes - 16.4 MBKen 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 ...
EP3461: Man Called X: Dr. Alvarez's Laboratory
May 26, 2021 06:01 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBKen 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 ...
EP3461: Man Called X: Dr. Alvarez’s Laboratory
May 26, 2021 06:01 - 5 MBKen 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 ...
EP3455: Man Called X: Missing Deciphering Machine Plans
May 19, 2021 06:01 - 31 minutes - 14.6 MBA 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…
EP3449: The Man Called X: Warm Welcome, Sudden Death
May 12, 2021 06:01 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MBThe 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 ...
EP3443: The Man Called X: Rendezvouz with Death
May 05, 2021 06:01 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MBKen 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 ...
EP3437: Man Called X: Professor Czorny Has Disappeared
April 28, 2021 06:01 - 32 minutes - 14.7 MBA 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…
EP3431: The Man Called X: A Journey to Xenophon
April 21, 2021 06:01 - 36 minutes - 16.7 MBThe 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…
EP3331: The Man Called X: A Journey to Xenophon
April 21, 2021 06:01 - 16.7 MBThe 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…
EP3425: Man Called X: One Way to Makassar
April 14, 2021 06:01 - 33 minutes - 15.5 MBThe 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…
EP3325: Man Called X: One Way to Makassar
April 14, 2021 06:01 - 5 MBThe 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…
EP3419: The Man Called X: Custom Cigarettes
April 07, 2021 06:01 - 39 minutes - 18.2 MBA 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…
EP3413: The Man Called X: The Laughing Lady
March 31, 2021 06:01 - 46 minutes - 21.1 MBKen 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,…
EP3407: Man Called X: Madagascar Physicist
March 24, 2021 09:01 - 37 minutes - 17.3 MBKen 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…
EP3401: Man Called X: Kangaraoo Bay
March 17, 2021 06:01 - 34 minutes - 15.6 MBKen 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 ...
EP3395: Man Called X: Worth Her Weight in Gold
March 10, 2021 06:01 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MBKen 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 ...
EP3389: Man Called X: Contraband
March 03, 2021 06:01 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBThe 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 ...
EP3383: Man Called X: The Burma Pennisula
February 24, 2021 06:01 - 33 minutes - 15.5 MBThe 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…
EP3377: Man Called X: The Girl Who Couldn't Remember
February 17, 2021 06:01 - 33 minutes - 15.1 MBA 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…
EP3377: Man Called X: The Girl Who Couldn’t Remember
February 17, 2021 06:01 - 5 MBA 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…
EP3371: Man Called X: The Mekong River Dam
February 10, 2021 06:01 - 35 minutes - 16 MBKen 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 ...
EP3365: Man Called X: Siam Tin Deposits
February 03, 2021 06:01 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBMr. 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 ...
EP3559: Man Called X: Mystery of the Indian Legend
January 27, 2021 06:01 - 15.5 MBThe 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…
EP3359: Man Called X: Mystery of the Indian Legend
January 27, 2021 06:01 - 33 minutes - 15.5 MBThe 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…
EP3353: Man Called X: A Ruby for Pearl
January 20, 2021 07:02 - 26 minutes - 12 MBKen 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 ...
EP3553: Man Called X: A Ruby for Pearl
January 20, 2021 07:02 - 5 MBKen 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 ...
EP3347: Man Called X: One Sailor Died Twice
January 13, 2021 06:01 - 26 minutes - 12 MBPegon 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 ...
EP3347: Man Called X: One Sailor Died Twice
January 12, 2021 09:00 - 12 MBPegon sees an old sailor friend who supposedly went down with a ship carrying medicine. Original Air Date: March 21, 1948
EP3341: Man Called X: The Pickled Chemist
January 06, 2021 06:01 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBThe 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,…
EP3329: Man Called X: On a Starlit Hill
December 23, 2020 07:01 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBWhile 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…
EP3329: Man Called X: From a Starlit Hill
December 22, 2020 07:31 - 13.5 MBWhile 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
EP3323: Man Called X: Passport to Danger
December 16, 2020 06:01 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBKen 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 ...
EP3317: Man Called X: Storm Over the Alps
December 09, 2020 06:01 - 25 minutes - 11.8 MBKen 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…
EP3311: Man Called X: Operation Silver
December 02, 2020 07:16 - 27 minutes - 12.4 MBKen 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…
Man Called X: Operation Silver
December 01, 2020 08:25 - 11.7 MBKen 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
EP3305: Man Called X: Guns on the Niger
November 25, 2020 06:01 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBThe 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 ...
EP3299: Man Called X: Tiger for the Lady
November 18, 2020 06:01 - 27 minutes - 12.6 MBA 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 ...
EP3293: Man Called X: One Way to Macassar
November 11, 2020 07:01 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MBThe 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 ...
EP3287: Man Called X: Carbon Fourteen
November 04, 2020 06:01 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBThe 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 ...
EP3281: Man Called X: The Ranee of Shalakar
October 28, 2020 07:01 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBThe 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…
EP3275: Man Called X: Spirit of the Snows
October 21, 2020 06:01 - 33 minutes - 15.2 MBKen 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…
EP3269: Man Called X: Spot the Eight Ball
October 14, 2020 06:01 - 25 minutes - 11.6 MBAfter 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…
EP3263: The Man Called X: Assignment: Naples
October 07, 2020 06:01 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MBKen 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 ...
EP3257: Man Called X: Delta Concerto
September 30, 2020 06:01 - 24 minutes - 11 MBThe 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…
EP3251: Man Called X: Shipment Condemned
September 23, 2020 07:01 - 27 minutes - 12.7 MBThe 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.‘…
EP3245: Man Called X: Checkmate in Tahiti
September 16, 2020 06:01 - 26 minutes - 12.3 MBKen 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.‘…
EP3239: Man Called X: Report from the Arctic
September 09, 2020 06:01 - 27 minutes - 12.8 MBA 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