The Great Detectives Present the Man Called X (Old Time Radio)

Adam Graham

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. read less
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EP3785: Man Called X: Operation Cabal
Jun 8 2022
EP3785: Man Called X: Operation Cabal
Ken goes to a country in the southern hemisphere to prevent a revolution.Original Air Date: May 27, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

Episodes

EP3785: Man Called X: Operation Cabal
Jun 8 2022
EP3785: Man Called X: Operation Cabal
Ken goes to a country in the southern hemisphere to prevent a revolution.Original Air Date: May 27, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
EP3779: Man Called X: Ancient Byzantine Bible
Jun 1 2022
EP3779: Man Called X: Ancient Byzantine Bible
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, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
EP3773: Man Called X: Rescue From Czech Uranium Mine
May 25 2022
EP3773: Man Called X: Rescue From Czech Uranium Mine
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, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
EP3767: Man Called X: The Desert of Death
May 18 2022
EP3767: Man Called X: The Desert of Death
Ken goes to Afghanistan to prevent the Soviets from acquiring the hydrogen bomb.Original Air Date: May 6, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
EP3761: Man Called X: Cholera Epidemic
May 11 2022
EP3761: Man Called X: Cholera Epidemic
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, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
EP3755: Man Called X: The Maverick Steer
May 4 2022
EP3755: Man Called X: The Maverick Steer
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, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
EP3749: Man Called X: Sicilian Farmland
Apr 27 2022
EP3749: Man Called X: Sicilian Farmland
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, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
EP3743: Man Called X: Tanganyika
Apr 20 2022
EP3743: Man Called X: Tanganyika
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, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of our friends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
EP3737: Man Called X: Plan to Kill the NATO Pact
Apr 13 2022
EP3737: Man Called X: Plan to Kill the NATO Pact
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, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives
EP3731: Man Called X: Alaska Weather Station
Apr 6 2022
EP3731: Man Called X: Alaska Weather Station
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, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of our friends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
EP3725: Man Called X: Orinoco Basin
Mar 30 2022
EP3725: Man Called X: Orinoco Basin
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
EP3719: Man Called X: Ha' Penny Stamp
Mar 23 2022
EP3719: Man Called X: Ha' Penny Stamp
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, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
EP3713: Man Called X: Italy
Mar 16 2022
EP3713: Man Called X: Italy
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, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
EP3707: Man Called X: The Clicking Buddha
Mar 9 2022
EP3707: Man Called X: The Clicking Buddha
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, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
EP3701: Man Called X: Dirty Racket
Mar 3 2022
EP3701: Man Called X: Dirty Racket
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, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
EP3695: The Man Called X: Casblanca
Feb 23 2022
EP3695: The Man Called X: Casblanca
Ken goes to Casablanca to investigate Soviet spying on U.S. construction.Original Air Date: January 22, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
EP3689: Man Called X: Icy Slopes of the Matterhorn
Feb 16 2022
EP3689: Man Called X: Icy Slopes of the Matterhorn
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
EP3683: Man Called X: Flying Trip to Nowhere
Feb 9 2022
EP3683: Man Called X: Flying Trip to Nowhere
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, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
EP3677: Man Called X: Petroleum Sabotage in Lima
Feb 2 2022
EP3677: Man Called X: Petroleum Sabotage in Lima
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, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
EP3671: Man Called X: Invitation to Murder
Jan 26 2022
EP3671: Man Called X: Invitation to Murder
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, 1951Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives