What happens
Ken Thurston, known as the man called X, investigates a shipment of crates in Puerto Colombre, Panama, that were marked as farm machinery but contain explosives. The crates were sent by Pagon Zellschmidt, and Ken follows the trail to a nightclub where he meets Eduardo Delacosta and the dancer Maria Chalaya. Captain Fosco of the police joins him in pursuit of a bandit leader known as El Tigre, who threatens the region near the Panama Canal. The series The Man Called X aired on February 8, 1948, starring Herbert Marshall.
Puerto Colombre, Panama, and the nearby waterfront and islands
Characters: Ken Thurston, Pagon Zellschmidt, Maria Chalaya, Eduardo Delacosta, Captain Fosco
Listen for: Ken Thurston's pursuit of the explosives shipment and his first encounter with El Tigre's operation
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.