What happens
Ken Thurston, known as the man called X, is sent by the American government to the Middle East to investigate a series of explosions at Acme Oil refineries that have killed American citizens. He follows the trail of a murdered agent aboard a ship bound for Larnivol, where he meets a mysterious passenger, a suspicious doctor, and a beautiful woman named Eleanor Whitsall. Mysterious deaths and stolen chemicals draw Thurston deeper into the case. The Man Called X is a radio drama series first broadcast on April 17, 1947, starring Herbert Marshall.
A ship bound for Larnivol and the oil refineries of the Middle East, including Kuwait and the port of Larna Bullock.
Characters: Ken Thurston, Pagan Smith, Eleanor Whitsall, Frederick Echley, Dr. Fertig, William Habermann, Blackmore, Olaf
Listen for: The explosions at the Acme refineries and the mystery of the murdered agent Habermann.
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.