What happens
Ken Thurston flies to Los Angeles after physics instructor Bill Wilson calls him from a university there, warning that carbon-14 has been disappearing. At the university's nuclear research department, Ken meets Carla Reiner, the assistant to Dr. Sherwood, the department head. Soon after his arrival, an ambulance crew loots the isotope store room, and Wilson is reported missing after a shooting in his office. Ken works to connect the stolen isotopes with Wilson and the people around him. The Man Called X is a radio drama series, and this episode first aired on January 25, 1948, starring Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston.
A university near Los Angeles, including its nuclear research building and physics office, and the city and its airport.
Characters: Ken Thurston, Bill Wilson, Carla Reiner, Dr. Sherwood, Professor Uda, Pagan Schmidt
Listen for: The ambulance crew that loots the isotope store room, and the clues Ken follows to the airplane that carries the stolen isotopes.
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.