What happens
Ken Thurston, the man called X, is hired to guard a shipment of radium bound for Manila, a valuable cargo that has drawn the attention of the underworld. Despite the chief's reluctance, Thurston boards a charter flight carrying the briefcase of radium along with a small group of passengers, among them a baron, a princess and a Mr. Pagan. Threats are made by telephone, a passenger is found dead, and tensions rise as the plane heads west. The Man Called X is a radio drama series, and this episode aired on July 24, 1947, starring Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston.
New York, then a charter flight from New York to Manila by way of Kansas City, Denver and San Francisco in 1947
Characters: Ken Thurston, Pagan, Baron Erthing St. Pirth, Princess Katushka, Dr. Mosley, Don Louis Ruiz, Mr. Coco, Helen
Listen for: The threatening telephone call to Don Louis Ruiz and the death of the passenger Davis aboard the plane
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.