What happens
Ken Thurston, an agent investigating a rumor factory in Chicago, is searching for his missing colleague Jack Doyle. Egon, a former associate, joins him in the search after shots are fired near the Cafe Arcadie. The two men trace Doyle to a lending library at the hotel, then to a Dr. Ralph Townsend's office. Thurston and Egon find Doyle's body, and Thurston confronts Townsend and his staff about the rumors being spread across the country. The story is set in Chicago in 1951 on The Man Called X, starring Herbert Marshall.
Chicago, Illinois, 1951
Characters: Ken Thurston, Egon, Jack Doyle, Zell Schmidt, Dick Costa, Dr. Ralph Townsend, Anne Rogers, Mr. Ferris
Listen for: Listen for Ken Thurston discovering Jack Doyle's body in Dr. Townsend's office and the confrontation that follows.
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.