What happens
Ken Thurston, known as X, is called to the Mekong River in Indochina, where John Dryer is building a hydroelectric dam for the French government. Accidents keep striking the project, and Thurston suspects sabotage. Betty Delacosta, Thurston's fiance, arrives to investigate alongside him, and the assistant engineer Edouard Colander is found dead in his tent. The Anamite villagers believe the dam desecrates their sacred river, and Thurston begins piecing together who stands to gain. The series is The Man Called X, first broadcast on August 8, 1948, starring Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston.
The construction site of the Mekong River dam in Indochina, with its nearby village and construction office.
Characters: Ken Thurston, John Dryer, Betty Delacosta, Edouard Colander, Dongbei, Hong Lin, Mamo, Pagan
Listen for: Pay attention to the clues about the accidents at the dam and to the villagers' belief in the curse of Shiva.
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.