What happens
Ken Thurston, the man called X, travels to the Himalayas after receiving a letter from his friend Dr. Bill Conrad, who has died on Mount Lamba Parbat in Bhutan. At a remote base camp he finds a climbing expedition wiped out by a mysterious fever, and he and his companion Peggon begin to suspect something more than natural death is at work among the mountains. The Man Called X is a radio mystery series, and this episode aired on January 11, 1948, starring Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston.
Mount Lamba Parbat in Bhutan, the Himalayas, and a hotel in Chunking, China
Characters: Ken Thurston, Peggon, Dr. Bill Conrad, John Huxford, Llama Shalto, Marleyce, Professor Reader, Salal
Listen for: The eerie chanting of the llama at the temple, and the parrot calls from the snowy camp.
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.