What happens
Ken Thurston, the man called X, investigates whether American-made guns are being smuggled into Sicily for the Mafia. A tip leads him to Alfredo Parelli, a clown performing with a struggling circus in Sicily, who has died shortly before Ken arrives. Ken works with his assistant Pagan as they uncover the circus's connections to the Parelli family and to a woman clown known as the laughing lady. Herbert Marshall plays Ken Thurston. The series is presented by Frigidaire, and this episode aired on September 26, 1948.
Sicily and Palermo, with a traveling circus near a Sicilian village, and a brief scene at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Characters: Ken Thurston, Pagan, Alfredo Parelli, Alice Parelli, Cole, Jane Bishop, Chief
Listen for: Pay attention to the dying clue of 'laughing lady' and the American-made .22 bullets found near the circus.
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.