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Join host Adam Graham as he presents every circulating episode of the long-running 1944-52 Mystery/Spy Drama starring Herbert Marshall.

Adam Graham


    • Jun 8, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 33m AVG DURATION
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    EP3785: Man Called X: Operation Cabal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2022 35:57


    Ken goes to a country in the southern hemisphere to prevent a revolution.Original Air Date: May 27, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3779: Man Called X: Ancient Byzantine Bible

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 36:58


    In Athens, Pegon is given a counterfeit Byzantine Bible which holds the key to a missing $10 million fortune that could provide for Greek war orphans.Original Air Date: May 20, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3773: Man Called X: Rescue From Czech Uranium Mine

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 32:06


    Ken goes behind the Iron Curtain into Czechoslovakia to rescue a resistance leader working as slave labor in a uranium mine.Original Air Date: May 13, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3767: Man Called X: The Desert of Death

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 30:19


    Ken goes to Afghanistan to prevent the Soviets from acquiring the hydrogen bomb.Original Air Date: May 6, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3761: Man Called X: Cholera Epidemic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 34:53


    After the murder of a man bringing medical supplies to those strung with cholera in Malaysia the Man Called X travels there to bring medicine and confront the guerillas responsible for the murder.Original Air Date: April 29, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3755: Man Called X: The Maverick Steer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 31:41


    Ken travels to Wyoming to find out if a scientist who was rumored to have collaborated with the Nazis is behind an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle.Original Air Date: April 22, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

    EP3749: Man Called X: Sicilian Farmland

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 37:28


    The Man Called X tries to help a young man pull off an Easter miracle with the delivery of a new tractor.Original Air Date: April 15, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3743: Man Called X: Tanganyika

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 29:55


    Ken Thurston goes to Africa to investigate the source of an uprising and discovers that a supply of cobalt might be at stake.Original Air Date: March 18, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of our friends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3737: Man Called X: Plan to Kill the NATO Pact

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 31:09


    The Man Called X goes to Lisbon to stop an ex-Nazi Scientist with biological weapons and a plan to kill the leaders of NATO.Original Air Date: March 11, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives

    EP3731: Man Called X: Alaska Weather Station

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 30:38


    Ken suspects that a man murdered in Japan was a scientist whose last known location was Alaska and was developing a robotics technology.Original Air Date: March 4, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of our friends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3725: Man Called X: Orinoco Basin

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 29:31


    The Man Called X travels to Venezuela to sabotage and fulfill the dream of a friend to establish a trade route to the. United States and provide jobs for the local economy.Original Air Date: February 26, 1952

    EP3719: Man Called X: Ha' Penny Stamp

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 29:42


    Ken goes to Egypt in hopes of obtaining a ha'penny stamp that contained a coded detailed report on Soviet activity on the back.Original Air Date: February 19, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3713: Man Called X: Italy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 31:37


    Ken travels to Italy to investigate the murder of a U.S. aid official and get to the bottom of Soviet attempts to discredit the U.S. Aid efforts.Original Air Date: February 12, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3707: Man Called X: The Clicking Buddha

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 30:35


    A scientist wearing Ken's overcoat is murdered. Ken travels to Japan to recover the scientist's work into counteracting the effects of atomic radiation.Original Air Date: February 5, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3701: Man Called X: Dirty Racket

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022 29:57


    An old friend of Ken's contacts him to say he's been caught up in a dirty racket and is then murdered.Original Air Date: January 29, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3695: The Man Called X: Casblanca

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 34:29


    Ken goes to Casablanca to investigate Soviet spying on U.S. construction.Original Air Date: January 22, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3689: Man Called X: Icy Slopes of the Matterhorn

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2022 35:35


    Ken goes to Europe find out who's undermining pro-Democracy radio broadcasts being sent behind the Iron Curtain.Original Air Date: January 15, 1952

    EP3683: Man Called X: Flying Trip to Nowhere

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 37:38


    The Man Called X goes undercover as a co-pilot on a flight with three scientists, one of whom has stolen a valuable element from the Los Alamos nuclear laboratories.Original it Date: January 8, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3677: Man Called X: Petroleum Sabotage in Lima

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 36:21


    Ken goes to Lima to find out whether the death of an American geologist is tied to the discovery of oil.Original Air Date: January 1, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3671: Man Called X: Invitation to Murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 36:13


    The Man Called X goes to Chicago to investigate the disappearance of a bureau agent and a "rumor factory" manufacturing false information to undermine service member and civilian morale.Original Air Date: October 1, 1951Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3665: Man Called X: Flying Trip to Indonesia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 36:48


    Ken flies to Indonesia to find out who's behind the murder of three American oilmen.Original Air Date: July 13, 1951Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3559: Man Called X: Casbah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2022 37:39


    With Ken Thurston out of action, Joe Kendall has to go to Algiers to find out who was behind a plane crash that killed a British statesman about to announce a vital loan decision that could determine the stability of the region.Original Air Date: July 6, 1951Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3653: Man Called X: Death and Treasury March Hand in Hand

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 40:18


    The Man Called X pursues two men who have access to America's plans to respond to a Soviet invasion of Western Europe.Original Air Date: June 29, 1951Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3641: Man Called X: From a Starlit Hill

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 49:37


    The Man Called X crashes a plane in the Middle East and meets a mysterious young girl who's decided she no longer wants to live in the world.Original Air Date: December 23, 1950Bonus Episode from Christmas on the Blue:The emergency council has failed in their quest to locate Santa Claus. So they call in the Man Called X who wants to be called Y since he's undercover.Original Air Date: December 24, 1945Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of our friends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

    EP3635: Man Called X: Vienna

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2021 34:48


    The Man Called X goes to Vienna to investigate the death of a newspaper reporter and a feud between his two children...one of whom is connected to the Communist Party.Original Air Date: June 22, 1951Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3629: The Man Called X: Amazon River

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 37:05


    The Man Called X goes to a remote village along the Amazon where the production of rubber is being threatened by unrest among the local population after the murder of a Doctor friend of Ken Thurston.Original Air Date: June 15, 1951Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    EP3629: Man Called X: The Amazon River

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 37:05


    The Man Called X goes to a remote village along the Amazon where the production of rubber is being threatened by unrest among the local population after Read more ...

    EP3623: Man Called X: Grain Black Market in India

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 34:57


    The Man Called X goes to India to stop a series of black market thefts of grain from warehouses. Original Air Date: June 8, 1951 Support th Read more ...

    EP3617: Man Called X: Stalin Plus Seven

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 37:52


    Bill Pringle goes behind the iron curtain to Romania to rescue an American businessman being held by the Communist Government for a show trial. Original Air Dat Read more ...

    EP3611: Man Called X: A Man, Girl, and a Plot

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 40:10


    With the Man Called X out of commission, his friend, Jim Kendall, travels to Hong Kong to investigate an effort to smuggle medical supplies from Hong Kong to mainland Communist China. Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at

    EP3605: Man Called X: Enough Intrigue to Fill a Book

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 35:31


    The Man Called X travels to Haiti to investigate the murder of government officials by Zombies. Original Air Date: May 18, 1951 Support the Read more ...

    EP3599: Man Called X: Knocked Off His Feet

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2021 35:55


    Ken's awakened at five o'clock in the morning by Pegon who calls to say he's in San Francisco with a man who was believed dead. Read more ...

    EP3593: Man Called X: Monte Carlo

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 34:08


    The Man Called X gotes to Monte Carlo to find out why a young American official got involved with a married woman…and then in a duel in which he wa Read more ...

    EP3587: Man Called X: Terror Across the Nation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 36:02


    An Israeli friend of Ken’s tips off to gun smuggling from Turkey to Syria and is then murdered. Original Air Date: April 28, 1951 Lea Read more ...

    EP3581: Man Called X: Race Against Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021


    Ken fears that the murder of a crusading reporter is tied to a terrorist Puerto Rican nationalist party. Original Air Date: April 21, 1951 Read more ...

    EP3575: Man Called X: Treason at White Sands

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 38:25


    The Man Called X has to find out who’s leaking information from a top-secret government project in New Mexico. Original Air Date: April 14, Read more ...

    EP3369: Man Called X: India

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2021


    The Man Called X goes to India to safeguard efforts to prevent a famine in India and overcome propaganda against those efforts. Original Air Date: Read more ...

    EP3563: Man Called X: The Blue Unicorn

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021


    The Man Called X goes to Ireland to stay in a full of suspicious characters in hopes of recovering stolen papers. Original AIr Date: March 31, 195 Read more ...

    EP3557: Man Called X: Missing Witness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 33:40


    Ken and Pegon travel to Ecuador to bring back a witness who could help provide testimony to deport the most dangerous foreign agent in the U.S. Or Read more ...

    EP3551: Man Called X: University of Leiden

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021


    The Man Called X goes to the Netherlands to find out why a respected leader of a political party signed a Communist-drafted “peace plea.” Read more ...

    EP3545: Man Called X: Cargo Confidente

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021


    The Man Called X travels to a dude ranch outside of Helena, Montana to uncover a plot to smuggle foreign agents into the U.S. Original Air Date: M Read more ...

    EP3539: Man Called X: Dope Smuggling

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 33:10


    When Pegon’s arrested for smuggling opium, he claims innocence. Ken goes to Guadalajara to find out who planted it on him. Original Air Date Read more ...

    EP3533: Man Called X: A Tiny Bit of Microfilm

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2021


    The Man Called X travels to Tehran to meet a contact on a plane who has details for the Soviet plans for Iran. Original Air Date February 24, 1951 Read more ...

    EP3527: Man Called X: North of Thirty-Eight

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021


    The Man called X goes to North Korea behind enemy lines to rescue a respected analyst. Original Air Date: February 17, 1951 Support the sho Read more ...

    EP3521: Man Called X: Mine Sabotage

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 33:42


    The Man Called X goes to West Germany to investigate sabotage at a coal mine that threats the European economy. Original Air Date: February 10, 19 Read more ...

    EP3515: Man Called X: Pirates Off the Coast of India

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021


    The Man Called X goes to India after reports of a submarine flying a U.S. flag committing piracy. Original Air Date: February 13, 1951 Supp Read more ...

    EP3509: Man Called X: The Orient Express

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021


    Ken travels aboard the Orient Express in search of an international criminal. Original Air Date: January 27, 1957 Support the show monthly Read more ...

    EP3497: Man Called X: Japan Underground

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021


    Ken goes to Japan to stop a Communist plot to introduce a new group of Kamikaze terrorists. Original Air Date: January 20, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

    EP3491: The Man Called X: Five Ounces of Treason

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 32:35


    Ken goes to Cuba to find the source of a sabotage guide. Original Air Date: January 13, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

    EP3485: Man Called X: Operation Fifty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021


    The Man Called X goes to Uruguay in search of the engraving plates developed by the Nazis that make the most perfect counterfeit money. Original Air Date: January 6, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise,…

    EP3479: Man Called X: Rythym of Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021


    The Man Called X travels to the Belgian Congo to stop an uprising that threatens a Uranium mining operation. Original AIr Date: December 30, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

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