The Great Detectives Present the Man Called X (Old Time Radio)

By Adam Graham

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Episodes: 113

danV
 May 29, 2021
insufferable. a "famous" Secret agent. a clownish sidekick shows up in every episode under the most absurd circumstances. do not subscribe. awful

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Before there was James Bond, I Spy, or Danger Man, there was The Man Called X. The Man Called X began during the latter part of World War II as the founding of the O.S.S. sparked public interest in espionage, spies, and secret missions.  The series outlasted the war and starred Herbert Marshall as the Man Called X (aka Ken Thurston) traveling the world to troubleshoot threats to peace, the security of the U.S., and the world into the 1950s.In his journeys, Thurston was joined by a criminal and conman Pegon Zellschmidt (Hans Conreid and then Leon Belasco) who would assist Thurston but also often would sell him out to the bad guys before eventually helping him in the end.The series began as a summer replacement in 1944 over CBS and was picked up for 26 26-week run over the Blue Network (which later became ABC) in the fall of 1944. It was then brought back for summer runs over NBC in 1945 and 46, before landing back at CBS for a seventy-eight week run from 1947-48. After two years off the air, the series returned to NBC for its final two seasons where it aired along with the similar Dangerous Assignment. The concept was revived as a syndicated TV show starring Barry Sullivan in 1956.Your host Adam Graham is your guide through all circulating episodes. This series originally aired as part of The Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio from 2020-2023

Episode Date
Man Called X: Report from the Arctic
May 30, 2025
Man Called X: Journey to Xenophon
May 23, 2025
Man Called X: Written in the Sand
May 16, 2025
Man Called X: Ashes to Ashes
May 02, 2025
Man Called X: Timber Country
Apr 25, 2025
Man Called X: All that Glitters
Apr 18, 2025
Man Called X: No One Wins On Zero
Apr 11, 2025
Man Called X: The Throne of Tay-Ninh
Apr 04, 2025
Man Called X: The Lost Ones
Mar 28, 2025
Man Called X: Till Death Do Us Part
Mar 21, 2025
Man Called X: Destination Manilla
Mar 14, 2025
Man Called X: Rembrandt in Rio
Mar 07, 2025
Man Called X: The Tomb Raider Rifles
Feb 28, 2025
Man Called X: Swindle in Honolulu
Feb 20, 2025
Man Called X: The Stamp Story
Feb 14, 2025
Man Called X: Mystery of the Indian Legend
Feb 07, 2025
Man Called X: Mr. Messler and the Insurance Policy
Jan 31, 2025
Man Called X: Acme Oil Refinery
Jan 24, 2025
Man Called X: The Antarctic Expedition
Jan 17, 2025
Man Called X: The Turtle Island Vacation
Jan 10, 2025
Man Called X: The Stolen Lavalier
Jan 02, 2025
Man Called X: Into Berlin
Dec 27, 2024
Man Called X: Stolen Diamonds
Dec 20, 2024
Man Called X: My Sweet Misses Me
Dec 13, 2024
Man Called X: The Quinine Contract Letter
Dec 06, 2024
Man Called X: Murder, Music, and a Blonde Madonna
Nov 29, 2024
Man Called X: Operation Cabal
Jun 08, 2022
Man Called X: Ancient Byzantine Bible
Jun 01, 2022
Man Called X: Rescue From Czech Uranium Mine
May 25, 2022
Man Called X: The Desert of Death
May 18, 2022
Man Called X: Cholera Epidemic
May 11, 2022
Man Called X: The Maverick Steer
May 04, 2022
Man Called X: Sicilian Farmland
Apr 27, 2022
Man Called X: Tanganyika
Apr 20, 2022
Man Called X: Plan to Kill the NATO Pact
Apr 13, 2022
Man Called X: Alaska Weather Station
Apr 06, 2022
Man Called X: Orinoco Basin
Mar 30, 2022
Man Called X: Ha' Penny Stamp
Mar 23, 2022
Man Called X: Italy
Mar 16, 2022
Man Called X: The Clicking Buddha
Mar 09, 2022
Man Called X: Dirty Racket
Mar 03, 2022
Man Called X: Casblanca
Feb 23, 2022
Man Called X: Icy Slopes of the Matterhorn
Feb 16, 2022
Man Called X: Flying Trip to Nowhere
Feb 09, 2022
Man Called X: Petroleum Sabotage in Lima
Feb 02, 2022
Man Called X: Invitation to Murder
Jan 26, 2022
Man Called X: Flying Trip to Indonesia
Jan 19, 2022
Man Called X: Casbah
Jan 12, 2022
Man Called X: Death and Treasury March Hand in Hand
Jan 05, 2022
Man Called X: From a Starlit Hill
Dec 22, 2021
Man Called X: Vienna
Dec 15, 2021
Man Called X: Amazon River
Dec 08, 2021
Man Called X: Grain Black Market in India
Dec 01, 2021
Man Called X: Stalin Plus Seven
Nov 24, 2021
Man Called X: A Man, Girl, and a Plot
Nov 17, 2021
Man Called X: Enough Intrigue to Fill a Book
Nov 10, 2021
Man Called X: Knocked Off His Feet
Nov 03, 2021
Man Called X: Monte Carlo
Oct 27, 2021
Man Called X: Terror Across the Nation
Oct 20, 2021
Man Called X: Race Against Death
Oct 13, 2021
Man Called X: Treason at White Sands
Oct 06, 2021
Man Called X: India
Sep 29, 2021
Man Called X: The Blue Unicorn
Sep 22, 2021
Man Called X: Missing Witness
Sep 15, 2021
Man Called X: University of Leiden
Sep 08, 2021
Man Called X: Cargo Confidente
Sep 01, 2021
Man Called X: Dope Smuggling
Aug 25, 2021
Man Called X: A Tiny Bit of Microfilm
Aug 18, 2021
Man Called X: North of Thirty-Eight
Aug 11, 2021
Man Called X: Mine Sabotage
Aug 04, 2021
Man Called X: Pirates Off the Coast of India
Jul 28, 2021
Man Called X: The Orient Express
Jul 21, 2021
Man Called X: Japan Underground
Jul 07, 2021
Man Called X: Five Ounces of Treason
Jun 30, 2021
Man Called X: Operation Fifty
Jun 23, 2021
Man Called X: Rythym of Death
Jun 16, 2021
Man Called X: Red Messenger
Jun 09, 2021
Man Called X: Pipeline for Peace
Jun 02, 2021
Man Called X: Dr. Alvarez's Laboratory
May 26, 2021
Man Called X: Missing Deciphering Machine Plans
May 19, 2021
Man Called X: Warm Welcome, Sudden Death
May 12, 2021
Man Called X: Rendezvouz with Death
May 05, 2021
Man Called X: Professor Czorny Has Disappeared
Apr 28, 2021
Man Called X: A Journey to Xenophon
Apr 21, 2021
Man Called X: One Way to Makassar
Apr 14, 2021
Man Called X: Custom Cigarettes
Apr 07, 2021
Man Called X: The Laughing Lady
Mar 31, 2021
Man Called X: Madagascar Physicist
Mar 24, 2021
Man Called X: Kangaraoo Bay
Mar 17, 2021
Man Called X: Worth Her Weight in Gold
Mar 10, 2021
Man Called X: Contraband
Mar 03, 2021
Man Called X: The Burma Pennisula
Feb 24, 2021
Man Called X: The Girl Who Couldn't Remember
Feb 17, 2021
Man Called X: The Mekong River Dam
Feb 10, 2021
Man Called X: Siam Tin Deposits
Feb 03, 2021
Man Called X: A Ruby for Pearl
Jan 20, 2021
Man Called X: One Sailor Died Twice
Jan 13, 2021
Man Called X: The Pickled Chemist
Jan 06, 2021
Man Called X: On a Starlit Hill
Dec 23, 2020
Man Called X: Passport to Danger
Dec 16, 2020
Man Called X: Storm Over the Alps
Dec 09, 2020
Man Called X: Operation Silver
Dec 02, 2020
Man Called X: Guns on the Niger
Nov 25, 2020
Man Called X: Tiger for the Lady
Nov 18, 2020
Man Called X: One Way to Macassar
Nov 11, 2020
Man Called X: Carbon Fourteen
Nov 04, 2020
Man Called X: The Ranee of Shalakar
Oct 28, 2020
Man Called X: Spirit of the Snows
Oct 21, 2020
Man Called X: Spot the Eight Ball
Oct 14, 2020
Man Called X: Assignment: Naples
Oct 07, 2020
Man Called X: Delta Concerto
Sep 30, 2020
Man Called X: Shipment Condemned
Sep 23, 2020
Man Called X: Checkmate in Tahiti
Sep 16, 2020