The Great Detectives Present the Man Called X (Old Time Radio)
Oct 2, 2026 · 40 min · 20 segments
Original Release Date: December 8, 2021 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…
Strange that that should have been the setting for a silent, deadly battle for the souls and minds of men.
[whip cracking] Ah! [body thudding] [footsteps] [whip cracking] [dramatic music]
So Dr. Maddock's been murdered.
That's right, Ken.
Sorry to hit you with news like that about an old friend on your first day back from Calcutta.
Where did that happen, chief?
In a little village called Belterra, up the Amazon River in Brazil.
Hmm.
What was he doing there? Establishing a new medical clinic?
Yeah.
You knew, of course, that he was working with the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, cooperating with the Brazilian government.
Yeah.
Trying to stamp out disease, malnutrition.
So somebody killed him.
Chief, it's an old pattern.
We've been running into it all over the Americas, wherever we're getting strategic materials, and it's not coincidence.
You think Dr. Maddock's death is tied up with a plan to sabotage our defense efforts?
What do you think?
Hmm.
Maybe you're right, Ken.
After all, rubber is a pretty vital material these days.
So are human lives.
Oh well, you'll hear from me, chief.
[Instrumental music]
Strange that that should have been the setting for a silent, deadly battle for the souls and minds of men.
[whip cracking] Ah! [body thudding] [footsteps] [whip cracking] [dramatic music]
So Dr. Maddock's been murdered.
That's right, Ken.
Sorry to hit you with news like that about an old friend on your first day back from Calcutta.
Where did that happen, chief?
In a little village called Belterra, up the Amazon River in Brazil.
Hmm.
What was he doing there? Establishing a new medical clinic?
Yeah.
You knew, of course, that he was working with the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, cooperating with the Brazilian government.
Yeah.
Trying to stamp out disease, malnutrition.
So somebody killed him.
Chief, it's an old pattern.
We've been running into it all over the Americas, wherever we're getting strategic materials, and it's not coincidence.
You think Dr. Maddock's death is tied up with a plan to sabotage our defense efforts?
What do you think?
Hmm.
Maybe you're right, Ken.
After all, rubber is a pretty vital material these days.
So are human lives.
Oh well, you'll hear from me, chief.
[Instrumental music]
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