Get this and get it straight.

Crime is a sucker's road,

and those who travel it'd wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you're about to hear is true. The

The story you were about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize.

Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account.

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator

yours truly Johnny Deller The Hello and welcome to down these mean streets and more old-time radio

detectives and crime fighters. I don't know about you, but I could use a vacation.

And a trip to Hawaii sounds pretty good right about now.

Unfortunately, I can't go. pretty good right about now.

Unfortunately, I can't go, and chances are you can't either,

but today we'll have what's maybe the next best thing,

a radio trip to Hawaii with four old-time radio mysteries set in the islands.

First up is an adventure of Ken Thurston, the daring secret agent known as the man called X.

Herbert Marshall stars in this episode that originally aired on CBS on June 5th,

1947.

There were several old-time radio spy and secret agent shows, series like Dangerous Assignment,

Cloke and Dagger, Mr. Moto and dagger, Mr. Modo, and the silent men, but the man called

X has always been my favorite. A lot of that is due to Herbert Marshall's performance.

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