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Box 13 | Old Time Radio

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Box 13 | Old Time Radio follows former newspaper reporter and mystery writer Dan Holiday as he searches for adventure—and finds danger, crime, and mystery instead. Through a newspaper ad inviting people to send unusual assignments to Box 13, Holiday is drawn into cases involving murder, deception, missing persons, criminals, and unexpected twists. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Starring Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday, Box 13 combines detective fiction, mystery, suspense, and classic radio adventure. Rediscover classic old time radio detective stories, mystery, crime drama, private-eye adventures, suspense, and vintage radio.

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Yesterday · 27 min
Box 13 - "Double Trouble" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “Double Trouble,” episode 47 of the classic mystery series, originally broadcast July 10, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as adventure-seeking novelist Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy. A cryptic typed message signed by Pat Kennedy sends...
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Friday · 27 min
Box 13 - "Mexican Maze" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “Mexican Maze,” episode 34 of the syndicated mystery series, originally broadcast April 10, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer and adventurer Dan Holiday. An urgent plea draws Holiday to Mexico City in search of Arthur Mead, a...
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Thursday · 27 min
Box 13 - "Speed to Burn" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “Speed to Burn,” episode 45 of the classic radio mystery series, originally broadcast June 26, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as novelist-adventurer Dan Holiday. An unsigned Box 13 letter sends Holiday to Route 36 to witness a battered 1938...
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Wednesday · 27 min
Box 13 - "The Treasure of Hang Li" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “The Treasure of Hang Li,” episode 41 of the syndicated radio adventure series, originally broadcast May 29, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy. An unsigned letter sends Holiday to a...
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Tuesday · 27 min
Box 13 - "Design for Danger" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “Design for Danger,” originally broadcast June 5, 1949. Commonly cataloged as episode 42 of the syndicated Mayfair Productions series, it stars Alan Ladd as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday. When a young woman fears that her recently...
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Monday · 27 min
Box 13 - "Book of Poems" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “Book of Poems,” episode 9 of the syndicated mystery series Box 13, originally broadcast October 17, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as newspaper reporter-turned-investigator Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy. An anonymously mailed, worn...
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November 7 · 27 min
Box 13 - "Hot Box" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “Hot Box,” episode 19 of the syndicated mystery series, originally broadcast December 26, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer and adventurer Dan Holiday, with a script by Russell Hughes. An unsigned message and cash send Holiday...
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November 7 · 27 min
Box 13 - "The Hot Box" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “The Hot Box,” episode 19 of the classic mystery series, originally broadcast December 26, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday, with Russell Hughes credited as writer and Richard Sanville as director. An anonymous...
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November 5 · 27 min
Box 13 - "Flash of Light" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “Flash of Light,” episode 27 of the syndicated mystery-adventure series starring Alan Ladd as writer-investigator Dan Holiday. Supplied source metadata dates this episode to 2012; established episode listings commonly identify it as a...
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November 4 · 27 min
Box 13 - "Insurance Fraud" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “Insurance Fraud,” episode 2 of the series, originally broadcast August 29, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday in this early installment of the 52-episode run. Northern Insurance asks Holiday to look into the...
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November 3 · 27 min
Box 13 - "Sealed Instructions" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “Sealed Instructions,” episode 35 of the classic mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast April 17, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as his secretary, Suzy. A frightened visitor sends...
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November 2 · 27 min
Box 13 - "The Philanthropist" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “The Philanthropist,” episode 24, originally broadcast on January 30, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer Dan Holiday in this syndicated radio drama, written by Russell Hughes and directed by Richard Sanville. When a homeless...
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November 1 · 27 min
Box 13 - "Hunt and Peck" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “Hunt and Peck,” episode 29 of the classic mystery series, originally broadcast on March 6, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer Dan Holiday, with Russell Hughes credited as writer and Vern Carstensen as director. A condemned...
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October 31 · 27 min
Box 13 - "Tempest in a Casserole" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “Tempest in a Casserole,” episode 33 of the classic mystery series, originally broadcast on April 3, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as freelance writer and adventurer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzi. A simple errand for Suzi brings Dan...
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October 30 · 27 min
Box 13 - "Death Is No Joke" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “Death Is No Joke,” episode 40, originally broadcast May 22, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer and reluctant adventurer Dan Holiday in this late-series mystery, written by Oran Blackstone and directed by Richard Sanville. When...
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October 29 · 27 min
Box 13 - "The Clay Pigeon" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “The Clay Pigeon,” episode 51 of the syndicated mystery series, originally broadcast August 7, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as novelist and former newspaperman Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as his secretary, Suzy. An anonymous message sent...
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October 28 · 27 min
Box 13 - "The Perfect Crime" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “The Perfect Crime,” episode 49 of the classic mystery series, originally broadcast July 24, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy. Holiday receives an unsettling invitation from Dr. John...
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October 27 · 27 min
Box 13 - "The Sad Night" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “The Sad Night,” episode 18 of the classic mystery series, originally broadcast December 19, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as adventure-seeking writer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy. The script is by Russell Hughes. A child’s...
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October 26 · 27 min
Box 13 - "The First Letter" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “The First Letter,” the first episode of the Alan Ladd mystery series, originally broadcast on August 22, 1948. In this opening adventure, Ladd stars as mystery writer Dan Holiday. After placing a Star-Times classified ad seeking...
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October 24 · 27 min
Box 13 - "Blackmail Is Murder" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “Blackmail Is Murder,” originally broadcast September 5, 1948. In episode 3, writer-adventurer Dan Holiday—played by Alan Ladd—answers a troubling letter that leads him to the Bradford Hotel. An eccentric guest in room 718 refuses to...
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