Episodes

  • Box 13 - "Killer at Large" (Old Time Radio, 2012)

    Box 13 - "Killer at Large" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
    Oct 14 2026
    Box 13 presents “Killer at Large,” episode 44 of the syndicated mystery-adventure series starring Alan Ladd as novelist-adventurer Dan Holiday. Originally broadcast June 19, 1949, this episode is listed in supplied source metadata as a 2012 release.

    A sealed letter offers Holiday $50,000 to stop a murder—one arranged by the sender himself, who has suddenly changed his mind. With the intended killer unknown and time running short, Holiday follows the scant clues to a darkened house on South Marvin Boulevard. Sylvia Picker appears as Suzy.

    Box 13 presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:49 Original Broadcast
    27:20 Closing

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    28 mins
  • Box 13 - "Round Robin" (Old Time Radio, 2013)

    Box 13 - "Round Robin" (Old Time Radio, 2013)
    Oct 13 2026
    Box 13 presents “Round Robin,” originally broadcast August 14, 1949. Identified as episode 52 and the series finale, this syndicated Mayfair Productions mystery stars Alan Ladd as adventure-seeking writer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy.

    Asked to register at the Morris Hotel under the name John Johnson and await a $500 payment, Holiday instead finds himself drawn into a dangerous blackmail affair involving gambling debts and a valuable diamond necklace. Written by Arthur Boland and directed by Richard Sanville, the episode builds its suspense amid hotel lobbies, anonymous messages, and room 502.

    Box 13 presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:50 Original Broadcast
    27:21 Closing

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    28 mins
  • Box 13 - "Speed to Burn" (Old Time Radio, 2012)

    Box 13 - "Speed to Burn" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
    Oct 12 2026
    Box 13 presents “Speed to Burn,” episode 45 of the syndicated Mayfair Productions series, originally broadcast June 26, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer and adventurer Dan Holiday.

    An unsigned letter challenges Holiday to a precisely timed drive along Route 36, where a speeding 1938 automobile leads him toward a dangerous stolen-vehicle operation. Directed by Vern Carstensen and produced by Richard Sanville, this late-series adventure sends Holiday undercover when a young woman seeks help for her brother.

    Box 13 presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:51 Original Broadcast
    27:24 Closing

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    28 mins
  • Box 13 - "One One Three Point Five" (Old Time Radio, 2012)

    Box 13 - "One One Three Point Five" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
    Oct 11 2026
    Box 13 presents “One One Three Point Five,” episode 31 of the classic mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast March 20, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as novelist-adventurer Dan Holiday, whose unusual cases arrive through his newspaper box number.

    Dorothy Simmons asks Holiday to find her missing brother, Dave, setting him on the trail of a wealthy recluse, a missing folio, and a dangerous urban mystery.

    Box 13 presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:41 Original Broadcast
    27:14 Closing

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    27 mins
  • Box 13 - "Tempest in a Casserole" (Old Time Radio, 2012)

    Box 13 - "Tempest in a Casserole" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
    Oct 10 2026
    Box 13 presents “Tempest in a Casserole,” episode 33 of the classic mystery series, originally broadcast April 3, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as freelance writer and investigator Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzi.

    When Nick Nerakio, owner of Nick’s Place on Tenth Street, finds his restaurant plagued by suspicious disruptions and unwanted customers, he turns to Dan Holiday for help. What seems like a baffling business problem soon points toward a more troubling effort to force Nick out.

    Box 13 presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:44 Original Broadcast
    27:17 Closing

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    27 mins
  • Box 13 - "The Dowager and Dan Holiday" (Old Time Radio, 2012)

    Box 13 - "The Dowager and Dan Holiday" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
    Oct 9 2026
    Box 13 presents “The Dowager and Dan Holiday,” episode 22 of the classic mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast January 16, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as Dan Holiday, the former newspaperman whose Box 13 advertisement brings unexpected assignments.

    A letter leads Holiday to wealthy recluse Mathilda Courtland, who asks him to pose as her fiancé amid a complicated high-society family marriage plan. Directed by Vern Carstensen and produced by Richard Sanville, this 27-minute mystery finds Holiday searching for the truth behind an unusual deception.

    Box 13 presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:48 Original Broadcast
    27:26 Closing

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    28 mins
  • Box 13 - "The Professor and the Puzzle" (Old Time Radio, 2012)

    Box 13 - "The Professor and the Puzzle" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
    Oct 8 2026
    Box 13 presents “The Professor and the Puzzle,” episode 21 of the classic mystery series, originally broadcast January 9, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as novelist-adventurer Dan Holiday in this Mutual Broadcasting System production from Mayfair Productions.

    Dan answers a plea from an old college friend after a professor’s apparent suicide throws a broken engagement and a campus romance into doubt. At Dell College, troubling clues lead Holiday toward Professor Martin A. Gardner’s laboratory and a dangerous academic circle. Written by Russell Hughes and directed by Vern Carstensen.

    Box 13 presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:46 Original Broadcast
    27:13 Closing

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    27 mins
  • Box 13 - "Damsel in Distress" (Old Time Radio, 2012)

    Box 13 - "Damsel in Distress" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
    Oct 7 2026
    Box 13 presents “Damsel in Distress,” episode 13 of the classic mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast November 14, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer and former newspaperman Dan Holiday.

    When finishing-school student Constance McLain receives anonymous letters and telephone threats demanding $1,000, she turns to Dan through his Box 13 newspaper advertisement. With kidnappers’ warnings growing more alarming, Holiday takes on a tense case of extortion and menace. The episode was written by Russell Hughes and features Sylvia Picker as Suzy.

    Box 13 presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:51 Original Broadcast
    27:37 Closing

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/box-13-old-time-radio--7222653/support.

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    28 mins