Box 13 | Old Time Radio

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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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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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

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Box 13 presents “Death Is a Doll,” episode 30 of the classic mystery series, originally broadcast on March 13, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer and adventurer Dan Holiday.

When Bart LeFay, a healthy young man in the remote Louisiana community of Ballou, takes to his deathbed convinced a curse is killing him, Holiday heads into bayou country to investigate. Written by Russell Hughes and directed by Vern Carstensen, this suspenseful mystery follows Holiday as he searches for a tangible answer to an apparently supernatural threat.

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
00:43 Original Broadcast
27:14 Closing

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From Box 13, “Flash of Light” is episode 27, originally broadcast February 20, 1949. The mystery serial stars Alan Ladd as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy.

Jerry Fuller arrives from a small town unable to explain two missing days in the city. He remembers the upscale Red Swan, a startling flash of light, and waking in a shabby rooming house without his money or return ticket. Hoping to avoid embarrassment at home, he asks Dan Holiday to find out what happened. 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
00:53 Original Broadcast
27:26 Closing

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Box 13 presents “One of These Four,” originally broadcast May 8, 1949. In episode 38 of Alan Ladd’s mystery-adventure series, Ladd stars as adventure writer Dan Holiday. The episode was written by Russell Hughes and directed by Vern Carstensen.

An anonymous invitation promises Holiday a first-class voyage, but Pier 9 leads him to a private yacht and three equally puzzled strangers. When their host declares that one of the four guests is a murderer, the voyage becomes a dangerous contest of suspicion and deduction.

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
00:48 Original Broadcast
27:18 Closing

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Box 13 presents “Short Assignment,” originally broadcast October 3, 1948. This is episode 7 of the series’ 52-episode run, starring Alan Ladd as mystery writer and adventurer Dan Holiday.

When Holiday agrees to fill in for a diminutive private detective, a seemingly simple protective assignment draws him into an elegant gathering shadowed by family worries, suspicious guests, and concern for a troubled young heir. Also cataloged as “George Flit, Detective,” the episode was written by Russell Hughes and features Sylvia Picker as Suzi.

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
00:44 Original Broadcast
27:16 Closing

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Box 13 presents “Short Assignment,” listed as episode 7. This archival presentation is dated 2012; the original Box 13 radio drama is generally cataloged as having aired on October 3, 1948, and is also known as “George Flit, Detective.”

Mystery writer Dan Holiday, played by Alan Ladd, agrees to fill in for uneasy private detective Walter Flit at an elegant gathering tied to a troubled young heir. What begins as a modest favor draws Holiday into a tense circle of wealthy guests, mounting suspicions, and possible murder.

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
00:54 Original Broadcast
27:26 Closing

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Box 13 presents “Sealed Instructions,” episode 35 of the syndicated 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 man sends Holiday to Manila with sealed instructions and a mysterious recovery assignment. When his intended contact cannot be found, Holiday is drawn into a dangerous case of murder, hidden stakes, and unanswered questions.

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
27:23 Closing

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Box 13 presents “Extra Extra,” originally broadcast September 19, 1948. In the fifth episode of the series, Alan Ladd stars as adventure-seeking writer Dan Holiday.

A postcard from young newsboy Johnny Moran sends Dan looking into the accusation against Johnny’s jailed father, drawing him from a corner newsstand into a jewelry-robbery investigation. The episode also features Sylvia Picker as Suzi and was produced by Mayfair Productions.

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
00:55 Original Broadcast
27:27 Closing

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