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Box 13 presents “Killer at Large,” episode 44 of the syndicated mystery series, originally broadcast June 19, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as novelist-adventurer Dan Holiday.

A troubling letter brings Holiday to 756 South Marvin Boulevard, where Simon Andrews offers $50,000 for help stopping a murder he once set in motion. With time running short and the intended killer unknown, Holiday faces a dangerous search for answers.

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
00:52 Original Broadcast
27:23 Closing

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Box 13 presents “Diamond in the Sky,” episode 14 of the classic mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast November 21, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer and former newspaperman Dan Holiday.

A request sends Holiday to Paris to escort the million-dollar Mirabulis diamond to New York, but suspicious strangers and uncertain loyalties make the transatlantic assignment anything but routine. Written by Charles Dore and Russell Hughes, this episode places Dan in a tense international adventure of air travel, intrigue, and trust.

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
27:33 Closing

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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 in this script by Russell Hughes.

A child’s copybook arrives at Holiday’s Star-Times Box 13, bearing the name Marina Layton and an unsettling drawing titled “The Sad Night.” When Kyle Layton offers to buy it, Holiday begins to suspect that the ordinary-looking book carries a far more troubling history.

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
27:18 Closing

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Box 13 presents “The Great Torino,” episode 10 of the classic radio series, originally broadcast October 24, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday in this Russell Hughes script.

A desperate message leads Holiday to the Tivoli Theatre and behind the scenes of magician the Great Torino’s illusion show. There, assistant Maria fears her employer may be planning something deadly. Sylvia Picker co-stars 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
00:52 Original Broadcast
27:30 Closing

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Box 13 presents “Archimedes and the Roman,” originally broadcast July 31, 1949. The 50th of the series’ 52 known programs stars Alan Ladd as mystery writer Dan Holiday.

A worried letter from young Marty Kennedy draws Holiday to Collingwood and the remote Williams Observatory, where an absent astronomy mentor, a comet, and mysterious long-distance signals point to danger on the mountain.

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
00:40 Original Broadcast
27:11 Closing

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Box 13 presents “House of Darkness,” episode 46 of the classic mystery series, originally broadcast July 3, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as mystery novelist Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy.

A blind man discovers a plea for help embossed in Braille inside a library book, drawing Holiday into an unsettling investigation at a secluded doctor’s house. Written by Sam Walders, this locked-door mystery follows Holiday as he poses as an inspector to learn whether someone inside is in danger.

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
00:37 Original Broadcast
27:08 Closing

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Box 13 presents “Death Is No Joke,” episode 40 of the syndicated mystery series, originally broadcast May 22, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as adventure-seeking mystery writer Dan Holiday.

When Dan answers a plea from his friend Alex, he finds a tense family gathering at the Trendler country estate, where a long-missing heir has returned and a string of practical jokes is turning dangerous. Amid simmering resentment over a sizable inheritance, Dan watches for clues before the household’s uneasy games become something worse.

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
27:11 Closing

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Box 13 presents “The Dowager and Dan Holiday,” episode 22 of the syndicated mystery series, originally broadcast January 16, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as former newspaperman and mystery writer Dan Holiday.

When Holiday answers a letter addressed to his Star-Times Box 13 advertisement, wealthy recluse Mathilda Courtland draws him into an unusual high-society charade by introducing him as her fiancé. As he plays along, Holiday tries to uncover the reason behind her request—and its connection to a troubling family marriage plan.

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
00:47 Original Broadcast
27:25 Closing

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Box 13 presents “Much Too Lucky,” episode 37 of the series, originally broadcast on May 1, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as adventure writer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy.

When off-track betting operator Bert Hendricks is battered by a string of uncannily timed winning wagers, Dan Holiday investigates the race-broadcast and betting world to find out how the bettors seem to know the results before anyone else. Written by Robert Light, this suspenseful installment turns on horse-racing odds, last-minute slips, and an apparently impossible streak of luck.

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
00:40 Original Broadcast
27:13 Closing

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Box 13 presents “The Dead Man Walks,” episode 43 of the classic mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast on June 12, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as novelist-adventurer Dan Holiday.

When a woman asks Dan to find her missing father, an ex-convict, his search leads from a pawnshop to troubling parole records—and a mystery involving a man who may not be as dead as he seems. William Conrad appears in the supporting cast, in a script by Russell Hughes.

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
00:38 Original Broadcast
27:11 Closing

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Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio