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Box 13 presents “The Better Man,” episode 20 of the classic radio mystery series Box 13, originally broadcast January 2, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy; the episode was written by Russell Hughes and directed by Richard Sanville.

Holiday answers a letter from wealthy Charles Winthrop, who offers a $100,000 proposition built around a citywide trail of clues. As Holiday and Suzy pursue the challenge through Winthrop’s elaborate game, it becomes clear that the prize has drawn dangerous interest.

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
27:48 Closing

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Box 13 presents “Look Pleasant, Please,” episode 16, originally broadcast December 5, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer Dan Holiday in this Mutual Broadcasting System mystery.

An unsigned Box 13 request sends Dan to the Mercantile Building to pose for a seemingly innocent photograph with a young woman. When the picture appears alongside an engagement announcement, the harmless favor becomes the beginning of a dangerous new case.

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
00:41 Original Broadcast
27:30 Closing

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Box 13 presents “Delinquent’s Dilemma,” episode 26 of the series, originally broadcast February 13, 1949. This archival presentation carries supplied source metadata dated 2012.

Mystery writer and former newspaperman Dan Holiday, played by Alan Ladd, receives a carefully written plea from a worried mother. Her teenage son is willing to take the blame for a robbery rather than betray the gang pressuring him, drawing Holiday into a tense case of loyalty, fear, and organized crime.

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
27:10 Closing

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Box 13 presents “Double Trouble,” episode 47 of the classic radio mystery series, originally broadcast July 10, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as adventure-seeking mystery novelist Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as his secretary, Suzy.

A typed plea signed by Pat Kennedy summons Holiday to Edgemont and 327 North Greeley Street at a precise hour to prevent a murder. Instead, he finds himself caught in a homicide case as suspicion turns his way. Written by Russell Hughes and directed by Richard Sanville, this Mutual Broadcasting System-era mystery keeps the pressure on as Holiday searches for the reason behind the cryptic summons.

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
27:30 Closing

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Box 13 presents “Shanghaied,” episode 6 of the mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast September 26, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy. The episode is also known in some archival listings as “The Boat Ruthie J.”

After an anonymous response to Dan’s “Adventure wanted” advertisement directs him to Bay City Pier at night, a waterfront challenge leads him aboard the Ruthie J—and into a dangerous maritime mystery. Written by Frank Hertosig and Ted Hediger and directed by Ted Hediger.

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
27:47 Closing

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Box 13 presents “Dan and the Wonderful Lamp,” episode 32, originally broadcast March 27, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy.

A Box 13 invitation sends Dan to a garden charity bazaar at the Mannering estate, where a winning guess earns him an unusually ugly lamp. Before long, the curious prize draws intense interest from unexpected quarters—and turns a pleasant afternoon into a dangerous 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
00:46 Original Broadcast
27:17 Closing

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Box 13 presents “Hare and Hounds,” episode 28 of the mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast February 27, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy.

After an older visitor takes an out-of-town letter from Dan’s Box 13 mail, Dan follows a second appeal from its sender to another city. His search draws him into a dangerous murder case and a race to understand why the letter mattered before the police—and the real threat—close in. Written by Russell Hughes, this episode is part of the 52-program series originally heard through the Mutual Broadcasting System.

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
27:17 Closing

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Box 13 presents “The Professor and the Puzzle,” originally broadcast on Mutual on January 9, 1949. Commonly cataloged as episode 21, this 26-minute mystery stars Alan Ladd as novelist-adventurer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy.

Dan responds to a plea from his friend Bob Lannan, a college professor whose engagement was shattered by the apparent suicide of his fiancée’s uncle. At Dell College, Holiday finds a troubled academic circle, unanswered questions surrounding the professor’s death, and a new murder that makes Bob the leading suspect. Written by Russell Hughes and directed by Richard Sanville.

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
01:00 Original Broadcast
27:27 Closing

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Box 13 presents “The Philanthropist,” episode 24 of the series, originally broadcast January 30, 1949. The drama stars Alan Ladd as mystery writer Dan Holiday and was written by Russell Hughes.

When a vagrant named Red asks Dan to help find his missing friend, Suki, the search takes him from a city park into the hobo jungles and an organization that promises work to homeless men. Going undercover, Dan discovers that its charitable appearance may conceal something far more dangerous.

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
27:19 Closing

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Box 13 presents “Three to Die,” episode 23 of the series, listed with an original broadcast year of 2012. Alan Ladd stars as Dan Holiday in this hazardous tunnel-side mystery.

Holiday answers contractor Douglas MacIntosh’s plea for help after fatal accidents and suspected sabotage threaten a tunnel being built beneath a river. Going undercover as a sandhog, Holiday enters the confined, dangerous world of underground construction to find out who—or what—is endangering the project. Written by Russell Hughes and directed by Richard Sanville.

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
00:36 Original Broadcast
27:00 Closing

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