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  • 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 min
  • 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 min
  • 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 min
  • 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 min
  • 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 min
  • 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

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    28 min
  • Box 13 - "Death Is a Doll" (Old Time Radio, 2012)

    Box 13 - "Death Is a Doll" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
    Oct 6 2026
    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

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

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    27 min
  • Box 13 - "Flash of Light" (Old Time Radio, 2012)

    Box 13 - "Flash of Light" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
    Oct 5 2026
    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

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

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    28 min