When a young newspaper boy named Johnny Moran contacts Dan Holiday through his Box 13 advertisement, he asks for help freeing his father from jail. John Moran has been arrested for a jewelry store robbery, with stolen goods found in his apartment, but Johnny insists his father is innocent. Holiday finds himself drawn into the case despite skepticism from the district attorney.

With Dan Holiday, Susie, Johnny Moran, John Moran, District Attorney Clark, Grace Woodard.

Listen for: A young boy's desperate plea for help and Holiday's investigation into a jewelry theft with suspicious evidence.

First aired in 1948.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

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Dan Holiday receives a mysterious ticket to a radio broadcast and a note written in blood-red lipstick asking him to attend. At the broadcast studio, he encounters the actress Jean Blake, who tracks him down at the Mayfair restaurant with an urgent plea for help. Blake claims she is in great danger and begs Holiday to assist her, despite his protests that he is a writer, not a detective.

With Dan Holiday, Susie, Jean Blake, Marvin Masterson, Henri.

Listen for: The mysterious phone call that interrupts Holiday's conversation with Jean Blake, and the caller's cryptic warning about her future.

First aired in 1948.

Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

A new episode every week. Live around the clock: Box 13 on Stupid Potato

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