Box 13| Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Alan Ladd Mystery Dramas
Join host Adam Graham on two seperate journeys through Box 13, the series starring Alan Ladd as reprorter turned Mystery Writer Dan Holiday. Holiday's adventures begin as a result of a newspaper ad that reads, "Adventure wanted. Will go anywhere, will do anything." This podcast features every episode of Box 13 twice. First, originally podcast from 2009-2010 and then ten years later. Find out how our knowledge of some episodes have grown and how reactions to them have changed over the years.
Episodes
August 8, 2025 • 33 mins
Original Release Date: May 17, 2010
Dan Holiday heads to the Bayous of Louisiana to investigate the case of a healthy man wasting away and expecting to die. Only one explanation is offered-witchcraft.
Original Air Date: July 21, 1948
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Dan Holiday heads to the Bayous of Louisiana to investigate the case of a healthy man wasting away and expecting to die. Only one explanation is offered-witchcraft.
Original Air Date: July 21, 1948
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August 1, 2025 • 33 mins
Original Release Date: May 10, 2010
Dan Holiday thinks a man on death row may be innocent, so he tries to bluff the real killer out of hiding.
Original Air Date: July 14, 1948
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Dan Holiday thinks a man on death row may be innocent, so he tries to bluff the real killer out of hiding.
Original Air Date: July 14, 1948
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July 25, 2025 • 31 mins
Original Release Date: May 3, 2010
A man steals a letter from Box 13 and when Dan travels to another city to speak to the man who sent it, he finds himself being hunted for murder.
Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948
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A man steals a letter from Box 13 and when Dan travels to another city to speak to the man who sent it, he finds himself being hunted for murder.
Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948
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July 18, 2025 • 31 mins
Original Release Date: April 26, 2010
Dan Holiday needs to help a man visiting the city from a small town find out why he was kidnapped and drugged.
Original Air Date: June 30, 1948
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Dan Holiday needs to help a man visiting the city from a small town find out why he was kidnapped and drugged.
Original Air Date: June 30, 1948
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July 11, 2025 • 31 mins
Original Release Date: April 19, 2010
*A mother whose son is accused of robbery believes him innocent and wants Dan to help him. The son, however wants Dan to back off.
Original Air Date: June 23, 1948
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*A mother whose son is accused of robbery believes him innocent and wants Dan to help him. The son, however wants Dan to back off.
Original Air Date: June 23, 1948
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July 4, 2025 • 32 mins
Original Release Date: April 12, 2010
Dan thinks he’s going on vacation when an old friend invites him to a white elephant of a house that he’s being forced to sell. However, a mysterious noise and a nursery rhyme book get him on a treasure hunt for a rich man’s fortune.
Original Air Date: June 16, 1948
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Dan thinks he’s going on vacation when an old friend invites him to a white elephant of a house that he’s being forced to sell. However, a mysterious noise and a nursery rhyme book get him on a treasure hunt for a rich man’s fortune.
Original Air Date: June 16, 1948
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June 27, 2025 • 29 mins
Original Release Date: April 5, 2010
A homeless man contacts Box 13 when his friends disappears. When the homeless man dies, Dan suspects foul play, and goes undercover to solve the murder.
Original Air Date: June 9, 1948
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A homeless man contacts Box 13 when his friends disappears. When the homeless man dies, Dan suspects foul play, and goes undercover to solve the murder.
Original Air Date: June 9, 1948
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June 13, 2025 • 30 mins
Original Release Date: March 29, 2010
Dan goes undercover as a sandhog to find out who's been sabotaging the construction of a tunnel.
Original Air Date: June 2, 1948
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Dan goes undercover as a sandhog to find out who's been sabotaging the construction of a tunnel.
Original Air Date: June 2, 1948
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June 5, 2025 • 32 mins
Original Release Date: March 22, 2010
A society matron asks Dan Holiday to masquerade as her intended in order to flesh out whether the woman her grandson is going to marry is a gold digger.
Original Air Date: May 26, 1948
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A society matron asks Dan Holiday to masquerade as her intended in order to flesh out whether the woman her grandson is going to marry is a gold digger.
Original Air Date: May 26, 1948
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May 30, 2025 • 32 mins
Original Release Date: March 15, 2010
Dan Holiday goes to help an old college professor friend whose fiance unexpectedly leaved him when her uncle died. The professor ends up facing a murder charge and Holiday has to clear him.
Original Air Date: May 19, 1948
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Dan Holiday goes to help an old college professor friend whose fiance unexpectedly leaved him when her uncle died. The professor ends up facing a murder charge and Holiday has to clear him.
Original Air Date: May 19, 1948
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May 23, 2025 • 36 mins
Original Release Date: March 8, 2010
Dan Holiday can get $200,000 to charity if he's willing to play a twisted rich man's game and go head to head with a killer.
Original Air Date: May 19, 1948
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Dan Holiday can get $200,000 to charity if he's willing to play a twisted rich man's game and go head to head with a killer.
Original Air Date: May 19, 1948
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May 16, 2025 • 31 mins
Original Release Date: March 1, 2010
Dan Holiday is asked to bid on an item at an auction. He loses the item and the winner hit by a car and the item is stolen.
Original Air Date: May 12, 1948
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Dan Holiday is asked to bid on an item at an auction. He loses the item and the winner hit by a car and the item is stolen.
Original Air Date: May 12, 1948
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May 9, 2025 • 30 mins
Original Release Date: February 22, 2010
Dan Holiday receives a child's copy book in the mail. When a couple who claim it's their's lies to him, he becomes suspicious.
Original Air Date: May 5, 1948
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Dan Holiday receives a child's copy book in the mail. When a couple who claim it's their's lies to him, he becomes suspicious.
Original Air Date: May 5, 1948
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May 2, 2025 • 33 mins
Original Release Date: February 15, 2010
Dan helps an artist whose painting is being mysteriously vandalized.
Original Air Date: April 28, 1948
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Dan helps an artist whose painting is being mysteriously vandalized.
Original Air Date: April 28, 1948
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April 25, 2025 • 30 mins
Original Release Date: February 8, 2010
Dan Holiday answers a letter to Box 13 and finds himself engaged to a wealthy heiress whose first two intendeds met untimely deaths.
Original Air Date: April 21, 1948
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Dan Holiday answers a letter to Box 13 and finds himself engaged to a wealthy heiress whose first two intendeds met untimely deaths.
Original Air Date: April 21, 1948
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April 17, 2025 • 32 mins
February 1, 2010
Dan Holiday goes to a friend’s boxing match. When his friend goes down for the count before Holiday even gets to the fight and people start claiming Holiday’s friend took a dive, Dan’s got to find out the truth.
Original Air Date: April 14, 1948
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Dan Holiday goes to a friend’s boxing match. When his friend goes down for the count before Holiday even gets to the fight and people start claiming Holiday’s friend took a dive, Dan’s got to find out the truth.
Original Air Date: April 14, 1948
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April 11, 2025 • 33 mins
Original Release Date: January 25, 2010
Dan Holiday heads to Paris to pick up an ultra-expensive diamond.
Original Air Date: April 7, 1948
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Dan Holiday heads to Paris to pick up an ultra-expensive diamond.
Original Air Date: April 7, 1948
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April 4, 2025 • 30 mins
Original Release Date: January 18, 2010
A teenager writes Box 13 and tells Dan she's received letters threatening a kidnapping.
Original Air Date: March 31, 1948
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A teenager writes Box 13 and tells Dan she's received letters threatening a kidnapping.
Original Air Date: March 31, 1948
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March 28, 2025 • 31 mins
Original Release Date: January 11, 2010
A letter in Box 13 leads Dan Holiday to a Nevada casino where he wins $100,000 at a rigged roulette wheel. Trouble comes when the $100,000 is stolen and the man who rigged the game wants the money from Holiday.
Original Air Date: March 24, 1948
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A letter in Box 13 leads Dan Holiday to a Nevada casino where he wins $100,000 at a rigged roulette wheel. Trouble comes when the $100,000 is stolen and the man who rigged the game wants the money from Holiday.
Original Air Date: March 24, 1948
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March 21, 2025 • 35 mins
Original Release Date: January 4, 2010
A grieving mother sends a letter to Box 13 asking Dan Holiday to find the truth behind her son's death.
Original Air Date: March 17, 1948
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A grieving mother sends a letter to Box 13 asking Dan Holiday to find the truth behind her son's death.
Original Air Date: March 17, 1948
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