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.
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November 21, 2025 • 34 mins
Original Release Date: August 23, 2010
A man pays someone $50,000 to find someone to kill him. He changes his mind about wanting to be killed, but the go-between he paid is dead, and he doesn’t know who’s gunning for him. He turns to Dan Holiday.
Original Air Date: October 27, 1948
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A man pays someone $50,000 to find someone to kill him. He changes his mind about wanting to be killed, but the go-between he paid is dead, and he doesn’t know who’s gunning for him. He turns to Dan Holiday.
Original Air Date: October 27, 1948
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November 14, 2025 • 31 mins
Original Release Date: August 16, 2010
Dan Holiday sees a man dead in a pawn shop. He reports it to Lt. Kling, only to find out the dead man reported for parole.
Original Air Date: October 20, 1948
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Dan Holiday sees a man dead in a pawn shop. He reports it to Lt. Kling, only to find out the dead man reported for parole.
Original Air Date: October 20, 1948
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November 7, 2025 • 34 mins
Original Release Date: August 9, 2010
A woman asks Dan to help her stop a man just released from prison from committing murder or being murdered.
Original Air Date: October 13, 1948
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A woman asks Dan to help her stop a man just released from prison from committing murder or being murdered.
Original Air Date: October 13, 1948
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October 31, 2025 • 31 mins
Original Release Date: August 2, 2010
A letter to Box13 instructs Dan to purchase something called the "Hang Li" piece. The shop owner insists he take it without paying.
Original Air Date: October 6, 1948
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A letter to Box13 instructs Dan to purchase something called the "Hang Li" piece. The shop owner insists he take it without paying.
Original Air Date: October 6, 1948
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October 24, 2025 • 29 mins
Original Release Date: July 26, 2010
A friend calls Dan in for help when someone is playing a lot of practical jokes on his horrid family, many of which have turned vicious. Dan’s afraid the punch line may be murder.
Original Air Date: September 29, 1948
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A friend calls Dan in for help when someone is playing a lot of practical jokes on his horrid family, many of which have turned vicious. Dan’s afraid the punch line may be murder.
Original Air Date: September 29, 1948
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October 17, 2025 • 32 mins
Original Release Date: July 19, 2010
In answer to a letter to Box 13, Dan goes to lunch with a businessman. He wakes up to find himself strapped down in a saniterium where everyone calls him Mr. Stokes.
Original Air Date: September 22, 1948
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In answer to a letter to Box 13, Dan goes to lunch with a businessman. He wakes up to find himself strapped down in a saniterium where everyone calls him Mr. Stokes.
Original Air Date: September 22, 1948
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October 10, 2025 • 30 mins
Original Release Date: July 12, 2010
Dan is one of four people on board a luxury yacht. The owner claims that one of them is a killer and Dan must find who if he wants to get off the boat alive.
Original Air Date: September 15, 1948
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Dan is one of four people on board a luxury yacht. The owner claims that one of them is a killer and Dan must find who if he wants to get off the boat alive.
Original Air Date: September 15, 1948
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October 3, 2025 • 31 mins
Original Release Date: July 5, 2010
Gambling agents bring Holiday in to figure out how 20 people are getting consistently lucky in their bets.
Original Air Date: September 8, 1948
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Gambling agents bring Holiday in to figure out how 20 people are getting consistently lucky in their bets.
Original Air Date: September 8, 1948
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September 26, 2025 • 31 mins
Original Release Date: June 28, 2010
Dan receives a letter to Box 13 from a man who promises to kill him in 4 days.
Original Air Date: September 1, 1948
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Dan receives a letter to Box 13 from a man who promises to kill him in 4 days.
Original Air Date: September 1, 1948
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September 19, 2025 • 30 mins
Original Release Date: June 21, 2010
A man sends Dan Holiday to the Philippines with half a map to retrieve an item, promising $10,000 in return. When Holiday arrives, the man he's supposed to meet is dead.
Original Air Date: August 25, 1948
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A man sends Dan Holiday to the Philippines with half a map to retrieve an item, promising $10,000 in return. When Holiday arrives, the man he's supposed to meet is dead.
Original Air Date: August 25, 1948
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September 12, 2025 • 30 mins
Original Release Date: June 14, 2010
Dan Holiday goes to Mexico to help a man who says his life is in danger.
Original Air Date: August 18, 1948
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Dan Holiday goes to Mexico to help a man who says his life is in danger.
Original Air Date: August 18, 1948
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September 5, 2025 • 33 mins
Original Release Date: June 7, 2010
*A restaurant owner turns to Dan Holiday to help him find out why he's being pressured to sublet his restaurant.
Original Air Date: August 11, 1948
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*A restaurant owner turns to Dan Holiday to help him find out why he's being pressured to sublet his restaurant.
Original Air Date: August 11, 1948
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August 29, 2025 • 31 mins
Original Release Date: May 31, 2010
Dan gets a mysterious invitation to a dinner party and wins a bean counting contest and an ugly lamp that somebody wants badly.
Original Air Date: August 4, 1948
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Dan gets a mysterious invitation to a dinner party and wins a bean counting contest and an ugly lamp that somebody wants badly.
Original Air Date: August 4, 1948
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August 22, 2025 • 31 mins
Original Release Date: May 24, 2010
A woman says she needs Dan to find her missing brother, but a private detective following them says she's lying.
Original Air Date: July 28, 1948
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A woman says she needs Dan to find her missing brother, but a private detective following them says she's lying.
Original Air Date: July 28, 1948
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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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