Box 13

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Box 13, the radio show, around the clock: Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday, the newspaperman turned mystery writer who answers a classified ad, 1948 to 1949. A Stupid Potato channel.

Episodes

  1. 1d ago

    Box 13: 1948-xx-xx (003) Blackmail Is Murder

    Dan Holiday, a writer seeking story ideas, receives a special delivery letter from Agatha Marsh asking for help. When he visits her hotel room, the elderly woman shows him a dead body in her closet and begs him to help her dispose of it rather than call the police. Holiday reluctantly agrees to assist, but complications arise when a police lieutenant unexpectedly arrives at the room. With Dan Holiday, Agatha Marsh, Susie, Lieutenant Kling. Listen for: The tension between Holiday's better judgment and his reluctant involvement in Agatha Marsh's scheme to hide a murder; the arrival of the police lieutenant just as they attempt to move the body 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 About Stupid Potato. This podcast is from Stupid Potato Studios. We restore classic radio and TV audio and run free internet radio channels, live around the clock: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, Saturday-morning cartoons, vintage TV, Halloween and Christmas, and our own short cartoons. Listen free, find every show and join our weekly note at stupidpotato.com.

  2. 1d ago

    Box 13: 1948-xx-xx (002) Insurance Fraud

    Dan Holiday, a writer who advertises for adventure, is summoned by Abner Blake, chief investigator for Northern Insurance. Blake believes Dr. Max Alexander, who disappeared seven years ago after a failed brain surgery, is still alive and staging an insurance fraud to allow his widow to collect on his large policy. Holiday accepts the case and begins investigating the doctor's past. With Dan Holiday, Abner Blake, Susie, The Chauffeur, Mrs. Alexander. Listen for: The mysterious summons in Box 13, Blake's theory about the insurance fraud, and Holiday's investigation into Dr. Alexander's disappearance. 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 About Stupid Potato. This podcast is from Stupid Potato Studios. We restore classic radio and TV audio and run free internet radio channels, live around the clock: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, Saturday-morning cartoons, vintage TV, Halloween and Christmas, and our own short cartoons. Listen free, find every show and join our weekly note at stupidpotato.com.

  3. 1d ago

    Box 13: The First Letter (1948)

    Dan Holiday, a freelance writer who accepts adventures through classified ads, meets Carla Williams at a French restaurant. She reveals she has been paying blackmail for five years and asks Dan to witness her final payment to the blackmailer tonight at his apartment, where she expects to recover the letters being held over her. Dan agrees to help, and they arrive at the apartment to find the blackmailer is not there. With Dan Holiday, Carla Williams, Susie, Ed, Bartender. Listen for: The mysterious absence of the blackmailer when Dan and Carla arrive at his apartment, and what they discover inside with the lights on. 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 About Stupid Potato. This podcast is from Stupid Potato Studios. We restore classic radio and TV audio and run free internet radio channels, live around the clock: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, Saturday-morning cartoons, vintage TV, Halloween and Christmas, and our own short cartoons. Listen free, find every show and join our weekly note at stupidpotato.com.

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Box 13, the radio show, around the clock: Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday, the newspaperman turned mystery writer who answers a classified ad, 1948 to 1949. A Stupid Potato channel.

Information

  • Creator
    Stupid Potato
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Box 13