Box 13 – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Dan is told to go to a hotel and register as John Johnson and finds himself drawn into a web of blackmail and lies. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan gets a letter offering him adventure if he goes to a Doctor’s office and follows instructions. Original Air Date: 1948 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan gets a letter offering him adventure if he goes to a Doctor’s office and follows instructions. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A letter from a young boy leads 250 miles from home where he's held hostage in an observatory by a jewelry robbery. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A letter from a young boy leads 250 miles from home where he’s held hostage in an observatory by a jewelry robbery. Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A dying criminology professor tells Dan he’s going to commit a perfect murder. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan is called in by a snake expert to find a snake that escaped in a large hotel. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan is told to visit a town 3 hours away to prevent a murder and finds himself framed for one. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A blind man after he finds a message from someone requesting help written in brail in a library book. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A young woman asks Dan to help rescue her ex-con brother from a car theft ring. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A man pays someone to find a hitman to kill him. He changes his mind but the go-between he paid is dead, and he doesn’t know who’s gunning for him. He turns to Dan Holiday for help. Original Air... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Writer Dan Holiday (Alan Ladd) answers a letter to Box 13 and meets a man for lunch and then finds himself in a Sanitarium where everyone calls him “Stokes.” Original Air Date: December 5,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Writer Dan Holiday (Alan Ladd) answers a letter to Box 13 and meets a man for lunch and then finds himself in a Sanitarium where everyone calls him “Stokes.” Original Air Date: December... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A woman asks Dan to help her stop a man just released from prison from committing murder or being murdered. Original Air Date: 1948 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A woman asks Dan to help her stop a man just released from prison from committing murder or being murdered. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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: 1948 --- This episode is sponsored by ·... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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: 1948 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A woman asks Dan to find her missing ex-con Father. Original Air Date: 1948 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A woman asks Dan to find her missing ex-con Father. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan is called by a friend as nasty practical jokes have been plaguing his family after a missing heir suddenly appeared and claimed a large inheritance that was to be split among several family... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan is invited to lunch by someone in response to his Box 13 ad. He’s drugged and awakes in a sanatorium with his haired dyed and with him being called by another man’s name. Original Air... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan is trapped and kidnapped on a boat with three other people, one of whom is a killer. Original Air Date: 1948 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan is trapped and kidnapped on a boat with three other people, one of whom is a killer. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan investigates why several gamblers have won an improbable number of race track bets. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan receives a letter to Box 13 where the writer announces he’ll kill Dan in four days. Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A scared man asks Dan to go to the Philippines with sealed instructions to obtain something that means life and death to him. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan takes a plane to Mexico to help a man who fears for his life. Original Air Date: 1948 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan takes a plane to Mexico to help a man who fears for his life. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A restaurant owner turns to Dan when his business is being wrecked after he refused to sublet it. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan gets a mysterious invitation to a dinner party and wins a bean counting contest and an ugly lamp that somebody wants badly. Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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) Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan goes to Louisiana when a young woman asks him to help a young man who’s dying as a result of witchcraft. Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan goes to Louisiana when a young woman asks him to help a young man who’s dying as a result of witchcraft. Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A man on death row asks Dan to clear him less than 48 hours before he’s due to die. Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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 --- This... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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 Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A man visiting from a small town asks Dan for help to find out what happened during two days he can’t remember. Original Air Date: April 16, 1946 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The mother of a young man who confessed to a burglary asks Dan to help him…even though he confessed. Original Air Date: 1948 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The mother of a young man who confessed to a burglary asks Dan to help him…even though he confessed. Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan visits the home of a friend who’s about to sell an inherited home, but Dan believes there may be more to his friend’s inheritance. Original Air Date: April 2, 1948 Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan investigates the disappearance of a homeless man after the man’s befriended him. Original Air Date: March 26, 1948 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan investigates the disappearance of a homeless man after the man’s befriended him. Original Air Date: March 26, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan is called in to investigate a series of accidents that have plagued sandhogs in an underground construction project. Original Air Date: March 19, 1948 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A wealthy elderly woman asks Dan to pretend to be her fiancee so she can protect her grandson from marrying a gold digger. Original Air Date: March 12, 1948 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

An old friend of Dan’s ask him to find out why his fiancée left him and became engaged to a much older man after her uncle died. Original Air Date: March 5, 1948 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A cynical wealthy man invites Dan into a competition for $100,000 and one of his competitors is a killer. Original Air Date: February 27, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan is given money to bid on a box at an auction. He loses the auction, but when the winner gets hit by a car and a woman steals the box, Dan finds himself on the hunt for it. Original Air Date:... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan is given money to bid on a box at an auction. He loses the auction, but when the winner gets hit by a car and a woman steals the box, Dan finds himself on the hunt for it. Original Air Date:... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan receives a child’s penmanship book at Box 13. A couple claims it, but when Dan discovers they’re lying, he becomes suspicious. Original Air Date: February 13, 1948 --- This episode is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dan receives a child’s penmanship book at Box 13. A couple claims it, but when Dan discovers they’re lying, he becomes suspicious. Original Air Date: February 13, 1948 Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

An artist comes to Dan for help because he believes a ghost is breaking into his apartment at night and altering his painting. Original Air Date: February 6, 1948 --- This episode is sponsored by... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]