Theater of the Mind

Box 13

52 episodes · 1948–1949 · Mutual · Detective

Novelist Dan Holiday went looking for real adventure with a classified ad: "Adventure wanted, will go anywhere, do anything. Write Box 13, Star-Times." Movie star Alan Ladd played Holiday and produced the show through his own company, Mayfair Productions. Ladd worked on the scripts with writer Russell Hughes, who had given him radio work back in 1935. Sylvia Picker played his secretary, Suzy. It was syndicated from 1947 to 1949, 52 episodes in all.

Sources: Box 13, Wikipedia

Episodes

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194819 episodes

The First Letter August 22, 1948 · Mutual · 27 min
Dan Holiday's very first client is Carla Williams, and she gets him framed for murder.
Insurance Fraud August 29, 1948 · Mutual · 27 min
A doctor dead for nearly seven years may not be dead at all.
Blackmail Is Murder September 5, 1948 · Mutual · 27 min
Dan is hired by a peculiar old lady with a corpse in her hotel room.
Actor's Alibi September 12, 1948 · Mutual · 26 min
Murder in a radio studio, and the first show with Suzy working for Dan instead of the Star-Times.
Extra, Extra September 19, 1948 · Mutual · 27 min
A young newsboy hires Dan to get his father out of jail.
Shanghaied September 26, 1948 · Mutual · 27 min
A blackjack on the head, and Dan wakes up on a ship at sea.
Short Assignment October 3, 1948 · Mutual · 27 min
A meek little detective named George Flit hires Dan to help stop a suicide.
Double Mothers October 10, 1948 · Mutual · 27 min
Dan ends up with a little girl who has two mothers, and a gunman with plans of his own.
A Book of Poems October 17, 1948 · Mutual · 27 min
A book of Sir Walter Scott's poems arrives from a man who has been dead for ten years. Or has he?
The Great Torino October 24, 1948 · Mutual · 27 min
A magician's assistant is murdered during an impossible trick.
Suicide or Murder October 31, 1948 · Mutual · 27 min
A mother asks Dan to look into her son's death in a drunken brawl.
Triple Cross November 7, 1948 · Mutual · 27 min
Dan wins $126,000 at a crooked roulette wheel and promptly loses it to a beautiful blonde.
Damsel in Distress November 14, 1948 · Mutual · 27 min
A rich girl at a private school asks Dan to protect her from a blackmailer, then disappears.
Diamond in the Sky November 21, 1948 · 27 min
The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on November 21, 1948, the date used here.
Double Right Cross November 28, 1948 · 27 min
The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on November 28, 1948, the date used here.
Look Pleasant, Please December 5, 1948 · 27 min
The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on December 5, 1948, the date used here.
The Haunted Artist December 12, 1948 · 27 min
The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on December 12, 1948, the date used here.
The Sad Night December 19, 1948 · 26 min
The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on December 19, 1948, the date used here.
Hot Box December 26, 1948 · Mutual · 27 min
Dan is paid to buy a wooden box at an auction, and several people want it badly.

194933 episodes

The Better Man January 2, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
A bored millionaire hides $100,000 in cash just for the excitement.
The Professor and the Puzzle January 9, 1949 · Mutual · 26 min
A professor dead of a bullet to the heart, and his daughter's new fiance murdered.
The Dowager and Dan Holiday January 16, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
One of the richest women in the world announces she's engaged to Dan Holiday.
Three to Die January 23, 1949 · Mutual · 26 min
Dan goes to work as a sandhog and solves a murder under the river.
The Philanthropist January 30, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
Dan goes into the hobo jungles to break a cruel racket.
Last Will and Nursery Rhyme February 6, 1949 · 27 min
The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on February 6, 1949, the date used here.
Delinquent's Dilemma February 13, 1949 · Mutual · 26 min
A sixteen-year-old is set on taking the blame for a robbery to protect his gang.
Flash of Light February 20, 1949 · 27 min
The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on February 20, 1949, the date used here.
Hare and Hounds February 27, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
Framed for murder, Dan comes up with an unusual way to call the police.
Hunt and Peck March 6, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
Dan saves a man from the electric chair with hours to spare, at a cost.
Death Is A Doll March 13, 1949 · 27 min
The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on March 13, 1949, the date used here.
113.5 March 20, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
A wealthy recluse, a murder, and a clue in a book.
Dan and the Wonderful Lamp March 27, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
A charity bazaar, a bean-jar guessing contest and a puzzling door prize.
Tempest in a Casserole April 3, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
Someone has a very original idea for easy money.
Mexican Maze April 10, 1949 · Mutual · 26 min
Dan is framed for murder south of the border.
Sealed Instructions April 17, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
A trip to Manila just to deliver an envelope.
Find Me, Find Death April 24, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
A homicidal maniac gives Dan four days to live.
Much Too Lucky May 1, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
A way to know the winner of a horse race before it's run.
One of These Four May 8, 1949 · Mutual · 26 min
Afloat with a murderer, but which one is it?
Daytime Nightmare May 15, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
Dan is railroaded into an asylum, framed for murder and hunted.
Death Is No Joke May 22, 1949 · Mutual · 26 min
A string of practical jokes puts an heir's life in danger.
The Treasure of Hang Lee May 29, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
A trip to Chinatown leaves Dan holding a priceless piece of jade, and the key to a treasure hunt.
Design for Danger June 5, 1949 · Mutual · 26 min
An ex-convict comes back to town looking for revenge.
The Dead Man Walks June 12, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
A man Dan saw dead at 2:15 is alive at 4:20.
Killer at Large June 16, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
A man offers Dan $50,000 to kill him, then changes his mind.
Speed to Burn June 26, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
An old jalopy with a British tank engine, and a reason it needs to go a hundred miles an hour.
House of Darkness July 3, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
A shot in the dark leads Dan and a blind man into adventure.
Double Trouble July 10, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
A typed letter puts Dan in a frame for murder, and for once he has to call the police.
The Biter Bitten July 17, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
A deadly snake checks into a hotel.
The Perfect Crime July 24, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
A dying professor sets out to commit the perfect murder, with Dan along.
Archimedes and the Roman July 31, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
A boy asks Dan to help find his friend, an astronomer, and a killer on the run who has never heard of Archimedes.
The Clay Pigeon August 7, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
A stranger has Dan mention a name to an occult doctor, and it nearly scares him to death.
Round Robin August 14, 1949 · Mutual · 27 min
Dan foils a blackmail scheme over a valuable necklace and a woman's gambling debts. The last show of the series.