Box 13 | Old Time Radio follows former newspaper reporter and mystery writer Dan Holiday as he searches for adventure—and finds danger, crime, and mystery instead. Through a newspaper ad inviting people to send unusual assignments to Box 13, Holiday is drawn into cases involving murder, deception, missing persons, criminals, and unexpected twists. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Starring Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday, Box 13 combines detective fiction, mystery, suspense, and classic radio adventure. Rediscover classic old time ra...
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Sep 29, 2026 · 27:31
Box 13 presents “Killer at Large,” episode 44 of the syndicated mystery series, originally broadcast June 19, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as novelist-adventurer Dan Holiday. A…
Sep 28, 2026 · 27:43
Box 13 presents “Diamond in the Sky,” episode 14 of the classic mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast November 21, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer and former…
Sep 27, 2026 · 27:27
Box 13 presents “The Sad Night,” episode 18 of the classic mystery series, originally broadcast December 19, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as adventure-seeking writer Dan Holiday in this…
Sep 26, 2026 · 27:38
Box 13 presents “The Great Torino,” episode 10 of the classic radio series, originally broadcast October 24, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday in this…
Sep 25, 2026 · 27:24
Box 13 presents “Archimedes and the Roman,” originally broadcast July 31, 1949. The 50th of the series’ 52 known programs stars Alan Ladd as mystery writer Dan Holiday. A worried…
Sep 24, 2026 · 27:17
Box 13 presents “House of Darkness,” episode 46 of the classic mystery series, originally broadcast July 3, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as mystery novelist Dan Holiday, with Sylvia…
Sep 23, 2026 · 27:20
Box 13 presents “Death Is No Joke,” episode 40 of the syndicated mystery series, originally broadcast May 22, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as adventure-seeking mystery writer Dan…
Sep 22, 2026 · 27:37
Box 13 presents “The Dowager and Dan Holiday,” episode 22 of the syndicated mystery series, originally broadcast January 16, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as former newspaperman and…
Sep 21, 2026 · 27:23
Box 13 presents “Much Too Lucky,” episode 37 of the series, originally broadcast on May 1, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as adventure writer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy. When…
Sep 20, 2026 · 27:19
Box 13 presents “The Dead Man Walks,” episode 43 of the classic mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast on June 12, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as novelist-adventurer Dan…
Sep 19, 2026 · 27:39
Box 13 presents “Diamond in the Sky,” episode 14 of the syndicated mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast November 21, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer and former…
Sep 18, 2026 · 27:28
Box 13 presents “House of Darkness,” episode 46 of the syndicated radio mystery series, originally broadcast July 3, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as mystery novelist Dan Holiday. When a…
Sep 17, 2026 · 27:25
Box 13 presents “Death Is a Doll,” episode 30, originally broadcast March 13, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer Dan Holiday in this Mayfair Productions mystery, distributed…
Sep 16, 2026 · 27:56
Box 13 presents “Blackmail Is Murder,” episode 3 of the classic mystery series, originally broadcast September 5, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as novelist-adventurer Dan Holiday in this…
Sep 15, 2026 · 27:37
Box 13 presents “Damsel in Distress,” episode 13 of the classic mystery series, originally broadcast November 14, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as Dan Holiday, the former newspaperman…
Sep 14, 2026 · 27:37
Box 13 presents “Double Mothers,” episode 8 of the series, originally broadcast October 10, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as newspaperman and mystery writer Dan Holiday in this Mayfair…
Sep 13, 2026 · 27:31
Box 13 presents “The Biter Bitten,” episode 48 of the mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast July 17, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday. An urgent…
Sep 12, 2026 · 27:28
Box 13 presents “Daytime Nightmare,” episode 39 of the classic radio mystery series, originally broadcast on May 15, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as adventure-seeking writer Dan Holiday…
Sep 11, 2026 · 27:35
Box 13 presents “Round Robin,” episode 52 of the series, originally broadcast August 14, 1949. This final episode stars Alan Ladd as mystery writer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia…
Sep 10, 2026 · 27:47
Box 13 presents “The Haunted Artist,” episode 17 of Box 13, originally broadcast in 2012. The mystery series stars Alan Ladd as adventure-seeking novelist Dan Holiday. Holiday…
Sep 9, 2026 · 27:58
Box 13 presents “The Better Man,” episode 20 of the classic radio mystery series Box 13, originally broadcast January 2, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer Dan Holiday, with…
Sep 8, 2026 · 27:40
Box 13 presents “Look Pleasant, Please,” episode 16, originally broadcast December 5, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer Dan Holiday in this Mutual Broadcasting System…
Sep 7, 2026 · 27:21
Box 13 presents “Delinquent’s Dilemma,” episode 26 of the series, originally broadcast February 13, 1949. This archival presentation carries supplied source metadata dated 2012.…
Sep 6, 2026 · 27:42
Box 13 presents “Double Trouble,” episode 47 of the classic radio mystery series, originally broadcast July 10, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as adventure-seeking mystery novelist Dan…
Sep 5, 2026 · 27:55
Box 13 presents “Shanghaied,” episode 6 of the mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast September 26, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia…
Sep 4, 2026 · 27:25
Box 13 presents “Dan and the Wonderful Lamp,” episode 32, originally broadcast March 27, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy. A Box…
Sep 3, 2026 · 27:26
Box 13 presents “Hare and Hounds,” episode 28 of the mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast February 27, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday, with…
Sep 2, 2026 · 27:36
Box 13 presents “The Professor and the Puzzle,” originally broadcast on Mutual on January 9, 1949. Commonly cataloged as episode 21, this 26-minute mystery stars Alan Ladd as…
Sep 1, 2026 · 27:30
Box 13 presents “The Philanthropist,” episode 24 of the series, originally broadcast January 30, 1949. The drama stars Alan Ladd as mystery writer Dan Holiday and was written by…
Aug 31, 2026 · 27:09
Box 13 presents “Three to Die,” episode 23 of the series, listed with an original broadcast year of 2012. Alan Ladd stars as Dan Holiday in this hazardous tunnel-side mystery.…
Aug 30, 2026 · 27:36
Box 13 presents “Archimedes and the Roman,” originally broadcast July 31, 1949. Identified as episode 50 of the 52-program series, this late-series mystery stars Alan Ladd as…
Aug 29, 2026 · 27:50
Box 13 presents “The Haunted Artist,” episode 17 of the mystery series, originally broadcast December 12, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as adventure-seeking writer Dan Holiday. Artist…
Aug 28, 2026 · 27:22
Box 13 presents “The Biter Bitten,” episode 48 of the classic mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast on July 17, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday.…
Aug 27, 2026 · 27:20
Box 13 presents “The Treasure of Hang Li,” originally broadcast May 29, 1949. Also listed as episode 41, this installment stars Alan Ladd as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday in the…
Aug 26, 2026 · 27:28
Box 13 presents “Hare and Hounds,” originally broadcast February 27, 1949. This is episode 28 of the classic mystery series, starring Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday. After an older…
Aug 25, 2026 · 27:28
Box 13 presents “One One Three Point Five,” originally broadcast in 2012. Identified in established episode listings as episode 31, this mystery-adventure installment stars Alan…
Aug 24, 2026 · 27:31
Box 13 presents “Hunt and Peck,” episode 29 of the Alan Ladd mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast on March 6, 1949. Ladd stars as writer-investigator Dan Holiday in…
Aug 23, 2026 · 27:44
Box 13 presents “The Great Torino,” originally broadcast October 24, 1948. This is episode 10 of the Mutual Broadcasting System adventure series, starring Alan Ladd as writer and…
Aug 22, 2026 · 27:29
Box 13 presents “The First Letter,” episode 1 of the series, originally broadcast August 22, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer Dan Holiday in the program that established…
Aug 21, 2026 · 27:34
Box 13 presents “Find Me, Find Death,” episode 36, originally broadcast April 24, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as novelist and former newspaperman Dan Holiday in this Mutual network…
Aug 20, 2026 · 27:41
Box 13 presents “Double Right Cross,” episode 15 of the series, originally broadcast on November 28, 1948. Alan Ladd stars as adventuring writer Dan Holiday in this Mutual…
Aug 19, 2026 · 27:29
Box 13 presents “Daytime Nightmare,” originally broadcast May 15, 1949. In episode 39, Alan Ladd stars as adventure-seeking writer Dan Holiday. A mysterious lunch invitation…
Aug 18, 2026 · 27:37
Box 13 presents “Much Too Lucky,” episode 37 of the classic radio mystery series, originally broadcast May 1, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as adventure-seeking writer Dan Holiday.…
Aug 17, 2026 · 27:20
Box 13 presents “Mexican Maze,” episode 34 of the classic mystery-adventure series, originally broadcast April 10, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as mystery novelist Dan Holiday, with…
Aug 16, 2026 · 27:16
Box 13 presents “Find Me, Find Death,” episode 36 of the classic mystery series, originally broadcast April 24, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as mystery novelist and adventurer Dan…
Aug 15, 2026 · 27:29
Box 13 presents “Design for Danger,” originally broadcast June 5, 1949. Commonly cataloged as episode 42, this noir adventure stars Alan Ladd as newspaperman Dan Holiday. A young…
Aug 14, 2026 · 27:51
Box 13 presents “Shanghaied,” originally broadcast September 26, 1948. In this sixth episode of the mystery-adventure series, Alan Ladd stars as adventurer Dan Holiday.…
Aug 14, 2026 · 27:27
Box 13 presents “Triple Cross,” episode 12, originally broadcast November 7, 1948. The syndicated Mayfair Productions series stars Alan Ladd as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday. An…
Aug 13, 2026 · 26:39
Insurance Fraud [episode 2] Insurance Fraud [episode 2] A classic mystery and adventure radio broadcast from Box 13. Sourced from verified old-time radio archives, including…
Aug 12, 2026 · 26:36
The First Letter [episode 1] The First Letter [episode 1] A classic mystery and adventure radio broadcast from Box 13. Sourced from verified old-time radio archives, including…
Aug 11, 2026 · 26:32
Round Robin [episode 52] Round Robin [episode 52] A classic mystery and adventure radio broadcast from Box 13. Sourced from verified old-time radio archives, including OTRR.org.…
Aug 10, 2026 · 26:35
The Clay Pigeon [episode 51] The Clay Pigeon [episode 51] A classic mystery and adventure radio broadcast from Box 13. Sourced from verified old-time radio archives, including…
Aug 9, 2026 · 26:31
Archimedes and the Roman [episode 50] Archimedes and the Roman [episode 50] A classic mystery and adventure radio broadcast from Box 13. Sourced from verified old-time radio…
Aug 8, 2026 · 26:34
A Perfect Crime [episode 49] A Perfect Crime [episode 49] A classic mystery and adventure radio broadcast from Box 13. Sourced from verified old-time radio archives, including…
Aug 7, 2026 · 26:31
The Biter Bitten [episode 48] The Biter Bitten [episode 48] A classic mystery and adventure radio broadcast from Box 13. Sourced from verified old-time radio archives, including…
Aug 6, 2026 · 26:36
Double Trouble [episode 47] Double Trouble [episode 47] A classic mystery and adventure radio broadcast from Box 13. Sourced from verified old-time radio archives, including…
Aug 5, 2026 · 26:32
House of Darkness [episode 46] House of Darkness [episode 46] A classic mystery and adventure radio broadcast from Box 13. Sourced from verified old-time radio archives,…
Aug 4, 2026 · 26:34
Speed to Burn [episode 45] Speed to Burn [episode 45] A classic mystery and adventure radio broadcast from Box 13. Sourced from verified old-time radio archives, including…
Aug 3, 2026 · 26:32
Killer at Large [episode 44] Killer at Large [episode 44] A classic mystery and adventure radio broadcast from Box 13. Sourced from verified old-time radio archives, including…
Aug 2, 2026 · 26:34
The Dead Man Walks [episode 43] The Dead Man Walks [episode 43] A classic mystery and adventure radio broadcast from Box 13. Sourced from verified old-time radio archives,…
Aug 1, 2026 · 26:31
Design for Danger [episode 42] Design for Danger [episode 42] A classic mystery and adventure radio broadcast from Box 13. Sourced from verified old-time radio archives,…
Jul 31, 2026 · 26:33
The Treasure of Hang Li [episode 41] The Treasure of Hang Li [episode 41] A classic mystery and adventure radio broadcast from Box 13. Sourced from verified old-time radio…
Jul 27, 2026 · 26:31
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Death Is No Joke [episode 40] Death Is No Joke [episode 40] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives.…
Jul 20, 2026 · 26:33
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Daytime Nightmare [episode 39] Daytime Nightmare [episode 39] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives.…
Jul 6, 2026 · 26:34
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Much Too Lucky [episode 37] Much Too Lucky [episode 37] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources…
Jun 29, 2026 · 26:31
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Find Me, Find Death [episode 36] Find Me, Find Death [episode 36] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives.…
Jun 22, 2026 · 26:33
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Sealed Instructions [episode 35] Sealed Instructions [episode 35] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives.…
Jun 15, 2026 · 26:31
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Mexican Maze [episode 34] Mexican Maze [episode 34] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources may…
Jun 8, 2026 · 26:33
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Tempest in a Casserole [episode 33] Tempest in a Casserole [episode 33] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain…
Jun 1, 2026 · 26:32
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Dan and the Wonderful Lamp [episode 32] Dan and the Wonderful Lamp [episode 32] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public…
May 25, 2026 · 26:33
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) One One Three Point Five [episode 31] One One Three Point Five [episode 31] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain…
May 18, 2026 · 26:32
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Death Is a Doll [episode 30] Death Is a Doll [episode 30] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources…
May 11, 2026 · 26:34
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Hunt and Peck [episode 29] Hunt and Peck [episode 29] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources may…
Apr 27, 2026 · 26:32
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Hare and Hounds [episode 28] Hare and Hounds [episode 28] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources…
Apr 20, 2026 · 26:33
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Flash of Light [episode 27] Flash of Light [episode 27] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources…
Apr 13, 2026 · 26:27
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Delinquent's Dilemma [episode 26] Delinquent's Dilemma [episode 26] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain…
Apr 6, 2026 · 26:34
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Last Will and Nursery Rhyme [episode 25] Last Will and Nursery Rhyme [episode 25] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public…
Mar 30, 2026 · 26:36
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) The Philanthropist [episode 24] The Philanthropist [episode 24] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives.…
Mar 23, 2026 · 26:25
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Three to Die [episode 23] Three to Die [episode 23] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources may…
Mar 11, 2026 · 26:38
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) The Dowager and Dan Holiday [episode 22] The Dowager and Dan Holiday [episode 22] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public…
Mar 2, 2026 · 26:28
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) The Professor and the Puzzle [episode 21] The Professor and the Puzzle [episode 21] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified…
Feb 24, 2026 · 27:01
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) The Better Man [episode 20] The Better Man [episode 20] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources…
Feb 16, 2026 · 26:49
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Hot Box [episode 19] Hot Box [episode 19] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources may include…
Feb 9, 2026 · 26:30
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) The Sad Night [episode 18] The Sad Night [episode 18] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources may…
Feb 2, 2026 · 26:50
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) The Haunted Artist [episode 17] The Haunted Artist [episode 17] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives.…
Feb 2, 2026 · 26:50
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Look Pleasant, Please [episode 16] Look Pleasant, Please [episode 16] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain…
Jan 27, 2026 · 26:46
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Double Right Cross [episode 15] Double Right Cross [episode 15] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives.…
Jan 21, 2026 · 26:47
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Diamond in the Sky [episode 14] Diamond in the Sky [episode 14] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives.…
Jan 20, 2026 · 26:46
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Damsel in Distress [episode 13] Damsel in Distress [episode 13] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives.…
Jan 18, 2026 · 26:36
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Triple Cross [episode 12] Triple Cross [episode 12] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources may…
Jan 17, 2026 · 26:34
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Suicide or Murder [episode 11] Suicide or Murder [episode 11] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives.…
Jan 15, 2026 · 26:38
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) The Great Torino [episode 10] The Great Torino [episode 10] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives.…
Jan 10, 2026 · 26:55
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Book of Poems [episode 9] Book of Poems [episode 9] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources may…
Jan 4, 2026 · 26:52
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Double Mothers [episode 8] Double Mothers [episode 8] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources may…
Jan 1, 2026 · 26:33
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Short Assignment [episode 7] Short Assignment [episode 7] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources…
Dec 25, 2025 · 27:01
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Shanghaied [episode 6] Shanghaied [episode 6] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources may include…
Dec 22, 2025 · 26:33
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Extra Extra [episode 5] Extra Extra [episode 5] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources may…
Dec 20, 2025 · 26:58
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Blackmail Is Murder [episode 3] Blackmail Is Murder [episode 3] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives.…
Dec 20, 2025 · 26:39
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) Insurance Fraud [episode 2] Insurance Fraud [episode 2] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources…
Dec 20, 2025 · 26:36
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Box 13 (OTRR) The First Letter [episode 1] The First Letter [episode 1] 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified public domain archives. Sources…
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