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In this thrilling old time radio program filled with adventure and mayhem, Actor Alan Ladd portrays retired newspaperman and mystery novelist Dan Holiday.  The series was first aired in December 31, 1947 in New York City at WOR network.  The show begins when Holiday's thirst for new ideas prompts him to place an intriguing advertisement in the classified ads that reads "Adventure wanted, will go anywhere, do anything -- write Box 13, Star-Times."  Of course this sort of ad calls out to all the crazies and weirdos who come into contact with the ad and Box 13 gets filled up with more requests and adventures than Holiday bargained for.  All of which he sees as more research material.  Produced by Mayfair Productions in , a pinch of levity was injected into this series of old radio shows with the delightful, if somewhat eccentric ramblings of his scatter-brained secretary, Suzy who is played by Sylvia Picker.  

Enjoy the strange and wacky misadventures of the motley cast and crew of Box 13 today!

 

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