Movie star Alan Ladd played Dan Holiday, a former newspaperman turned mystery novelist and adventurer. To gain ideas for his books, Holiday placed an ad in the Star-Times newspaper: “Adventure wanted—will go anywhere, do anything—write Box 13, Star-Times.” It wasn’t long before his post office box became jammed with adventure offers galore. The stories follow his escapades when he responds to the letters.Holiday always had more adventure than he had originally sou...

Dan Holiday learned about crime as a hard-boiled newspaper reporter, and writes about it as a best-selling mystery novelist. How does he find his plot ideas? He advertises for adventure! Sound like a man you'd like to know? Drop him a note care of Box Thirteen.Sylvia Picker plays Suzy, Holiday's gal Friday, and Edmund McDonald is the irascible Lieutenant Kling. Film favorite Alan Ladd brings on plenty of swagger as the star of these sixteen punchy radio crime thrillers!Episodes Include: Th...

"Adventure wanted . . . will go anyplace . . . do anything. Write Box 13."Box Thirteen is your address for radio mystery at its best! Alan Ladd stars in sixteen intriguing episodes as former newspaper reporter turned freelance fiction writer Dan Holiday. His excursions into mystery and crime for the characters in his books lead him to thrill-packed adventures all his own!At his side is a scatter-brained secretary named Suzy (played by Sylvia Picker), and in his way is the gruff Lieutenant ...