A Book of Poems: Box 13

“A Book of Poems” is an episode of Box 13, the old-time radio show. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Dan Holiday receives a mysterious book of Sir Walter Scott's poems addressed to his Box 13, sent from the library of a man named Robert N. Chase who died ten years ago in a fire that destroyed his estate, Fairmellrose. The book falls open to a poem about the estate, prompting Holiday to investigate the tragedy and discover why someone wanted him to look into it.

A city with a newspaper office, the ruins of Fairmellrose estate in a canyon, Mildred Chase's apartment, and a hospital

Characters: Dan Holiday, Susie, Mildred Chase, Inspector Cling, Bertha, Carl

Listen for: The mystery of the missing plaque from the trophy case and what really happened the night of the fire at Fairmellrose

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.