Death Is No Joke: Box 13

“Death Is No Joke” is an episode of Box 13, the old-time radio show. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Dan Holiday arrives at the country estate of Bernard Trendler, who recently inherited a substantial fortune after being missing for fifteen years. A series of escalating pranks and vandalism has been plaguing the household, and Alex fears someone intends to commit murder. Dan investigates the mysterious incidents and uncovers a dangerous deception at the heart of the family mystery.

Bernard Trendler's country estate and surrounding areas including a high school and town

Characters: Dan Holiday, Alex, Ruth, Bernard Trendler, Henry Drenner, Martha Drenner, Susie

Listen for: The revelation of the practical jokes as a cover for something sinister, the brake line sabotage, and the shocking identity fraud that explains the entire mystery

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.