Design for Danger: Box 13 (1948)

“Design for Danger” is an episode of Box 13, the old-time radio show, first broadcast in 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A girl named Janice Reed sends a desperate message to Dan Holiday asking for help when Johnny Tide is released from prison. She fears he will kill or be killed by morning, but insists there is good in him. Holiday arrives in Watertown to investigate and discovers that Johnny was framed by Rick Martin, a man who wanted the same girl that Johnny loved.

Watertown, a separate district of an unnamed city, including its waterfront, pool room, pawn shop, and the Blue Chip nightclub

Characters: Dan Holiday, Janice Reed, Johnny Tide, Fatty Rosten, Rick Martin, Lieutenant Clinton, Tyler Bennett

Listen for: The mystery of why Johnny Tide was really framed and what he plans to do now that he's been released from prison

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.