Design For Danger: Box 13

“Design For Danger” 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 plea to help Johnny Tide, a young man freshly released from prison who is believed to be seeking revenge against Rick Martin, the man who framed him. Holiday tries to talk Tide out of violence, but the situation spirals into murder when Rick Martin is killed and suspicion falls on the ex-convict. Holiday must uncover the real killer before more people die.

Watertown, a rough section of the city, including Patty's pool room, the Blue Chip nightclub, an oil barge, and a warehouse by the pier

Characters: Dan Holiday, Johnny Tide, Janice Reed, Rick Martin, Fatty Ralston, Tyler Bennett, Lieutenant Cling, Suzy

Listen for: The clever use of Egyptian cigarettes and oil from the barge as clues to identify the true killer, and Holiday's realization that he was shot in the back while facing Johnny Tide

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.