Double Mothers: Box 13

“Double Mothers” 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 an anonymous letter arranging a midnight meeting in the park, where he encounters a young girl named Janie who claims to have two mothers. When a woman calls claiming to be Janie's real mother, she asks Dan to keep the child for a few days and warns that both he and Janie are in danger.

A city park at night, then Dan Holiday's apartment and office

Characters: Dan Holiday, Susie, Janie, Janie's mother (voice on phone)

Listen for: The mysterious circumstances surrounding Janie's two mothers and the cryptic warning about danger

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.