Hare and Hounds: Box 13 (1948)

“Hare and Hounds” 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

Dan Holiday receives a mysterious out-of-town letter at his Box 13 office, but a peculiar visitor named Mr. Worker steals it during a seemingly friendly visit. When Holiday travels to Bridgeport to investigate the letter's intended recipient, Arthur Holmes, he discovers the man murdered in his apartment and finds himself holding the murder weapon, framed for a crime he didn't commit.

Dan Holiday's office at the Star Times newspaper, an apartment building in Bridgeport, and an all-night hamburger stand

Characters: Dan Holiday, Susie, Mr. Worker, Arthur Holmes

Listen for: The clever clue of the blotter that reveals the Box 13 address, Worker's suspicious behavior and theft of the letter, and Holiday's predicament as the prime suspect in a murder he didn't commit.

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.