Hunt and Peck: Box 13

“Hunt and Peck” 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 desperate letter from Martin Kirby, a man on death row with only 48 hours to live, convicted of murdering his friend Leslie Roberts. Convinced of Kirby's innocence, Holiday races against time to uncover the real killer before the execution, discovering that William Morgan, Kirby's business partner, may be the actual murderer.

A city with a state penitentiary, police headquarters, the Star Times newspaper offices, and various city locations including Morgan's apartment

Characters: Dan Holiday, Martin Kirby, Susie, Lieutenant Cling, William Morgan, Mrs. Roberts, Leslie Roberts

Listen for: The clever deduction about typewriter typing styles (hunt and peck versus touch system) that helps identify the real killer; the tense confrontation between Holiday and Morgan in the final hour before execution; Lieutenant Cling's last-minute intervention.

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.