Mexican Maze: Box 13

“Mexican Maze” 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 urgent letter from Arthur Mead, a man in Mexico City claiming he's in mortal danger and requesting his help. When Holiday arrives and tries to locate Mead, he discovers a tangle of connections involving Robert Lucas, an importer with sinister intentions, and Marilyn Cooper, a dancer who warns that Lucas wants to prevent Mead from closing a crucial business deal.

Mexico City, including Robert Lucas's office, the Club of the Three Flowers nightclub, and a rooming house on Alvarado Drive

Characters: Dan Holiday, Arthur Mead, Robert Lucas, Marilyn Cooper, Barnes

Listen for: The mystery deepens as Holiday closes in on Mead's location, with questions about Mead's criminal past, the nature of the export business deal, and what Lucas is truly after

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.