The Dead Man Walks: Box 13

“The Dead Man Walks” is an episode of Box 13, the old-time radio show. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When a young woman writes to Dan Holiday asking for help finding her paroled father, he discovers the man dead in a pawn shop—only to learn the same man reported to his parole officer hours later. As Dan digs deeper, he uncovers a dangerous counterfeiting operation and a plot to steal hidden printing plates.

A city with a pawn shop at 517 Slack Street, an old house at 618 Brennan Square, police headquarters, and surrounding neighborhoods.

Characters: Dan Holiday, Susie, Sheila Corbett, Albert Winslow, Michael Bono, Lieutenant Kling, Eddie, Charlie

Listen for: The clever twist of a dead man who comes back to life, the fake phone call to the parole officer, and the hidden counterfeit plates concealed inside a Seth Thomas clock.

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.