The Treasure of Hang Li: Box 13

“The Treasure of Hang Li” 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 directing him to purchase a mysterious jade piece called the Hang Li from a Chinatown shop. When he obtains it, he becomes entangled in a deadly quest involving a young woman seeking revenge for her father's murder, a mysterious shop owner with secrets of his own, and a murderous man named Benson who will kill for the three pieces of an ancient carved screen.

Present-day Los Angeles, including Chinatown and an apartment building downtown.

Characters: Dan Holiday, Susie, Mr. Kwan, Greta Loring, Benson, Lan, Fisher

Listen for: The clever setup of the jade trap, the layered revelations about the three-piece screen and its deadly history, and the philosophical twist where the treasure turns out to be merely a proverb about contentment rather than gold or riches.

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.