{"podcast":{"title":"Box 13 | Old Time Radio","slug":"box-13-old-time-radio-7630035","podcast_index_feed_id":7630035,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/7222653/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0495a7c22a52eac2d54e15691635a91b.jpg","author":"Brandon Lee Bates","episode_count":92,"summary":"Box 13 | Old Time Radio follows former newspaper reporter and mystery writer Dan Holiday as he searches for adventure—and finds danger, crime, and mystery instead. Through a newspaper ad inviting people to send unusual assignments to Box 13, Holiday is drawn into cases involving murder, deception, missing persons, criminals, and unexpected twists. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Starring Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday, Box 13 combines detective fiction, mystery, suspense, and classic radio adventure. Rediscover classic old time radio detective stories, mystery, crime drama, private-eye adventures, suspense, and vintage radio. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/box-13-old-time-radio--7222653/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T22:19:15.587536+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/box-13-old-time-radio-7630035"},"episode":{"title":"Box 13 - \"Dan and the Wonderful Lamp\" (Old Time Radio, 2012)","slug":"box-13-dan-and-the-wonderful-lamp-old-time-radio-2012","published_at":"2026-09-04T14:05:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/box-13-old-time-radio-7630035/box-13-dan-and-the-wonderful-lamp-old-time-radio-2012","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/box-13-old-time-radio-7630035","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/box-13-dan-and-the-wonderful-lamp-old-time-radio-2012--74899260","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74899260/cb0ed38ad7ba5403_mastered.mp3","summary":"Box 13 presents “Dan and the Wonderful Lamp,” episode 32, originally broadcast March 27, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday, with Sylvia Picker as Suzy. A Box 13 invitation sends Dan to a garden charity bazaar at the Mannering estate, where a winning guess earns him an unusually ugly lamp. Before long, the curious prize draws intense interest from unexpected quarters—and turns a pleasant afternoon into a dangerous mystery. Box 13 presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:46 Original Broadcast 27:17 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/box-13-old-time-radio--7222653/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio","meta_description":"Box 13 presents “Dan and the Wonderful Lamp,” episode 32, originally broadcast March 27, 1949. Alan Ladd stars as writer-adventurer Dan Holiday, with Sylv…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1645,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/box-13-old-time-radio-7630035/episodes/box-13-dan-and-the-wonderful-lamp-old-time-radio-2012/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/box-13-old-time-radio-7630035/box-13-dan-and-the-wonderful-lamp-old-time-radio-2012.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}