The Detail: Episode 3 – Devil in the Detail Devil in the Detail is the third and final episode of the first season of The Detail. It brings the modern noir story of detective Reggie Moore, informant Joe Miller and officer Katelyn Hayes to a dramatic finale. The Detail Episode 1 100% Achievement Guide. May contain spoilers. So tread carefully! Some of the achievements are self-explanatory, easy to get and don't need any more details to achieve it. As of now, this is just a guide for episode 1. The guide for episode 2 will be added here soon.:) Rate.
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BOX 13'Adventure wanted - will go anywhere, do anything - Box 13.' The premise of the program was that Dan Holiday was an author who wrote mystery novels. To get ideas for his novels he placed an advertisement in a newspaper saying 'Adventure wanted, will go anywhere, do anything, Box 13.' The ads always brought fun adventures of all kinds: from racketeer's victim to psychotic killer looking for fun.
Most of the episodes were based on Dan Holiday replying to a letter he received at Box 13.He would generally solve a mystery in the process, and return to his office in time to enjoy a hearty laugh at the expense of Suzy, his amusingly stupid secretary. He would certainly not meet the strictest requirements for private eyes (not licensed, collected no fees from clients), but the definition should stretch to sneak him in under the rope.In total there were 52 episodes of this radio program created. It was heard over the Mutual Broadcasting System as well as being syndicated. The series was produced by Mayfair Productions.Box 13, starring Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday.
Sylvia Picker played Suzy, Dan Holiday's secretary and Edmond MacDonald as Lt. Other stars in the series were Betty Lou Gerson, Lurene Tuttle, Alan Reed, Luis Van Rooten, John Beal and Frank Lovejoy. Music was by Rudy Schrager and the writer was Russell Hughes. Announcer/Director was Vern Carstensen.
The series was produced by Richard Sanville with Alan Ladd as co-producer.NOTE: Updated with Version 2 files (01-Jan-2020).From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See 'Notes' Section below for more information on the OTRR.NotesOLD TIME RADIO RESEARCHERS GROUPThis is a production of the Old Time Radio Researchers (OTRR) Group located at, and.It contains the most complete and accurate version of this series in the best sound possible at the time of creation.
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Or try renaming the ZIP file itself to a shorter name before unzipping. I'm writing this as appreciation for Box 13's lead actor, Alan Ladd. He's not playing a cop, merely an amateur sleuth who happens to be a writer looking for new story inspirations. Ladd proved in his movies he was capable playing a hard-boiled detective, and it's his narratives that guide listeners through Box 13 scenarios he gets involved in.
'Double Mothers' episode finds him caring for a child (probably an adult actress imitating a child), Ladd displays subtle compassion that later gave depth to his portrayal of movie gunfighter 'Shane.' If Ladd had not died so unexpectedly, he could have made a living as narrator, doing voice-over audio for media. At least we have this radio show. Judging by the success of his offspring, they learned-inherited a lot from him. By the end of the era, most of the detective series had become so formulaic that it was difficult to tell one episode from another. Box 13 was a well produced break from the standard cliches.
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It was more sophisticated than most and had both dialog and sound effects that gave the stories a richness that was fading fast by the time the war ended. Alan Ladd was superb and his supporting cast was fun with complete characters and a marvelous sense of timing. The plots were usually not as hokey as the standard radio show of it's time and there was something about the banter that gives the show a flow. The actors never seemed bored or burned out.
Perhaps that is just the benefit of only doing 52 shows, but I like to think not. I like to read the old pulp detective story collections from that time and Box 13 is far ahead of most of them. Johnny Dollar with Bob Bailey is another one that is never tiring. Let George Do It, also with Bob Bailey is probably my favorite, but the race between Let George Do It and Box 13 is too close to call. I want to thank who ever uploaded these. It is a treasure.
Easily my favorite radio show of all time. Alan Ladd and his Mayfair Productions company really made this show pop in a radio detective drama I had previously been unaware of: the classifieds detective. I don't have another title for it, but it fits in with 'Let George Do It' and (somewhat)'Rocky Fortune' as an altruistic investigator who happens upon adventure through relative unintentional means. 52 episodes were not enough, but if you listen to this and are eager for more, check out both of the previously mentioned. 'Let George Do It' is especially similar, started earlier and even has a much more independant female lead.
There's something really fantastic about 'Box 13', regardless.A brief summary is Dan Holiday (even sharing a similar name to 'George's George Valentine), a bored and uninspired fiction writer, takes out an add in the paper, offering his help in, well, anything, as long as it results in an interesting adventure. Being a classic radio hero, he often gripes about the situations he gets himself in, but always comes out the hero, regardless. His sounding board is Suzy, a flaky secretary who constantly misinterprets things.
She can be seen as offensive to women, but I see her more as her own woman who is just silly for the sake of silliness. There are plenty of stong women in the show, otherwise.
Dan also has his very own policeman foil who becomes a great character in his own right and really comes through as helpful, as the series goes on, rather than an obstacle, like many other shows (Boston Blackie, being an example). His role teeters off towards the end, which is really a shame, but I'm guessing the writers may've seen him as an ex machina, Dan's 'get out of trouble' card, and in some ways, the episodes without him are the stronger for it. All in all, a great show for fans of the genre.
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