The Mystery of the Iron Box


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

(4.3 stars; 69 reviews)

When Ken Holt's father, the famous newspaper writer, comes home for a Christmas visit, one of the gifts he brings is an antique iron box. Soon after he arrives a serious of unexplained events occur, including an attempted burglary. A hunch that the iron box is at the center of these occurrences sends Ken Holt and his friend Sandy Allen on an exciting adventure to solve the mystery!

Ken Holt was the central characters in a series of 18 mystery stories for boys written by Sam and Beryl Epstein under the pseudonym Bruce Campbell. (Summary by Maria Therese) (5 hr 7 min)

Chapters

A Cold Draft 19:25 Read by K. Adrian Stroet
A Fire 18:08 Read by Khaghbboommm
A Scrap of Film 15:40 Read by Susan Bell
Booby Trap 15:28 Read by Susan Bell
The Missing Ounces 15:47 Read by Taylor Davison
Unexpected Caller 21:52 Read by Khaghbboommm
An Exploded Theory 12:50 Read by Jacqueline Withrow
A Package Change Hands 14:41 Read by Jacqueline Withrow
One More Link 20:33 Read by Kurt
Nothing to Sneeze At 16:20 Read by Kurt
A Scheme for Attack 16:11 Read by Michelle Schroff
Cornered 15:47 Read by Michelle Schroff
A Desperate Plan 20:12 Read by Michelle Schroff
Heading for Deep Waters 13:40 Read by Kalynda
Catapult 11:29 Read by Michelle Schroff
With the Help of Fire 13:22 Read by Michelle Schroff
Robbed by the Waves 14:04 Read by Michelle Schroff
The Iron Box Again 13:57 Read by Michelle Schroff
Out of the Sky 10:14 Read by Michelle Schroff
Front-Page News 8:09 Read by Michelle Schroff

Reviews

The Mystery of the Iron Box


(5 stars)

A great adventure story, a little corny but enjoyable non the less.

good yarn


(4.5 stars)

I must be a kid at heart. I enjoy adolescent detective stories. I hope there are more Ken Holt stories in the works. The only disappointing part was the quality of the second and I think sixth chapters. Read by the same reader and very difficult to listen to.

Good Mystery


(4 stars)

I thought this was some really good writing It was a "cliff hanger" and always kept me listening longer than I intended. In a couple of the chapters the sound was poor, fading in and out, otherwise it was well done.

Great adventure but many bad recordings.


(4 stars)

Great adventure but many bad recordings. this is one of the best books I have heard so far but I hated that many chapters were read badly by volunteers n even recording quality was bad for some.

Pretty good! Kept me wondering, what's next?


(3.5 stars)

the mystery of the iron box


(5 stars)

very good book. some of the readers were excellent some not so much although the ones that weren't good, seemed to be lacking good equipment more then skill.


(4 stars)

Very good enough helps with back grounding sounds, and would rather listen to book then hear more lie's from a teleprompter. 🤑🤫

The Mystery of the Iron Box


(5 stars)

cute story, well read