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Perry drives to the scene of a shooting and finds the police recovering the body of Harry Merrill from a car that went over the side of a mountain. MerriIl has a bullet in his body and a pillowcase over his head. Meanwhile, Perry's client, Evelyn Bagby, claims she was chased by a hooded man in a car near the same cliff that day. She fired two shots at the man's car to scare him off, and now the police want her for murder.

The Case of the Restless Redhead

Peter Cole is caught one night sleepwalking with a letter opener and standing over his wife's bed.  His wife Doris is afraid and decides the next day to file for divorce.  Exactly one year later, when the divorce is to be finalized, Frank Maddox, Peter's business partner, meets with Doris Cole.  Together they arrange to force Peter Cole to pay Frank Maddox $500K to buy his share of the business or Doris will stop the divorce that Peter wants.  That night Frank Maddox spends the night at Peter Cole's house and exchanges bedrooms with Phillip Kendall, Peter's stepbrother.  The next morning Phillip Kendall is found dead in bed and Peter Cole is accused of murder due to his known sleepwalking.

The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece

Sybil Granger hires Perry to help her buy stock in her estranged husband's oil company on the sly. By this, Sybil hopes to force her husband's latest girlfriend, Roxy Howard, out of the company and his life altogether. Things get complicated when George Lutts enters the picture and gets shot to death.

The Case of the Nervous Accomplice

Donald Briggs is an unscrupulous private investigator hired by Clyde Waters to uncover information about Marv Adams, his daughter's fiance.  Briggs learned that Marv Adams' father was Ben Devereaux who was convicted of murder 18 years ago.  Donald Briggs is trying to blackmail Clyde Waters and Martha Norris in return for keeping silent about certain facts regarding the Devereaux case.  The next evening Donald Briggs is found dead in his motel room and Marv Adams is accused of the murder because he had a fight with Donald Briggs the previous morning.

The Case of the Drowning Duck

Fran Celane feels her uncle, Edward Norton, is too restrictive as the executor of her father's spendthrift trust.  He also wants her to wait 18 months until her 25th birthday before she gets married.  Arthur Crinston, Edward Norton's attorney, arrives to meet with Mr. Norton but is told to return at 11pm.  When he returns, they meet for a few minutes and as he is leaving, Mr. Norton asks him to take his secretary, Donald Graves, to pick up some papers.  As they drive away, Mr. Graves looks back at the house and sees someone attack Edward Norton.  They return to find Edward Norton dead and Rodney Gleason, Fran's fiance, is identified as the assailant.  Rodney Gleason is accused of the murder.

The Case of the Sulky Girl

Harry Marlow owns a florist business and wants to own a part of Mildred Kimber's orchid business but Mildred Kimber is not interested.  So Harry Marlow makes an arrangement with a local club owner, Sam Lynk, to cheat Mildred's husband, Bob Kimber, out of his share of the business in a card game.  Meanwhile an employee of Sam Lynk, Lola Florey, decides to help Mildred Kimber to get the shares of stock back from Sam Lynk.  When Sam Lynk is found dead in his home, Mildred Kimber is accused of the crime after her prescription drug container is found in Sam Lynk's house.

The Case of the Silent Partner

Carla Adrian is having trouble fending off amorous neighbor Mark Cushing. When another neighbor hears a shot and a woman's scream, then witnesses Carla's Mother, Belle Adrian, in Mark Cushing's cabin—it's not long before the police discover Cushing’s body and arrest Mrs. Belle Adrian.

The Case of the Angry Mourner

Fay Allison is getting married in a few days to Dane Grover.  Her roommate, Anita Bonsal, is having a clandestine affair with a married man, Carver Clement.  When Aunt Louise arrives early the next morning to be with Fay, she finds Fay and Anita both appear to have been drugged.  Louise calls her friend Perry Mason to help decide what to do.  Perry and Della discover the key to another apartment in Fay's purse and go upstairs to investigate.  They arrive to find Carver Clement dead in the apartment.  Fay Allison is accused of the murder when the police find her fingerprints on a glass in the apartment.

The Case of the Crimson Kiss

Hollywood producer John Addison picks up an attractive young woman hitchhiker. Far from being innocent she turns out to be a blackmailer and a witness to a murder that Addison is charged with. Perry, as usual, is hired to get to the bottom of things.

The Case of the Vagabond Vixen

Ed Davenport learns that a sandwich he requested to be tested by a lab contains arsenic and blames his wife Myrna.  When he confronts her about his suspicions she denies it.  He leaves for a business trip and falls ill.  Dr. Renault is called to treat him at a motel where Ed Davenport later dies.  Before he dies he claims his wife poisoned some candy.  After locking the motel room the doctor calls the police.  The police arrive to find the corpse missing.  The police test the candy and indeed find arsenic.  Subsequently Ed Davenport's body is found in a shallow grave.  Myrna Davenport is accused of the murder.

The Case of the Runaway Corpse

While Martha Bradford is waiting for her appointment at a beauty parlour, she meets Rita Bradford who apparently is also married to Joe Bradford and lives at the same address.  Joe Bradford is preparing for a business meeting in San Diego.  He makes plans to meet his wife Martha but fails to show up.  Joe Bradford is found dead on his boat the next morning and Martha Bradford is accused of his murder when her fingerprints are found on a candle located on the boat.

The Case of the Crooked Candle

Perry Mason and Paul Drake are on a fishing trip when they spot a young woman named Sally Fenner being pursued by vicious guard dogs on an island estate. The only way Sally can avoid being chewed up by the dogs is to jump into the water and swim for it. Perry and Paul pull Sally out of the drink and Perry ends up defending her on a murder charge.

The Case of the Negligent Nymph

Restrauteur Morey Allen, a friend of Perry and Della's, has a problem: his waitress, Dixie Dayton, was struck by a car while fleeing the restaurant after spotting a man stalking her. The only item she left behind was a moth-eaten mink. When the stalker is found murdered, Morey and Dixie are both strong suspects and eventually get arrested for the murder. The case also ties in with the murder of a young policeman several months before.

The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink

Robert Dawson confronts Albert Tydings, his partner, about $80K missing from Carol Stanley's trust account.  Albert Tydings admits he embezzled the money and blackmails Robert Dawson to keep quiet or he will reveal some scandalous facts about Carol.  Later, Carol calls and makes an appointment to meet Albert Tydings at his office to discuss the trust account.  She arrives to find Albert Tydings dead.  The next morning Perry goes to Albert Tydings' home and finds him there dead.  Eventually the police determine Tydings body was moved from his office.  The police accuse Carol Stanley when her car is reported seen at the office at the time he was murdered.

The Case of the Baited Hook

Perry and Della witness an automobile accident which leads Perry to defend an exotic dancer charged with murder.

The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse

Nadine Marshall lives with her Uncle Martin and Captain Hugo.  She comes home excited with the news of her engagement to John Locke.  When she tells her Uncle Martin, he shows her some papers about her family which upset her.  When Nadine visits John Locke, she takes some cyanide pills without John noticing.  Later that evening Nadine makes her Uncle Martin's nightly hot chocolate and he dies shortly afterward.  Nadine is accused of murder when she makes a taped confession that she killed her uncle.

The Case of the Demure Defendant

Arlene Dowling reports the theft of all her belongings, including a diary she is anxious to get back.

The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary

Perry has to navigate his way through a hornet's nest of murder, hit-and-run, secret marriage, and a missing witness in this episode.

The Case of the Cautious Coquette

Claire Olger is hitchhiking because her purse was stolen at the bus station and is picked up by Michael Greeley.  He loses control of the car and has an accident due to his being intoxicated.  Arriving at the scene of the accident, the police find Claire in the driver's seat.  The district attorney's office questions her but do not believe her story about another driver.  Her friend, Doris Stephanak, asks Perry Mason to help.  When Perry is unable to contact Claire at her hotel, he goes there and finds Michael Greeley dead in her room.  The police accuse Claire Olger of murder, realizing Michael Greeley fits the description of the man she claimed was driving the car and believe she had motive and opportunity.

The Case of the Haunted Husband

Heiress Marilyn Cartright places an ad in a magazine in order to find love and companionship. In reality, Marilyn is looking for the con artist who swindled and drove her sister to suicide. Marilyn eventually finds the man, Charles "Country Boy" Barnaby, and turns on her ample charm in his direction hoping to get the goods on him. But when Barnaby is found poisoned to death the police theorize that Marilyn killed him as an act of revenge.

The Case of the Lonely Heiress

Arthur West, a disreputable private investigator, has found J. J. Stanley in a cheap motel.  He knows Mr. Stanley and his partner Ned Bain were involved in the embezzlement of the Texas National Bank.  He wants to blackmail Ned Bain into giving him money to keep quiet.  Harriet Bain, Ned Bain's daughter, answers the call from Arthur West and agrees to meet him.  After hearing a taped conversation between J. J. Stanley and Ned Bain talking about the blackmail offer, she hires Perry Mason.  Ned Bain decides to pay and meets with J. J. Stanley.  The next morning J. J. Stanley is found dead in Arthur West's hotel room.  Harriet Bain is accused of the murder when her fingerprints are found on the murder weapon.

The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister

Janet Norris is charged with poisoning her doctor husband just before he flew to his death in his private plane. Further investigation reveals that Dr. Norris did not die in the plane crash and that he is in Mexico with his nurse mistress. The man killed in the plane was actually one Dave Kirby. This means that Janet still has to stand trial for murder.

The Case of the Fugitive Nurse

Della and Perry's dinner at a fancy French restaurant is interrupted by a phone call and an envelope containing $500.00 from a mysterious woman named Marian Fargo. She wants him to make an exchange for her: the money for some documents regarding her fugitive brother. Unbeknownst to Marion, her own husband is in on the blackmail scheme which is being masterminded by one Samuel Carlin. Marion's husband and Carlin both turn up dead but Marion, who has fled on a bus, has an eyewitness, Diana Maynard, who can provide her with an alibi for the murders. Unfortunately for all concerned, Ms. Maynard has only one good eye and may not be telling the truth about who she is.

The Case of the One-Eyed Witness

When Robert Crane is charged with the murder of his sister's estranged husband Perry needs the testimony of sister Helen Reed to clear him of the charge. Unfortunately for all concerned, Helen suffers from multiple personality disorder and the second personality, Joyce Martel, is the one who is needed as the witness. Helen's psychiatrist puts her under hypnosis so Joyce can tell what she knows about the case.

The Case of the Deadly Double

Doris Hocksley is shown a personal newspaper ad in a Los Angeles newspaper for locating the daughter of Adam Hocksley and providing proof of same.  A friend, John Lowell, suggests she pursue the idea to prove she is the rightful heir to Adam Hocksley estate.  Alan Neil is the nephew of Elston Carr, the executor.  He meets Doris Hocksley and suggests they work together, for a price, to convince the executor.  Later that evening Elston Carr is found dead in his home by Rebecca Gentrie, the secretary.  She locks the door to the room to keep whoever is inside from escaping and calls the police.  The police open the door to find Doris Hocksley.  She is accused of murder when they find her fingerprints on the murder weapon.

The Case of the Empty Tin

Frank Lawton goes to visit old friend Scott Shelby and ends up being charged with his muder.  Fortunately for Lawton, Perry Mason is another old friend of his and he arrives on the scene to try and solve the case.

The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife

Stefan Riker has come from Germany seeking the woman posing as Lisa Bannister and she believes he can cause her to be deported back to Germany.  Attempting to help her stepmother, Doris Bannister pretends to be romantically interested in Stefan Riker.  During the next few months Stefan Riker receives money and gifts from Doris and seems satisfied.  However one night he is murdered and Doris Bannister is accused of murder because her fingerprints are found on a ladder outside of Riker's apartment.

The Case of the Desperate Daughter

Daniel Conway is involved in a vicious proxy war with Warner Griffith for control of an oil company. Conway's secretary, Rose Calvert, is spying for Griffith. When Rose is found dead, Conway fears he's being framed for murder and approaches Perry at a bar association dinner and asks for his aid. Perry at first believes Griffin to be the guilty party but he has an ironclad alibi. Then another witness emerges who has a photographic memory and can identify people by their shoes.

The Case of the Daring Decoy

When Albert Sanders is charged with the murder of dance hall girl, Kim Lane, Perry offers to defend him pro bono because he knows Sanders is down on his luck and still devastated over the accidental death of his wife and children eight years before.

The Case of the Hesitant Hostess

Gossip columnist Mary K. Davis is found murdered and it seems there is no shortage of suspects. There was her politician-husband to whom she refused to grant a divorce. There was her timid secretary whom she bullied. There was the secretary's boyfriend who had some secrets in his past. There was the doctor running an illegal baby-selling scheme whom Mary threatened to expose if he didn't give her a child. Leona Walsh, the doctor's nurse, ends up being charged with the crime and this time Perry has to tamper with some evidence in order to clear his client.

The Case of the Screaming Woman

When wealthy Louise Gordon is poisoned to death her nurse is charged with the crime. Perry does some digging and discovers that the first wife of the victim's husband also died of poisoning. Is the husband really the culprit or could it be someone else?

The Case of the Fiery Fingers

Perry and Della are traveling on a cruise ship returning to Los Angeles from Vancouver. A fellow passenger, Carl Houser, who recently came into a bunch of money, and his wife and daughter end up meeting the two. Houser’s wife, Anna, enlists Perry’s help because she believes something is wrong with her husband and his story. Then  her husband ends up overboard and she is suspected of murdering him.

The Case of the Substitute Face

Racketeer George Castle kills Las Vegas hotel owner Glenn Faulkner over a gambling debt and sets his sights on land inherited by Faulkner's daughter, Stephanie. When Castle turns up murdered as well, Stephanie finds herself the number one suspect.

The Case of the Long-Legged Models

Enid Griffin, the secretary of Stewart Brent, attempts to commit suicide after learning her boss has married.  Arthur Binney attempts to blackmail Stewart Brent with facts about his new wife having been in jail for fraud.  When Stewart Brent goes to meet Arthur Binney at a motel for the payoff, he is knocked unconscious.  He awakens to find Arthur Binney dead in the next room and is put on trial for murder.

The Case of the Gilded Lily

Attempting to miss hitting her stepfather's car, Patricia Faxon swerves as she enters her driveway and hits the hedges.  After asking her stepfather, Bertrand Allred, to move his car, he finds Bob Fleetwood badly hurt next to the hedges.  Assuming Patricia accidently hit Bob Fleetwood, Bertrand and Lucille Allred take Bob to a hotel.  The next morning Bertrand Allred is found dead in his car, near the hotel, where the car left the road and went through the guard rail.  Lucille Allred is accused of killing her husband when she is seen walking back to the hotel shortly after Bertrand's car left.

The Case of the Lazy Lover

Lorraine Stevens is fighting off the advances of the owner of the import-export company where she works, Philip Larkin.  Later that evening she is asked to pick up something at the Alcorn Jewelers store.  The owner is unaware of what she is to pick up and suggests she make a phonecall to find out.  She calls Philip Larkin and while the phone rings we see Philip Larkin dead in his home.  Standing over him is Joseph Harrison who wipes off his fingerprints from the telephone and leaves.  When his fingerprints are found on the gun case of the murder weapon he is accused of the murder.

The Case of the Prodigal Parent

A visit from an attractive blonde sporting a black eye sequeways into a case concerning a wealthy man's long lost grandson and murder.

The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde

While a woman is searching the office of the South African Diamond Company, George Baxter enters to meet Walter Lumis and Duane Jefferson.  He notices things in disarray and questions the woman.  She makes an escape, enters Perry Mason's office, and pretends to be a typist sent by a temp agency.  She leaves unannounced a short time later.  Meanwhile Baxter calls for the police assuming a robbery has taken place.  That evening the dead body of George Baxter is seen being thrown from a pier.  Duane Jefferson is identified as the person who threw the body off the pier and is accused of the murder.  However he refuses to identify the woman who could prove his innocence.

The Case of the Terrified Typist

When Daniel Reed (Edgar Stehli) finds himself being blackmailed by an old business partner from his time in Alaska, Perry must first save him from the insane asylum and then the gas chamber.  Convinced that Reed has lost his mind when he begins writing $20,000.00 checks to strangers, his heartless niece and nephew have the old man forcibly placed in an insane asylum.  Perry is enlisted by Reedâ€™s girlfriend Millie Foster (Kitty Kelly) to get him out of the asylum and he is no sooner granted his freedom than his blackmailer turns up dead and Reed stands accused of his murder.

The Case of the Rolling Bones

Perry receives a telephone call from George Beaumont, a man who supposedly died in a plane crash nearly three years before. In reality, Beaumont missed the plane and after hearing about the accident decided to disappear leaving wife Laura with his life insurance money. Since then, Beaumont has been cavorting with girlfriend Ruth Whittaker and living under an alias. He has grown tired of this life and wants to return home but someone cuts short his return by sticking a letter opener in his back. Ruth is then charged with the murder.

The Case of the Corresponding Corpse

Perry has all kinds of troubles in this one when a murder brings him into the tangled financial and personal affairs of the wealthy Balfour family.

The Case of the Lucky Loser

Robbers lift a bundle from the Hargrove Finance Company and Frank Anderson is murdered in the aftermath. Anthony "Pop" Renzi is identified as one of the robbers and charged with both the robbery and the murder. Perry sets out to clear him of both charges.

The Case of the Pint-Sized Client

Major Frank Lessing, a payroll officer on an Army base, is found murdered and Sgt. Joseph Dexter is charged with the crime. The case hinges on a payroll robbery committed in the Phillippines years before. It seems as though some of the bills from that robbery were turning up on the base.

The Case of the Sardonic Sergeant

Rhoda Reynolds is charged with murdering her blackmailing ex-husband, Arthur Kane. At the trial, Perry moves the proceedings to the room in which Kane was murdered in order to re-enact the fatal night.

The Case of the Curious Bride

Slimy Jack Hardisty embezzles $100,000.00 from his father-in-law, Dr. Blane. The greedy Hardisty then tries to blackmail the good doctor for more. Perry is hired by Dr. Blane to put an end to Hardisty's machinations but before he can swing into action the rogue turns up dead. Dr. Blane is charged with the murder forcing Perry to do some intricate courtroom work involving a wildlife camera triggered by a buried clock which took misleading pictures of the actual killer.

The Case of the Buried Clock

A moonlighting school teacher is charged with the murder of   a male acquaintence he had taken home after the acquaintence had earlier raised a disturbance at his night job at a cafe.

The Case of the Married Moonlighter

Jockey Tic Barton is in a mess of trouble. First he's fired when his horse loses a fixed race and then he's charged with murder after confronting Johnny Starr, the man actually responsible for the fix. And, oh yes, Tic's wife was having an affair with the murder victim. It's up to Perry to set things right.

The Case of the Jilted Jockey

An art collector, Rufus Varner, is told by a reputable art critic that one of his most prized art paintings named ""The Purple Woman"" is a forgery.  Varner visits the art dealer from whom he purchased the painting, Milo Girard.  After he finds out the dealer knew it was a forgery, he realizes the news would damage his reputation as an art collector.  At the Girard home, an artist Aaron Hubble, tells Evelyn Girard, the wife of the art dealer, that he painted a forgery of The Purple Woman for her husband.  Milo Girard is found dead in his office the next morning and his wife Evelyn is charged with his murder.

The Case of the Purple Woman

Martin Ellis is sent to jail for stealing the sum of $300,000.00. Ellis is later exonerated thanks to evidence discovered by his wife and the real thief, Charles Brewster, is arrested for the theft. Brewster manages to get out of jail on bail but later turns up dead. Ellis is charged with the killing.

The Case of the Fancy Figures

The courtroom action in this episode takes place at a coroner's inquest as a parrot holds the key to freeing suspect Ellen Sabin from blame in the murder of her husband.

The Case of the Perjured Parrot

Sarah Werner asks Perry to find her husband, Hugo Werner, who ran off with her inheritance. Hugo, now using the name Hans Breel, is now working on a gem scam but his scheme backfires when he is murdered and Sarah is charged with the crime.

The Case of the Shattered Dream

Eva Martell is hired out of numerous candidates by Melvin Slater to impersonate a woman named Helen Reynolds. Eva is paid extremely well and given a nice apartment to live in with her Aunt Agnes as long as she continues with her impersonation. Both Eva and her aunt suspect a rat and seek Perry's advice. Then Melvin Slater turns up dead in the apartment.

The Case of the Borrowed Brunette

Rollins and Wyatt have discovered a cure for gill fever. As they plan to market the product, they find that Jack Huxley has bought the aquarium business and owns all patents and intellectual property. Huxley is murdered; Wyatt is charged.

The Case of the Glittering Goldfish

Two troubled women, Millie Crest and Fern Driscoll, switch identities. Millie, posing as Fern, stabs shady private eye Carl Davis in the arm in self-defense. Davis then turns up dead from poisoning of the stab wound to his arm. Millie then gets Perry to help her in return for a 38 cent retainer.

The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll

A District Attorney is charged with the murder of a chairman of the bids committee to a defectively built hospital whom he is investigating for a series of bribes being passed around.

The Case of the Fraudulent Foto

An heiress to her uncle's fortune is charged with the murder of a female private investigator during a search for her missing uncle.

The Case of the Romantic Rogue

Danny Ross is a television comedian who is waiting to hear about a new television show.  It has been three years since his last television show was cancelled.  Charles Goff is an advertising executive who promised Danny he would pitch him for a new show in return for an introduction with the president of a large big-budget advertiser.  Danny does his part but learns from Goff's secretary that Goff landed the deal without him. When Charles Goff is found dead in his office the next morning, Danny's friend, Freddie Green, is accused of the murder after finding his fingerprints on the murder weapon.

The Case of the Jaded Joker

Wealthy Peter Baxter decides to test the loyalty of his heirs. He pretends to change his will cutting them all out and leaving his entire estate to groundskeeper, James Hing. Hing is then supposed to burn down Baxter's house and Baxter would substitute a medical cadaver for his own body. If any of the heirs contested the will, they would be disinherited. Hing does as he is instructed. He burns down the house but the body discovered inside is really that of Peter Baxter. Perry tries to sort through this muddled mess and arrive at the truth.

The Case of the Caretaker's Cat

Bishop Arthur Mallory is met in his hotel room by Wallace Lang, an associate of a wealthy man named Charles Burroughs.  He is warned thru physical violence to stop looking for the real granddaughter of Charles Burroughs.  Carol Delaney helps the bishop with his wounds and hears an incredible story that she may be the real granddaughter, Janice Burroughs.  She doesn't believe him at first but changes her mind when she is also visited by Wallace Lang and warned to drop this idea.  Carol is invited to meet Charles Burroughs and later the same night he is found dead.  Carol is accused of his murder when the knife used to murder Mr. Burroughs is found to belong to her carving set.

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

Playwright Ernest Royce is found shot to death in the same manner as a character in one of his unproduced plays. The play dealt with characters very close to real people and the real life murder of a New York underworld figure years before. Perry's client, Frank Brooks, is charged with Royce's murder and Perry must find the missing final act of the play in order to clear Brooks.

The Case of the Lost Last Act

Dr. David Craig discovers that tapes of conversations with his psychiatric patients are missing and being used for blackmail purposes. When the suspected thief and blackmailer, Mark Douglas, turns up murdered, the good doctor is charged with the crime.

The Case of the Bedeviled Doctor

Evelyn Forbes escapes from a mental institution only to be charged with murder. The key to the case is a dog that continues to howl no matter what.

The Case of the Howling Dog

A building contractor is charged with the murder of a wealthy political Mr.fix-it.

The Case of the Calendar Girl

Harry Bright and Chuck Clark were once best friends and business partners until Margaret entered the picture.  Margaret was a much younger woman on the make who entranced Chuck into marrying her.  When Margaret is found shot to death, Harry is arrested for the crime but the more Perry digs into the victim's past the more convoluted things get.

The Case of the Petulant Partner

Matilda Benson is a tough old broad who rules her children with an iron hand and the promises in her will. Her family then gets involved in a gambling scandal involving sinister nightclub owner Danny Barker. When Barker is found dead the scandal expands to include murder.

The Case of the Dangerous Dowager

Martin Selkirk is a major league rotter who wants Claire Allison in the worst way even though she's dating Dirk Benedict.  Selkirk has Dirk's jaw broken and begins sending Claire threatening mail.  Then Selkirk is murdered in his beach house and Claire is arrested for the crime.  Perry takes the case and finds that the evidence points in the direction of Selkirk's five year old son.  Or does it?

The Case of the Deadly Toy

Young Jimmy Morrow can't seem to catch a break. Already on probation for car theft he's charged with stealing a valuable Spanish cross and killing its owner. Perry feels sorry for the kid and decides to take the case.

The Case of the Spanish Cross

Perry returns to his office late one night and finds an attractive woman climbing into his balcony window. She claims to be Virginia Colfax, the secretary of Ed Garvin who has an office next door to Perry's. Ms. Colfax says that she climbed into Perry's office in order to escape from Garvin's hot tempered wife but Perry later learns that Garvin is married to two women. Garvin and second wife Lorrie are sent to Mexico by Perry until he can clear up the matter but when Garvin's first wife, Ethel, is murdered there's an even bigger mess on the scene. And just who in the world is Virginia Colfax, the woman climbing in the window?

The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom

Ruth Prescott wants to divorce Walter Prescott so that she can be with her true love, Jimmy MacLaine. After a brush with death, Ruth becomes convinced that Walter is trying to kill her rather than give her the divorce. Walter then turns up dead and the police are convinced that Ruth shot him but Perry, as usual, doesn't think so. A lame canary and unusual bruises on the victim hold the keys to the puzzle.

The Case of the Lame Canary

Bruce Chapman returns home early from a business trip to find that his wife, Marie, wants a divorce. Chapman is shocked at this turn of events because just before he left on his trip he thought he had found the strangled body of Marie in his office. But if Marie is still alive, who was the dead woman in the office?

The Case of the Spurious Sister

Lorna Thomas is a has-been actress who once gave up her baby fof adoption and lived to regret it. George Clark discovers that his wife might be Lorna's long-lost daughter and begins to see dollar signs. The Clarks go to Perry for advice but learn that since Lorna gave up her daughter for adoption she cannot inherit any of her mother's estate. George is devastated over the loss of potential income but he's also under arrest when Lorna is found murdered.

The Case of the Watery Witness

Larry Benton is a hard luck guy. He gets in an argument in a poker game and knocks Mike Granger out cold. Then his "friends" inform him that Granger is dead. Unknown to Larry, the entire scenario is a scam to shake him down for money. Larry forges his brother's check for $5,000.00 but ring leader Johnny Clay tries to bleed him for an additional twenty grand. Johnny's greed proves to be his undoing as he ends up dead himself. Steve Benton tries to cover up Larry's involvement and ends up being charged with Clay's murder. Perry then tries to track down Mike Granger, the man Larry supposedly killed, in order to get to the bottom ot things.

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The Case of the Garrulous Gambler

Mitsuo Kamuri has been seeing a great deal of Grover Nichols, son of wealthy businessman Hudson Nichols. Nichols doesn't approve of his son's relationship and when Mitsuo is "caught" with a string of valuable pearls belonging to Mrs. Nichols he agrees to drop all charges provided she stops seeing his son. Things then get even more complicated when Mitsuo's uncle, who had originally strung the pearls. is found murdered. The death has been made to look like hara-kiri but the police are not fooled.

The Case of the Blushing Pearls

Wealthy rancher John Brant forecloses on Jo Ann Blanchard's mortgage and takes possession of her prized stallion. Jo Ann goes to Perry for help in getting the horse back but soon needs Perry's aid in getting her off a murder charge she is arrested for killing Brant.

The Case of the Startled Stallion

Donna Kress, a singer, is preparing a demo for a recording contract.  She has been carrying on a long term affair with a married man, Frank Thatcher.  That night Frank Thatcher is involved in a hit-and-run accident but does not report the incident.  He is the son-in-law of Henry W. Dameron, a very wealthy businessman.  To avoid publicity, Henry Dameron instructs Frank Thatcher to pay off the dead man's family anonymously.  Frank uses Paul Drake to take care of the details.  After Paul Drake speaks to the widow he uncovers the fact of the hit-and-run accident which Frank did not reveal.  Later he confronts Frank Thatcher, a fistfight ensues, and Paul Drake is knocked unconscious.   Later Frank Thatcher is found dead in the same apartment with Paul Drake after he wakes up.  Paul Drake is accused of the murder when his gun is found to be the murder weapon.

The Case of Paul Drake's Dilemma

Richard Vanaman is up for a promotion at his investment firm but is sabotaged and framed for murder.

The Case of the Golden Fraud

Wally Dunbar seeks Perry's help in securing ownership of his new summer line of swimwear but the sketches are stolen and worse yet, chief designer Rick Stassi is murdered. Wally's girlfriend, Kitty Wynne, who was being blackmailed by Stassi goes to trial for his murder.

The Case of the Bartered Bikini

Allen Sheridan has more enemies than you can shake a stick at. even though he's due to inherit the healthy sum of $162,000.00. When Allen turns up dead his killer could be anyone but his cousin Sarette becomes the prime suspect.

The Case of the Artful Dodger

Marjorie Cluny wins a contest for best looking legs sponsored by Frank Patton of Stellar Productions. Her prize is a trip to Hollywood and a role in Patton's next picture. Unfortunately, there was fine print in Marjorie's contract and her Hollywood career lasts only two days. Patton is then found stabbed to death with a woodcarving instrument . Marjorie disappears and becomes the leading suspect.

The Case of the Lucky Legs

Perry goes on a fishing trip in a small Sierra Nevada town with his old friend, Sheriff Gene Norris but as usual manages to get sidetracked into another murder case when Phil Beecher returns from jail. It seems as though Phil did time for negligent homicide for the car accident which killed the daughter of Sheriff Norris. Charlotte Norris, sister of the decedant, wants revenge and frames Phil for a robbery but is herself killed. Can Perry prevent things from getting out of hand in the village?

The Case of the Violent Village

A double cross, a double murder, a plane crash, missing money, and yet another innocent widow charged with crimes she didn't commit are the elements of this case.

The Case of the Frantic Flyer

Ben Sutton is listed as the author of a best-selling book describing his experiences in a Korean POW camp. When the real author is released from an Army hospital, Sutton is slain before he can tell the truth and his widow is arrested for the murder.

The Case of the Wayward Wife

DA Hamilton Burger asks Perry to defend an old friend who once saved his life in a boating accident ten years before. The old friend of Burger's is now facing a murder charge.

The Case of the Prudent Proecutor

Corporate intrigue is the backdrop of this episode when embezzling accountant Robert Doniger is murdered and Edward Nelson is charged with his murder.

The Case of the Gallant Grafter

Charles Houston cleverly get away with killing his wife by making it look like she died in a car accident. Then a wildlife photographer shows up with the murder on film and Charles discovers that his sister-in-law has squandered all the profits from his oil well. The situation then goes from awful to good grief when the sister-in-law is found locked in a room with Houston's corpse.

The Case of the Wary Wildcatter

Author Mauvis Meade sends her secretary, Gladys Doyle, out to a mountain cabin to pick up a package. Gladys gets lost and her car gets stuck in the mud. She then walks to a cabin looking for help and encounters a mysterious man who appears to know her. While Gladys freshens up, the man leaves and Gladys discovers a dead body.

The Case of the Mythical Monkeys

The Big Barn is a legal gambling casino run by George Anclitis. Things are going well at the Big Barn until George's second banana, Slim Marcus, botches a crooked card game and is exposed for cheating. Slim's girlfriend, Vivan Ennis, is then killed and George plants a gun and marijuana on Betty Roberts, one of the girls who works at the club. Betty knows quite a bit about the shady activities going on at The Big Barn so George decides to feed her to the wolves in order to take the heat off himself. It's then up to Perry to try and extricate Betty from her predicament.

The Case of the Singing Skirt

Perry arrives in the gold mining town of Placer City looking for an old prospector to subpoena for testimony. He then get involved in a murder case when one of the participants in a barroom fight is found killed and the other is accused of the crime.

The Case of the Bashful Burro

A valuable Matisse painting is stolen from a museum. When the thief is found murdered museum employee June Sinclair and her boyfriend David Lambert are charged with the crime.

The Case of the Crying Cherub

Mason is sought out by land tycoon Adam Thompson, who suspects one of his nephews of rifling the house safe.  The twist?  The land tycoon's next in command is found dead, after it's found out that he was the one stealing the secrets.

The Case of the Nimble Nephew

After one of the biggest names in fashion is poisoned after embarassing her husband on TV, the husband is not rightly the prime suspect.

The Case of the Madcap Modiste

Cmdr. James Page is the Project Officer for the testing of some electronics equipment for the Navy submarine, Moray.  Cmdr. Jerome Burke is assisting the police in the investigation of the murder of a cafe singer.  The police believe an unknown sailor on the Moray may be responsible.  Cmdr. Page has found out that his father-in-law, Anthony Beldon, owns Alpha Electronics, the manufacturer of the electronics equipment he is testing.  Cmdr. Page feels there could be a conflict of interest.  On the day of the testing, Cmdr. Page is found dead in the captain's quarters.  Robert Chapman, a sailor, is accused of the murder when he is found to be the husband of the dead cafe singer and his shoes contain pieces of broken glass found at the scene of her murder.

The Case of the Slandered Submarine

When a notorious bank robber's son returns to his hometown it seems as though everyone is interested in missing loot supposedly hidden by the man's father. This leads to murder. Perry comes to the rescue once again.

The Case of the Ominous Outcast

James Frazer wants a divorce and his cheating wife refuses to give him one. She's also stealing the plans to his invention in order to bait her engineer lover into staying around. Frazer leaves town for three months in order to cool down but on the night of his return he finds his wife murdered in his office and he has the only key to a unique burglar proof lock that he invented.

The Case of the Irate Inventor

18 year-old Trudy's mother has died leaving her $10 million and suddenly men claiming to be her long-lost father are coming into town.  The only one who could identify the real father, a blind uncle, is killed, but by who?

The Case of the Flighty Father

Tyrannical company president Hartley Bassett returns from the dead after two years. His first act is to fire Peter Dawson which makes Dawson the prime suspect when Bassett is found dead with two bullet holes in him. Perry thinks he has an ace in the hole this time when Dick Hart and his new wife, Teddi, both swear they saw a different assailant at the scene of the crime. Then Teddi and Dick disappear.

The Case of the Treacherous Toupee

Perry defends Richard Hammond who is charged with killing his former girlfriend by running over her with his car.

The Case of the Credulous Quarry

Jim Ferris is having an affair with his uncle's bored young wife. They concoct a scheme to finagle $80,000.00 from the uncle by faking a kidnapping. Things go horribly wrong when secretary Betty Wilkins, acting as a go-between, is charged with the murder of Jim Ferris.

The Case of the Ill-Fated Faker

Perry is accused of obstructing justice in this case when he defends a woman who had previously faked her own suicide by running her empty car off a cliff. It seems as though the police found the body of another woman in the wreckage.

The Case of the Singular Double

An heiress to a cosmetics company is charged with the murder  of the company's owner.

The Best Seasons of Perry Mason

The Best Seasons of Perry Mason

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