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Perry Mason

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Episode 152 min1962-09-27

The Case of the Bogus Books

Perry and the team investigate the murder of an antiquarian bookseller with an interest in forgery.

Episode 252 min1962-10-04

The Case of the Capricious Corpse

Carleton Gage, a major financial supporter of an orphanage, wants to keep it open but lapses into a coma and later assumes room temperature. Gage's nephew, George, wants to close the orphanage and he is being secretly aided by Ernest Demming. Joane Proctor, Carleton's sister-in-law, wants to keep the orphanage open but her good intentions are complicated by the murder of Demming.

Episode 352 min1962-10-11

The Case of the Playboy Pugilist

Boxing trainer Jimmy West thinks he's finally found a championship contender in Davey Carroll. Unfortunately, Davey has a hard time keeping it in his pants and his tangled love life leads to Jimmy being charged with murder.

Episode 452 min1962-10-18

The Case of the Double-Entry Mind

A company bookkeeper's wife is charged with the murder of a female employee who had been blackmailing her.

Episode 552 min1962-10-25

The Case of the Hateful Hero

Young cop Jimmy Anderson, cousin of Lt. Anderson, and veteran Otto Norden come across a robbery at the Wilson Plastics Company while on patrol one night. A shooting occurs and Otto is killed. Evidence then points to Jimmy as having been an accomplice in the burglary and he is suspended from the police force. Then the night watchman at Wilson Plastics, a disgraced ex-cop, is found strangled to death. Lt. Anderson then asks Perry to look into things and defend Jimmy against all charges.

Episode 652 min1962-11-01

The Case of the Dodging Domino

Phil Schuyler is a two bit songwriter who comes to a bad end on Halloween night. Someone enters his bungalow while Phil is taking a bath and tosses an electric heater into his tub thus turning him into a crispy critter. Damian White, husband of a famous musical comedy star, was seen entering the bungalow around the approximate time of the murder by an eyewitness. But what about all the trick or treaters?

Episode 752 min1962-11-08

The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle

An unscrupulous uncle, who is in reality the father of his niece, returns home from the sea seeking money from the sale of oil leases on his land. When the uncle is found murdered, his shipmate is charged with the crime.

Episode 852 min1962-11-15

The Case of the Stand-In Sister

Two brothers at separate times have claimed the same young girl as their daughter. One brother owns a fleet of tuna boats; the other is a mobster. Then banker Franz Moray reveals that $100,000 due to the girl via a trust fund has been mishandled. When Moray is found murdered Perry steps in and discovers an old family secret.

Episode 952 min1962-11-29

The Case of the Weary Watchdog

Della asks Perry for $25,000 for her friend Janet Brent, who is being blackmailed. Edward Franklin, an employee of Janet's husband, has staged compromising photos of her in a motel. At a party, Janet confronts Franklin and hits him with a small statue of a "weary watchdog." The police arrest Della when they find her driving Janet's car from the scene of the argument. Franklin is dead, struck three times on the head with the statue. Perry defends Janet knowing that if he loses, Della will go to prison as an accessory.

Episode 1052 min1962-12-06

The Case of the Lurid Letter

A young widowed high school English teacher in a small town is accused via letter of making passes and more towards some of her male students. But a small town is small town and it seems that all the key figures are involved somehow, the principal, the lawyer, the doctor, the local barkeep, and of course the oldest boy, who's really more of a man, in the high school.

Episode 1152 min1962-12-13

The Case of the Fickle Filly

When Jennifer is alone after her father's heart attack, her only friend is her filly Tiger Lily. She's penniless until a present from her late father is dropped in her lap, but it turns out that the present is worthless, although Brad Shelby did pay $50,000 in order to capitalize on it.

Episode 1252 min1962-12-20

The Case of the Polka-Dot Pony

A wealthy woman is confronted by two girls who claim to be the daughters she was forced to abandon 20 years before.

Episode 1352 min1963-01-03

The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe

A chronic shoplifter later finds herself charged with murder. Her niece hires Perry for the defense.

Episode 1452 min1963-01-10

The Case of the Bluffing Blast

A young girl searching for the father she has never seen seeks Mason's help when she's charged with murder.

Episode 1552 min1963-01-17

The Case of the Prankish Professor

On trial: the estranged wife of a professor who's written a lurid novel.

Episode 1652 min1963-01-31

The Case of Constant Doyle

Recently widowed attorney Constant Doyle comes to the aid of a young man charged with breaking into a factory and assaulting the night watchman. Later, she has to clear the young man of a murder charge as well as clear the reputation of her late husband.