1. The Case of the Corresponding Corpse
Air date: 1958-09-20 · 60 min
A complex case ensues after Perry Mason receives a telephone call, supposedly from a man whose funeral he attended three years earlier.
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2. Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Lucky Loser
Air date: 1958-09-27 · 60 min
Mason defends a young male heir who is charged twice for killing the same man -once for manslaughter, then for first-degree murder.
Open episode 2 ↗3. The Case of the Pint-Sized Client
Air date: 1958-10-04 · 60 min
A thirteen-year-old boy gets Perry Mason involved in one of the toughest cases of his career.
Open episode 3 ↗4. The Case of the Sardonic Sergeant
Air date: 1958-10-11 · 60 min
Perry represents an Army sergeant accused of shooting his superior officer, who may have been involved with a notorious payroll robbery in the Philippines.
Open episode 4 ↗5. Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Curious Bride
Air date: 1958-10-18 · 60 min
A young newlywed visits Mason, saying she's there for a "friend."
Open episode 5 ↗6. Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Buried Clock
Air date: 1958-11-01 · 60 min
A camera's flash triggered by a buried clock figures into a murder case, where the chairman of a bank is accused of killing his son-in-law.
Open episode 6 ↗7. The Case of the Married Moonlighter
Air date: 1958-11-08 · 60 min
A desperate husband, trying to support his wife and daughter, escorts a drunk home after his night job, but is accused of killing him for his poker winnings.
Open episode 7 ↗8. The Case of the Jilted Jockey
Air date: 1958-11-15 · 60 min
The race is on for Mason to help clear a jockey of a murder charge.
Open episode 8 ↗9. The Case of the Purple Woman
Air date: 1958-12-06 · 60 min
When an art dealer is found dead, the suspects include his wife, her lover, the man who bought a fake painting from him...and the artist who painted it.
Open episode 9 ↗10. The Case of the Fancy Figures
Air date: 1958-12-13 · 60 min
A man wrongfully imprisoned for embezzlement is released, but is then accused of killing the person responsible for putting him behind bars in the first place.
Open episode 10 ↗11. Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Perjured Parrot
Air date: 1958-12-20 · 60 min
The only witness to a rich man's murder is his parrot, who keeps repeating the suspect's name.
Open episode 11 ↗12. The Case of the Shattered Dream
Air date: 1959-01-03 · 60 min
A ruthless diamond cutter tries to sell a priceless gem just before he cleaves and shatters it.
Open episode 12 ↗13. Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Borrowed Brunette
Air date: 1959-01-10 · 60 min
Perry defends a dark-haired beauty and her aunt, who are both accused of murdering the man who hired the brunette to impersonate his client.
Open episode 13 ↗14. The Case of the Glittering Goldfish
Air date: 1959-01-17 · 60 min
A tropical fish expert invents a miraculous cure for gill fever.
Open episode 14 ↗15. Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll
Air date: 1959-01-24 · 60 min
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.
Open episode 15 ↗16. The Case of the Fraudulent Foto
Air date: 1959-02-07 · 60 min
A district attorney who is about to expose a building scam must try to explain a racy photo of himself, now that he's been accused of murder.
Open episode 16 ↗17. The Case of the Romantic Rogue
Air date: 1959-02-14 · 60 min
Perry defends a young heiress who married a fortune hunter, and who now has been accused of murdering the woman who was blackmailing her new husband.
Open episode 17 ↗18. The Case of the Jaded Joker
Air date: 1959-02-21 · 60 min
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.
Open episode 18 ↗19. Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Caretaker's Cat
Air date: 1959-03-07 · 60 min
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.
Open episode 19 ↗20. Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Air date: 1959-03-14 · 60 min
A woman who was adopted is told by a bishop that her real grandfather is looking for her.
Open episode 20 ↗21. The Case of the Lost Last Act
Air date: 1959-03-21 · 60 min
For the first time in his legal career, Perry Mason finds himself backstage in a New York theater when his client, Frank Brooks, is charged with murder.
Open episode 21 ↗22. The Case of the Bedeviled Doctor
Air date: 1959-04-04 · 60 min
A psychoanalyst is accused of murdering his nurse's brother, who was trying to blackmail the good doctor with stolen recordings of his sessions.
Open episode 22 ↗23. Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Howling Dog
Air date: 1959-04-11 · 60 min
Perry Mason resorts to some clever-and perfectly legal-skulduggery to prove a client's innocence.
Open episode 23 ↗24. Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Calendar Girl
Air date: 1959-04-18 · 60 min
Perry Mason turns calendar-art photographer to prove a point in defending a building contractor accused of murdering an amateur photographer.
Open episode 24 ↗25. The Case of the Petulant Partner
Air date: 1959-04-25 · 60 min
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.
Open episode 25 ↗26. Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
Air date: 1959-05-09 · 60 min
Perry Mason fails to get possession of $7.500in gambling IOU's before they can be used against his client, and a child custody hearing becomes a murder trial.
Open episode 26 ↗27. Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Deadly Toy
Air date: 1959-05-16 · 60 min
A jealous suitor carries on a campaign of vindictive harassment until he is killed, and Perry Mason's client is charged with the crime
Open episode 27 ↗28. The Case of the Spanish Cross
Air date: 1959-05-30 · 60 min
Perry Mason defends a juvenile, previously convicted of theft, when the boy is charged with stealing a valuable piece of antique jewelry and murdering its owner.
Open episode 28 ↗29. Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom
Air date: 1959-06-13 · 60 min
Mason gets slapped by a beautiful blonde private eye and a short time later finds his client charged with murder.
Open episode 29 ↗30. Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Lame Canary
Air date: 1959-06-27 · 60 min
A tiny limping canary convinces Perry Mason his client did not murder her husband though proving it in court is a monumental task.
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