Season 3

Episode Guide

The Case of the Spurious Sister

S3 E1
Oct 3, 1959
Perry Mason is challenged to solve a mystery involving a dead wife who sues for divorce, a lovely blonde who is not a sister in a sister act, a husband, and an ex-husband.

The Case of the Watery Witness

S3 E2
Oct 10, 1959
Perry Mason is hired by George Clark to establish the fact that Lorna Thomas, a onetime famous actress, is his wife's real mother.

The Case of the Garrulous Gambler

S3 E3
Oct 17, 1959
Steve Benton retains Perry Mason to help his brother Larry, who has been forging checks to payoff purported gambling debts.

The Case of the Blushing Pearls

S3 E4
Oct 24, 1959
A puzzling and contradictory case develops as Mason defends pretty Mitsou Kamuri, first, against a charge of stealing some valuable rose pearls, then, against a charge of murder.

The Case of the Startled Stallion

S3 E5
Oct 31, 1959
Jo Ann Blanchard seeks the help of Perry Mason when John Brant, a wealthy and crippled old man, takes her prize race horse as payment for a mortgage he holds on her property.

The Case of the Golden Fraud

S3 E7
Nov 21, 1959
The rivalry between Richard Vanaman and Fred Petrie for an executive promotion in an investment firm involves Perry Mason.

The Case of the Bartered Bikini

S3 E8
Dec 5, 1959
A pretty model suspected of selling bathing suit designs to her employer's competition gets Mason involved in the results of greed and jealousy, including murder.

The Case of the Artful Dodger

S3 E9
Dec 12, 1959
Perry Mason is hired to defend Sarette Winslow, a woman accused of murdering a nephew who neglected his financial obligations toward her.

The Case of the Lucky Legs

S3 E10
Dec 19, 1959
A worthless movie contract drives a glamor girl into hiding. Mason, asked to find her, finds more than he bargained for, including a romantic triangle and murder.

The Case of the Violent Village

S3 E11
Jan 2, 1960
When a young man just released from prison is accused by the entire town of robbery and murder, Perry Mason changes his plans for a fishing holiday and enters the case.

The Case of the Frantic Flyer

S3 E12
Jan 9, 1960
A widow concerned with re-establishing her dead husband's reputation with his wealthy father hires Perry Mason to defend her.

The Case of the Wayward Wife

S3 E13
Jan 23, 1960
In a labyrinthine search for the facts, Perry Mason goes from books to bookies.

The Case of the Prudent Prosecutor

S3 E14
Jan 30, 1960
The usual courtroom battle between Mason and District Attorney Hamilton Burger can't take place as Burger has himself disqualified because the defendant, Mason's client, is a good friend of his.

The Case of the Gallant Grafter

S3 E15
Feb 6, 1960
A bitter contest for control of millions is centered around the theft of $112,000 and an unscrupulous wife's revenge.

The Case of the Wary Wildcatter

S3 E16
Feb 20, 1960
Telescopic photographs of a man in the act of committing a murder become the principal evidence sought by Perry Mason.

The Case of the Mythical Monkeys

S3 E17
Feb 27, 1960
A mud-spattered, disheveled secretary, telling a story involving a mysterious package, a ransacked apartment, an inquiring reporter and a corpse, seeks Perry Mason's aid.

The Case of the Crying Cherub

S3 E20
Apr 9, 1960
Treacly paintings of infants and a Matisse masterpiece become equally important to Perry Mason.

The Case of the Nimble Nephew

S3 E21
Apr 23, 1960
Three hundred and nine acres of land, due to be worth five times their going price in a short time, become the test by which a man tries to determine the honesty of two nephews.

The Case of the Madcap Modiste

S3 E22
Apr 30, 1960
The queen of the fashion world is poisoned on the eve of an important spring showing.

The Case of the Slandered Submarine

S3 E23
May 14, 1960
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.

The Case of the Ominous Outcast

S3 E24
May 21, 1960
A boy brought up in an orphanage goes to a small town in California with hopes of finding his people but is accused of murder instead.

The Case of the Irate Inventor

S3 E25
May 28, 1960
An anti-collision device that might eventually prevent midair accidents turns into a motive for murder.

The Case of the Flighty Father

S3 E26
Jun 11, 1960
An heiress with two men claiming to be her father becomes Perry Mason's client.