Season 2
Episode Guide
The Case of the Corresponding Corpse
S2
E1
Sep 20, 1958
A complex case ensues after Perry Mason receives a telephone call, supposedly from a man whose funeral he attended three years earlier.
The Case of the Lucky Loser
S2
E2
Sep 27, 1958
Mason defends a young male heir who is charged twice for killing the same man -once for manslaughter, then for first-degree murder
The Case of the Pint-Sized Client
S2
E3
Oct 4, 1958
A thirteen-year-old boy gets Perry Mason involved in one of the toughest cases of his career.
The Case of the Sardonic Sergeant
S2
E4
Oct 11, 1958
Perry represents an Army sergeant accused of shooting his superior officer, who may have been involved with a notorious payroll robbery in the Philippines.
The Case of the Curious Bride
S2
E5
Oct 18, 1958
A young newlywed visits Mason, saying she's there for a "friend."
The Case of the Buried Clock
S2
E6
Nov 1, 1958
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.
The Case of the Married Moonlighter
S2
E7
Nov 8, 1958
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.
The Case of the Jilted Jockey
S2
E8
Nov 15, 1958
The race is on for Mason to help clear a jockey of a murder charge.
The Case of the Purple Woman
S2
E9
Dec 7, 1958
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.
The Case of the Fancy Figures
S2
E10
Dec 13, 1958
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.
The Case of the Perjured Parrot
S2
E11
Dec 20, 1958
The only witness to a rich man's murder is his parrot, who keeps repeating the suspect's name.
The Case of the Shattered Dream
S2
E12
Jan 3, 1959
A ruthless diamond cutter tries to sell a priceless gem just before he cleaves and shatters it.
The Case of the Borrowed Brunette
S2
E13
Jan 10, 1959
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.
The Case of the Glittering Goldfish
S2
E14
Jan 17, 1959
A tropical fish expert invents a miraculous cure for gill fever.
The Case of the Foot-loose Doll
S2
E15
Jan 24, 1959
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 Fraudulent Foto
S2
E16
Feb 7, 1959
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.
The Case of the Romantic Rogue
S2
E17
Feb 14, 1959
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.
The Case of the Caretaker's Cat
S2
E19
Mar 8, 1959
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.
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
S2
E20
Mar 14, 1959
A woman who was adopted is told by a bishop that her real grandfather is looking for her.
The Case of the Lost Last Act
S2
E21
Mar 21, 1959
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. (
The Case of the Bedeviled Doctor
S2
E22
Apr 4, 1959
A psychoanalyst is accused of murdering his nurse's brother, who was trying to blackmail the good doctor with stolen recordings of his sessions.
The Case of the Howling Dog
S2
E23
Apr 11, 1959
Perry Mason resorts to some clever-and perfectly legal-skulduggery to prove a client's innocence.
The Case of the Calendar Girl
S2
E24
Apr 18, 1959
Perry Mason turns calendar-art photographer to prove a point in defending a building contractor accused of murdering an amateur photographer.
The Case of the Petulant Partner
S2
E25
Apr 25, 1959
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 Dangerous Dowager
S2
E26
May 9, 1959
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.
The Case of the Deadly Toy
S2
E27
May 16, 1959
A jealous suitor carries on a campaign of vindictive harassment until he is killed, and Perry Mason's client is charged with the crime
The Case of the Spanish Cross
S2
E28
May 30, 1959
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.
The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom
S2
E29
Jun 13, 1959
Mason gets slapped by a beautiful blonde private eye and a short time later finds his client charged with murder.
The Case of the Lame Canary
S2
E30
Jun 27, 1959
A tiny limping canary convinces Perry Mason his client did not murder her husband though proving it in court is a monumental task.