Season 5
Episode Guide
The Case of the Jealous Journalist
S5
E1
Sep 2, 1961
There is turmoil after the death of Adam York, publisher of the Los Angeles Chronicle newspaper.
The Case of the Impatient Partner
S5
E2
Sep 16, 1961
Perry Mason solves the murder of an embezzler and exposes a scheme to steal a valuable paint formula.
The Case of the Malicious Mariner
S5
E4
Oct 7, 1961
During a terrible storm at sea, First Officer Jerry Griffin dumps a million dollars worth of goods into the sea in order to lessen the chances of his cargo freighter sinking. Once on shore, Jerry is hauled before a maritime court which holds him responsible for the loss of the cargo. Captain Bancroft's testimony can clear Jerry but he is murdered before he can give it.
The Case of the Crying Comedian
S5
E5
Oct 14, 1961
Comic Charlie Hatch learns that the woman he loved and lost, Anne Gilrain, has escaped from a sanitarium to which she was forced to commit herself by her husband, Tom. When Tom Gilrain is murdered, Charlie is afraid that Anne did the deed and sets himself up as a likely suspect to protect her. Perry arrives on the scene to try and free Charlie from his abysmal stupidity.
The Case of the Meddling Medium
S5
E6
Oct 21, 1961
Murder in a booby-trapped elevator leads Perry Mason to set a spectacular electrical trap in court.
The Case of the Pathetic Patient
S5
E7
Oct 28, 1961
Perry Mason defends a doctor accused both of malpractice and of the murder of a dishonest lawyer.
The Case of the Traveling Treasure
S5
E8
Nov 4, 1961
Perry gets word that the Coast Guard has boarded Cahill's vessel looking for stolen gold. They found some of the bullion and the corpse of a shady character, Karl McGovern. An autopsy reveals that McGovern was killed with a fatal dose of digitalis. Scott Cahill is charged with murder when the police theorize that he and the dead man were partners in stealing the gold.
The Case of the Posthumous Painter
S5
E9
Nov 11, 1961
An artist fakes suicide to boost the value of his work, but the plot backfires when he is found murdered.
The Case of the Injured Innocent
S5
E10
Nov 18, 1961
A race car driver is murdered after he deliberately wrecks a valuable test car.
The Case of the Left-Handed Liar
S5
E11
Nov 25, 1961
Perry Mason defends a one-time all-American football player accused of murdering the owner of a health club.
The Case of the Brazen Bequest
S5
E12
Dec 2, 1961
Charles Cromwell, the president-elect of Euclid College, worries that some less than stellar moments from his past will be exposed when Maisie Freitag arrives on the scene to make an unusual bequest to the college. Needless to say, murder eventually finds its way to the campus.
The Case of the Renegade Refugee
S5
E13
Dec 9, 1961
Perry Mason takes the case of a man accused of killing a newspaperman who was searching for an escaped Nazi war criminal.
The Case of the Unwelcome Bride
S5
E14
Dec 16, 1961
A beautiful girl is shocked when her father-in-law offers her $50,000 to divorce his playboy son.
The Case of the Roving River
S5
E15
Dec 30, 1961
Mason defends a youthful girl who is accused of murdering her stepfather with a home-made bomb
The Case of the Captain's Coins
S5
E17
Jan 13, 1962
A coin commemorating the rescue of a king's son from drowning is the clue to a murder.
The Case of the Glamorous Ghost
S5
E19
Feb 3, 1962
Five beautiful women, including an amnesia victim who is Perry Mason's client, turn up as suspects in a murder case.
The Case of the Poison Pen-Pal
S5
E20
Feb 10, 1962
Perry Mason must determine whether word of a planned business merger was leaked through the letters of two little girls
The Case of the Angry Astronaut
S5
E25
Apr 7, 1962
Progress on a priority moon project is temporarily interrupted when its administrative head is murdered.
The Case of the Counterfeit Crank
S5
E27
Apr 28, 1962
An old man is betrayed by his nephew after he alters his company's books to divert suspicion from the young man.
The Case of the Ancient Romeo
S5
E28
May 5, 1962
Perry Mason gets a client accused of murder when the dueling scene in a production of "Romeo and Juliet" takes on sudden reality.
The Case of the Lonely Eloper
S5
E30
May 26, 1962
An immature young woman is the prime suspect when her domineering legal guardian is found murdered.