Season 1 - Episode Guide

Episodes

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Restless Redhead

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 21, 1957

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Restless Redhead

Attorney Perry Mason's attractive client claims she was chased by a hooded man in a car. Now she's wanted for his murder...and hasn't been too honest about her past arrest as a jewel thief.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Sulky Girl

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 19, 1957

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Sulky Girl

An impetuous niece who demands her trust fund be released comes to Perry Mason for help. But it's her boyfriend who needs defending when he is charged with murdering her controlling uncle.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Crimson Kiss

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1957

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Crimson Kiss

When a lipstick print is found on the forehead of a murder victim, Mason's client is charged with the crime, even though she and her roommate were poisoned and unconscious at the time.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Crooked Candle

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Nov 30, 1957

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Crooked Candle

Two women show up at a beauty parlor and find out they share the same name, address...and husband. When the supposed bigamist is killed, the way a candle burns becomes a clue to the mystery.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Negligent Nymph

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 7, 1957

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Negligent Nymph

While on a fishing trip, Perry Mason and Paul Drake pull a beautiful woman out of the ocean. In her possession is a note she found, intended for her employer, accusing him of killing his rich aunt.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Dec 14, 1957

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink

Perry and Della's visit to a restaurant is interupted when a waitress is shot at. After they hide her mink, they discover it contains a pawn ticket that may hold the key to the past murder of a police officer.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Dec 28, 1957

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse

When Perry Mason finds some possessions that belong to a fan dancer, he places an ad that several people mistake for a missing horse. Not only does another dancer show up, but so does her husband...dead.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Jan 11, 1958

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary

A gorgeous woman's trailer was stolen while she was sunbathing, so she asks for Perry's help in finding it. She claims it contains her diary, which details the truthful account of a notorious bank heist.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Cautious Coquette

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Jan 18, 1958

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Cautious Coquette

While investigation a hit-and-run, Perry Mason meets a model who is being blackmailed by her estranged husband. When the husband shows up dead, our hero suspects the two cases are related.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Haunted Husband

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Jan 25, 1958

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Haunted Husband

A girl is picked up by a drunk driver who hits a truck and escapes. When the girl is charged with manslaughter, her best friend plays spy for Perry Mason to find out how a movie producer is involved.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Lonely Heiress

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1958 (52 min)

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Lonely Heiress

Detective Paul Drake helps a magazine publisher locate an heiress. But when the publisher is cut out of a deal and a con man is poisoned, the heiress is charged with murder.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Fugitive Nurse

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1958

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Fugitive Nurse

The wife of a prominent physician is arrested for drugging her husband, causing him to crash his private plane. But then he turns up alive, living in Mexico with a beautiful nurse.

The Case of the Deadly Double

Episode: 1x24 | Airdate: Mar 1, 1958

The Case of the Deadly Double

After her brother is accused of murder, a schizophrenic woman is put on the witness stand. So Perry cross-examines both sides of her split personality.

The Case of the Desperate Daughter

Episode: 1x27 | Airdate: Mar 22, 1958

The Case of the Desperate Daughter

When a man from East Berlin threatens a rancher's wife, the rancher's daughter romances him to protect her stepmother - but is then accused of killing him.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Daring Decoy

Episode: 1x28 | Airdate: Mar 29, 1958

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Daring Decoy

An attractive secretary, spying on an oil executive in order to help his rival, is found murdered. And Perry's star witness is an elevator operator who identifies suspects by their shoes.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Substitute Face

Episode: 1x32 | Airdate: May 10, 1958

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Substitute Face

While sailing home on a cruise ship, Perry and Della briefly meet an accountant who is later pushed overboard. His wife is accused of killing him, and his daughter has mysteriously disappeared.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Gilded Lily

Episode: 1x34 | Airdate: May 24, 1958

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Gilded Lily

When a blackmailer is found dead, suspicion falls upon three beautiful blondes: the defendant's wife, his receptionist, and his personal secretary who holds a grudge.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Lazy Lover

Episode: 1x35 | Airdate: May 31, 1958

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Lazy Lover

When the ne'er-do-well husband of a wealthy woman is killed, a series of footprints at the crime scene belong to any number of suspects - who all deny having been there.

The Case of the Prodigal Parent

Episode: 1x36 | Airdate: Jun 7, 1958

The Case of the Prodigal Parent

A secretary, who was harassed by the boss she once dated, has a solid alibi when he is killed. But his stepfather does not - and his fingerprints are all over the murder weapon.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Terrified Typist

Episode: 1x38 | Airdate: Jun 21, 1958

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Terrified Typist

After a woman tries to steal some letters from an office in Perry's building, she masquerades as a temp for Della in order to escape the police. Later, it's discovered that she stumbled upon a murder plot.

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Rolling Bones

Episode: 1x39 | Airdate: Jun 28, 1958

Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Rolling Bones

An old man seems to be giving his money away, something his nephew and wife try to stop by having him committed. But once he escapes from the sanitarium, he's accused of murder.