The Case of the Prankish Professor

1The Case of the Bogus Books

52 minSep 27, 1962

Perry and the team investigate the murder of an antiquarian bookseller with an interest in forgery.

2The Case of the Capricious Corpse

52 minOct 4, 1962

Carleton Gage, a major financial supporter of an orphanage, wants to keep it open but lapses into a coma and later assumes room temperature. Gage's nephew, George, wants to close the orphanage and he is being secretly aided by Ernest Demming. Joane Proctor, Carleton's sister-in-law, wants to keep the orphanage open but her good intentions are complicated by the murder of Demming.

3The Case of the Playboy Pugilist

52 minOct 11, 1962

Boxing trainer Jimmy West thinks he's finally found a championship contender in Davey Carroll. Unfortunately, Davey has a hard time keeping it in his pants and his tangled love life leads to Jimmy being charged with murder.

4The Case of the Double-Entry Mind

52 minOct 18, 1962

A company bookkeeper's wife is charged with the murder of a female employee who had been blackmailing her.

5The Case of the Hateful Hero

52 minOct 25, 1962

Young cop Jimmy Anderson, cousin of Lt. Anderson, and veteran Otto Norden come across a robbery at the Wilson Plastics Company while on patrol one night. A shooting occurs and Otto is killed. Evidence then points to Jimmy as having been an accomplice in the burglary and he is suspended from the police force. Then the night watchman at Wilson Plastics, a disgraced ex-cop, is found strangled to death. Lt. Anderson then asks Perry to look into things and defend Jimmy against all charges.

6The Case of the Dodging Domino

52 minNov 1, 1962

Phil Schuyler is a two bit songwriter who comes to a bad end on Halloween night. Someone enters his bungalow while Phil is taking a bath and tosses an electric heater into his tub thus turning him into a crispy critter. Damian White, husband of a famous musical comedy star, was seen entering the bungalow around the approximate time of the murder by an eyewitness. But what about all the trick or treaters?

7The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle

52 minNov 8, 1962

An unscrupulous uncle, who is in reality the father of his niece, returns home from the sea seeking money from the sale of oil leases on his land. When the uncle is found murdered, his shipmate is charged with the crime.

8The Case of the Stand-In Sister

52 minNov 15, 1962

Two brothers at separate times have claimed the same young girl as their daughter. One brother owns a fleet of tuna boats; the other is a mobster. Then banker Franz Moray reveals that $100,000 due to the girl via a trust fund has been mishandled. When Moray is found murdered Perry steps in and discovers an old family secret.

9The Case of the Weary Watchdog

52 minNov 29, 1962

Della asks Perry for $25,000 for her friend Janet Brent, who is being blackmailed. Edward Franklin, an employee of Janet's husband, has staged compromising photos of her in a motel. At a party, Janet confronts Franklin and hits him with a small statue of a "weary watchdog." The police arrest Della when they find her driving Janet's car from the scene of the argument. Franklin is dead, struck three times on the head with the statue. Perry defends Janet knowing that if he loses, Della will go to prison as an accessory.

10The Case of the Lurid Letter

52 minDec 6, 1962

A young widowed high school English teacher in a small town is accused via letter of making passes and more towards some of her male students. But a small town is small town and it seems that all the key figures are involved somehow, the principal, the lawyer, the doctor, the local barkeep, and of course the oldest boy, who's really more of a man, in the high school.

11The Case of the Fickle Filly

52 minDec 13, 1962

When Jennifer is alone after her father's heart attack, her only friend is her filly Tiger Lily. She's penniless until a present from her late father is dropped in her lap, but it turns out that the present is worthless, although Brad Shelby did pay $50,000 in order to capitalize on it.

12The Case of the Polka-Dot Pony

52 minDec 20, 1962

A wealthy woman is confronted by two girls who claim to be the daughters she was forced to abandon 20 years before.

13The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe

52 minJan 3, 1963

A chronic shoplifter later finds herself charged with murder. Her niece hires Perry for the defense.

14The Case of the Bluffing Blast

52 minJan 10, 1963

A young girl searching for the father she has never seen seeks Mason's help when she's charged with murder.

15The Case of the Prankish Professor

52 minJan 17, 1963Now viewing

On trial: the estranged wife of a professor who's written a lurid novel.

16The Case of Constant Doyle

52 minJan 31, 1963

Recently widowed attorney Constant Doyle comes to the aid of a young man charged with breaking into a factory and assaulting the night watchman. Later, she has to clear the young man of a murder charge as well as clear the reputation of her late husband.

17The Case of the Libelous Locket

52 minFeb 7, 1963

Professor Lindley is in a pit of trouble when he tries to help a kid dodge a murder rap.

18The Case of the Two-Faced Turnabout

52 minFeb 14, 1963

Columnist Elihu Laban is hit with a murder rap when his efforts to obtain secret papers backfire.

19The Case of the Surplus Suitor

52 minFeb 28, 1963

Attorney Sherman Hatfield is sought out by a blackmail-plagued industrialist.

20The Case of the Golden Oranges

52 minMar 7, 1963

Mason goes to the dogs when his defense of a murder suspect hinges on a surprise witness.

21The Case of the Lawful Lazarus

52 minMar 14, 1963

Mason's client: a man declared legally dead.

22The Case of the Velvet Claws

52 minMar 21, 1963

In a case woven with one woman's lies a politician and a murder are entagled.

23The Case of the Lover's Leap

52 minApr 4, 1963

The victim of a swindle finds his trouble multiplying when he's accused of murder.

24The Case of the Elusive Element

52 minApr 11, 1963

A promoter's plan to frame his wife and business partner for embezzlement fails, but they're arrested anyway for his murder.

25The Case of the Greek Goddess

52 minApr 18, 1963

Mason is hired by a sculptor charged with murdering the overbearing mother of his model.

26The Case of the Skeleton's Closet

52 minMay 2, 1963

The ex-wife of an author who has written a lurid expose and is murdered.

27The Case of the Potted Planter

52 minMay 9, 1963

A jealous husband is teased into a tizzy after being led on by his sister's lies.

28The Case of the Witless Witness

52 minMay 16, 1963

A judge is accused of murdering a government witness who planned to expose him as a crook.