Perry Mason: Season 9
Season 9 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Perry Mason Season 8.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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The Case of the Laughing Lady
Sep 12, 1965 · 51 min
Carla Chaney is caught seemingly red-handed at the scene of the murder of her ex-boyfriend. Perry agrees to take the case pro bono after three other attorneys drop out. Carla's o
The Case of the Fatal Fortune
Sep 19, 1965 · 52 min
A fortune teller gives a series of accurate predictions regarding a woman's future. But something goes wrong when she's charged with murdering her new husband.
The Case of the Candy Queen
Sep 26, 1965 · 52 min
Things aren't going too good for the self-styled candy queen, Claire Armstrong, these days. Boyfriend Mark Chester steals her candy formula in order to pay back his gambling debts
The Case of the Cheating Chancellor
Oct 3, 1965 · 52 min
Perry returns to his college alma mater to receive an award but there's no rest for the weary when he's called upon to defend Van Fowler for the murder of a professor.
The Case of the Impetuous Imp
Oct 10, 1965 · 51 min
Perry rescues Diana Carter from the ocean in his boat and then must rescue her twice more in the courtroom. Once for jewel theft and once for murder.
The Case of the Carefree Coronary
Oct 17, 1965 · 52 min
The Safeline Insurance Company notices an increase in heart attacks among their policy holders. The company suspects fraud and hires Perry and Paul to investigate. When Paul goes u
The Case of the Hasty Honeymooner
Oct 24, 1965 · 51 min
An old Army buddy of restauranteur Terrence Clay, Lucas Tolliver, arrives in California from Oklahoma to meet the woman he was matched up with by a computer dating service. The wom
The Case of the Twelfth Wildcat
Oct 31, 1965 · 52 min
Burt Payne owns 10% of a professional football team. His rich wife, Ellen, owns the remainder. Knowing that he's washed up and needing some quick cash, Burt tries to sell his share
The Case of the Wrathful Wraith
Nov 7, 1965 · 52 min
Louise Self must have broken a mirror. She has to stand trial for murdering her husband, Jamison, twice. Perry gets her off the hook the first time because the body was never foun
The Case of the Runaway Racer
Nov 14, 1965 · 52 min
Test driver Pete Griston cracks up one of ace car builder Pappy Ryan's vehicles. Pappy accuses Havey Rettig of tampering with the car and files charges against Rettig and Griston.
The Case of the Silent Six
Nov 21, 1965 · 51 min
Police Sergeant Dave Wolfe warns Joe Oliver to stay away from his kid sister, Susan. Now Susan's been beaten up in her apartment, Oliver has been shot to death, and Dave is being c
The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein
Nov 28, 1965 · 52 min
In this change of pace episode Perry and Della travel behind the Iron Curtain and get involved in a murder case which ends up being tried in an East German court.
The Case of the Baffling Bug
Dec 12, 1965 · 52 min
Tryon Laboratories hires the Drake Detective Agency to protect their latest formulas. In spite of Paul's best efforts, there is a leak in security and some top-secret information
The Case of the Golden Girls
Dec 19, 1965 · 52 min
Victor Montalvo, co-owner of the Golden Bear Club, gives a ride to a sweet young thing named Debbie Conrad who later attempts to blackmail him by threatening to claim he took advan
The Case of the Bogus Buccaneers
Jan 9, 1966 · 52 min
Aspiring actor Tony Polk lands a job on a popular TV program. Part of his job consists of dressing up in a buccaneer costume and delivering free gifts to viewers at their homes. An
The Case of the Midnight Howler
Jan 16, 1966 · 52 min
Barney Austin is the king of late night talk radio in Los Angeles. One night during his on-air rants, Barney gets a note to call his boss, Kevin Steele. While talking to Steele o
The Case of the Vanishing Victim
Jan 23, 1966 · 52 min
Dr. Stacey Fielding takes off for Salt Lake City on business. When his plane crashes, Veronal poisioning is found in the body. Miriam Fielding is arrested since the last thing th
The Case of the Golfer's Gambit
Jan 30, 1966 · 52 min
Chick Farley is a low rent, semi-talented golf pro at an exclusive country club. He now mooches off his wife's money and occasionally blackmails members of the country club in ord
The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise
Feb 13, 1966 · 52 min
An art dealer and his girlfriend are arrested for a two murders related to a series of hijacks. Paul goes undercover to ferret out the hijacking ring and Perry finds himself stari
The Case of the Scarlet Scandal
Feb 20, 1966 · 52 min
Another fishing trip goes awry for Perry when he's drawn into the murder of a woman who was killed while delivering a blackmail payment.
The Case of the Twice-Told Twist
Feb 27, 1966 · 51 min
Perry plays Mr. Brownlow to young Lenny Beale who's involved with a gang of teenage car strippers. Lenny wants to quit the gang but when his boss, Bill Sikes, turns up murdered th
The Case of the Avenging Angel
Mar 13, 1966 · 52 min
Perry must defend a goofy, untalented British kid whom someone thinks has the talent to be a pop singer but in reality couldn't get in the door of American Idol. Then someone bumps
The Case of the Tsarina's Tiara
Mar 20, 1966 · 52 min
Imagine Gerard Van Ness's surprise when a long-lost tiara worth a fortune turns up in his hands. Imagine Perry and Della's surpise when the body of a jewel thief turns up in a tru
The Case of the Fanciful Frail
Mar 27, 1966 · 52 min
Things keep going from awful to good grief for poor Ethel Andrews. First she's left at the altar by her fiancé, Bruce Strickland, who also let's her take the blame for a $50,000 se
The Case of the Unwelcome Well
Apr 3, 1966 · 52 min
Nasty oilman Jerome Klee is shot to death and there's no shortage of suspects. Perry's client is Klee's foreman who tried to change his boss's mind about backing out on a drilling
The Case of the Dead Ringer
Apr 17, 1966 · 52 min
Perry Mason finds himself the target of an attempt to discredit him while he is in the middle of a major lawsuit.
The Case of the Misguided Model
Apr 24, 1966 · 52 min
Perry has all sorts of troubles in this one including a client who takes a shot at him. It starts when dim bulb prizefighter Duke Maronek gets into a fight with Art Grover over pre
The Case of the Positive Negative
May 1, 1966 · 52 min
Retired general Roger Brandon is set to head an anti-crime commission to investigate racketeering in a notoriously corrupt town. Rackets boss George Emory claims to have compromisi
The Case of the Crafty Kidnapper
May 15, 1966 · 52 min
Gossip columnist Danny Shine is a real scumbag. Even his own mother would disown him. So it's no surprise when he turns up shot to death in his car one night after a party at Alex
The Case of the Final Fadeout
May 22, 1966 · 52 min
A nasty actor with a lot of enemies is murdered. Perry gets his accused killer off the hook but then HE turns up dead and an aging, eccentric actress is blamed for that one. Are th