Season 4

1960-1961

96. The Case of the Treacherous Toupee - 9/17/60

Part of a toupee is found in the dead man's

hand and it belongs toPeter Dawson.

Peter DawsonPhilip Ober (defendant)
Hartley BassetThomas B. Henry (victim)
Richard HartRobert Redford
Arthur Colemar--Nelson Olmsted
JudgeFrank Wilcox

97. The Case of the Credulous Quarry - 9/24/60

A dishonest attorney tampers with evidence and

John Conwell is charged with murder.

Richard HammondJohn Conwell (defendant)
Alexander HillWalter Reed
JudgeWillis Bouchey

98. The Case of the Ill-Fated Faker - 10/1/60

Carl Gorman wants to get rid of his dishonest nephew.

Jim FerrisWilliam Campbell
Betty WilkinsSue Randall (defendant)
Stan PiperJames Anderson (victim)
JudgeS. John Launer

99. The Case of the Singular Double - 10/8/60

Lucy Stevens/Carole Morgan fakes her own death

and then is accused of murder when a dead body

is found in the car she drove off a cliff.

Lucy Stevens, alias Carole MorganConnie Hines (defendant)
John RuskinArch Johnson
Marjorie RalsMary Webster (victim)
JudgeMorris Ankrum

100. The Case of the Lavender Lipstick -10/15/60

Karen Lewis is suspected of selling formulas belonging

to the cosmetic company she works at to a rival firm.

Karen LewisPat Breslin (defendant)
Charles KnudsenDabbs Greer
Max PompeyWhit Bissell
Frank Jefferson alias Silas VanceJames Bell (victim)
Judge John DavisNelson Leigh

101. The Case of the Wandering Widow - 10/22/60

Riley Morgan is released from prison and soon the man

that cleared Morgan is blackmailing the victim's wife.

Lorraine McClaine Morgan KendallColeen Gray (defendant)
Riley MorganDean Harens
Burt StokesCasey Adams (victim)
"Jimmie" KendallStephen Talbot
JudgeRichard Gaines

102. The Case of the Clumsy Clown - 11/5/60

Perry, Della, Paul and Lt. Tragg all witness a murder

at the circus.

Felix HeidemannDouglas Henderson (defendant)
Judson CurtisWalter Sande (victim)
Gerald FranklinRobert Clarke
JudgeLillian Bronson

103. The Case of the Provacative Protégé - 11/12/60

The police believe that when concert pianist Burt Stoke's

car is found at the bottom of a cliff he was murdered.

Anita CarpenterVirginia Field
David CarpenterGregory Morrow (victim)
Donna RossKathie Browne (defendant)
JudgeMorris Ankrum

104. The Case of the Nine Dolls - 11/19/60

Peggy Smith wants to find out who she is and who

her parents are but before she can one

of her relatives is murdered.

Linda OsborneMaggie Mahoney (defendant)
Martha BensonJeanette Nolan
Peggy Smith/LawsonLaurie Perreau
Courtney JeffersFrancis X. Bushman (victim)
A. ToblerJohn Banner
JudgeNelson Leigh

105. The Case of the Loquacious Liar - 12/3/60

A missing picture is the key to solving the case after

Lester Martin is arrested for the murder of the

stepfather that he believed was trying to kill him.

Judson BaileyBruce Gordon (victim)
Lester MartinWynn Pearce (defendant)
Sam CraneRegis Toomey
JudgeS. John Launer

106. The Case of the Red Riding Boots - 12/10/60

Ann Farwell is charged wit murder after the woman that her

father is about to marry is found dead in a car trunk.

Rennie FosterCorey Allen
Joe DixonFrank Maxwell (defendant)
Rita ConoverShirley Ballard (victim)
JudgeWillis Bouchey
Wilmer BeasleeRicharh Deacon

107. The Case of the Larcenous Lady - 12/17/60

Mona Henderson jeopardizes her husband's chances

of a position on the State Crime Commission when

she gives city plans to a blackmailer.

Susan ConnollyLouise Fletcher (defendant)
Frank SykesRobert Brown
Mona HendersonPatricia Huston (victim)
Tom StrattonEdward Platt
JudgeByron Morrow

108. The Case of the Envious Editor - 1/7/61

Donald Fletcher  turns a conservative magazine into a

scandalous one when he buys a publishing house.

Edmond AitkenPhilip Abbott
Donald FletcherJames H. Coburn (victim)
Lori StonerBarbara Lawrence
Alyce Nash AitkenSara Shane (defendant)
JudgeS. John Launer

109. The Case of the Resolute Reformer - 1/14/61

A man worried about his conduct while drunk

pays off Debra Bradford to save

his father's reputation.

William Harper CaineJohn Hoyt (defendant)
Roger QuigleyJames Westerfield (victim)
Lawrence KentPhillip Terry
JudgeTom Harkness

110. The Case of the Fickle Fortune - 1/21/61

Ralph Duncan finds $153,000 in greenbacks while investigating

an estate and then loses the money.

Ralph DuncanVaughn Taylor (defendant)
Lloyd FarrellLiam Sulliam (victim)
Mrs. HollisterHelen Brown
JudgeRichard Gaines
Gertie LadeConnie Cezon

111. The Case of the Waylaid Wolf - 2/4/61

Loring Lamont is stabbed after his father's secretary

flees from the house and his advances.

Arlene FerrisAndra Martin (defendant)
Loring LamontTony Travis (victim)
George AlbertBarry Atwater
Edith BristolRebecca Welles
JudgeMorris Ankrum

112. The Case of the Wintry Wife - 2/18/61

Laura Randall plans to destroy her husband's

underwater sounding invention to get back at

him for wanting a divorce.

Laura RandallJune Vincent (victim)
Bruce SheridanAlan Hewitt
Phyllis HudsonMarianne Stewart (defendant)
JudgeWillis Bouchey

113. The Case of the Angry Dead Man - 2/25/61

Willard Nesbitt stages his own death, but returns when he

suspects that his ex-partner forged his signature

and is going to cheat his wife.

Eve NesbittGloria Talbott (defendant)|
Willard NesbittLes Tremayne (victim)
Ben OtisJames Millhollin
JudgeKenneth MacDonald

114. The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff - 3/11/61

Karl Addison robs a jewlery store right after having surgery

that leaves him temporarily blinded and

with the perfect alibi, except he is killed right

after stealing the diamond necklace.

Karl AddisonJohn Conte (victim)
James KincannonJack Ging (defendant)
Edgar WhiteheadBerry Kroeger
JudgeNelson Leigh

115. The Case of the Barefaced Witness - 3/18/61

Iris McKay is arrested for the murder of an ex-con who

she was holding some money for.

Prosecutor Johathan HalePaul Fix
Alfred NeedhamMalcom Atterbury
Dan SouthernAdam West
Iris McKayEnid Janes (defendant)
Fred S. SwanRuss Conway (victim)
JudgeLewis Martin

116. The Case of the Difficult Detour - 3/25/61

An incorrect survey delays the building of a vacation resort

and leads to the murder of the developer.

Pete MalloryJeff York (defendant)
Stuart BentonJason Evers (victim)
Phil EdwardsJoe di Reda
Jim AmesNeil Hamilton
Reviewing judgeJohn Gallaudet
Trial judgeS. John Launer

117. The Case of the Cowardly Lion - 4/8/61

A baby gorilla is stolen and then a lion kills

Dr. Braun (the zoo dentist).

Hilde Fursten BraunCarol Rossen
Tony OsgoodFred Beir (defendant)
Doctor Walther BraunLeslie Bradley (victim)
Harry BeacomO. Z. Whitehead
Prosecutor TelfordPaul Langton
First judgeMack Williams
Second judgeBill Quinn

118. The Case of the Torrid Tapestry - 4/22/61

Claude Demay was in prison for six years for

a crime he did not commit.  He was framed by

Leonard Voss, but before he can get

revenge Voss is murdererd.

Claude DemayRobert H. Harris (defendant)
Leonard VossJohn Holland (victim)
Nathan ClaverConrad Nagel
JudgeKenneth MacDonald

119. The Case of the Violent Vest - 4/29/61

Grace Halley wants to leave the ad agency that she models

for when a married man, Herman Albright

shows interests in her.

Grace Halley FryeMyrna Fahey (defendant)
Walter CaffreyHayden Rorke
Joy LebaronSonya Wilde
Herman AlbrightErik Rhodes (victim)
JudgeRichard Gaines

120. The Case of the Misguided Missile - 5/6/61

A failed attempt at a missile launch leads to the death

of the man sent to investigate it.

Dan MorganBruce Bennett
Captain CaldwellSimon Oakland (victim)
Major Jerry ReynoldsRobert Rockwell (defendant

121. The Case of the Duplicate Daughter -5/20/61

Muriel Gilman's father left the breakfast table and didn't

return.  Several thousand dollars and evidence of a

struggle are found in the man's workshop.

Hartliey ElliottDon Dubbins
Carter GilmanWalter Kinsella (defendant)
JudgeWillis Bouchey

122. The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather - 5/27/61

David Gideon is charged with murder after raising $10,000

for his girlfriend and fighting with her husband.

Dorine Hopkins MontgomeryPatricia Barry
David GideonKarl Held (defendant)
Tony MontgomeryFred Coby (victim)
Lawrence CommingerGavin MacLeod
Superior court judgeJohn Gallaudet
Preliminary hearing judgeKenneth MacDonald

123. The Case of the Guilty Clients - 6/10/61

Jeff Bronson and his ex-wife defend each other

when a man that they both had reason to kill

turns up dead after sabotages Jeff's airplane.

Bill RyderGuy Mitchell (victim)
Lola BronsonLisa Gaye
Concepcion O'HigginsFaith Domergue
Jeff BronsonCharles Bateman (defendant)
Violet RyderBarbara Stuart
Divorce judgeGrandon Rhodes
Trial judge AbernathySydney Smith