Wednesday, May 13, 2026

TCOT Podcast Episode 090 - Shattered Dreams

 Wednesday, May 13, 2026

TCOT Podcast Episode 090 - Shattered Dreams

Season 2 - Episode 12

Originally aired - January 2, 1959





The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.


This is an episode from season 2 that we are choosing at random using a random number generator. I will be choosing our episodes this way season by season. We’re excited by this new process which will give each season a chance to shine.

Police Lt: Tragg


DA: Hamilton Burger



Guest Stars:

Osa Massen

Sarah Werner


Marion Marshall

Irene Bedford


Virginia Vincent -

Virginia Trent


Kurt Kreuger

Hans Breel


Chris Alcaide

Jerry Morrow


Ludwig Stössel

Adolph Van Beers

(as Ludwig Stossel)


Ivan Triesault

Fred Schoenbeck


Theodore Marcuse

William Walker


Lillian Bronson

Judge

Robert Carson

Lawrence David



Time Capsule:


Furniture/Design

Fashion




Cars




Cigarettes










Where Do They Go From Here?:



Obviously, Irene is going to jail. I guess she had some money too. Maybe Sarah could get some of that money for her and her daughter. Of course now who did the pungence dream belong to because Virginia is gonna make some money but is she gonna share it with Sarah. Perry already knows he’s not getting paid for this case.

Next Episode:

Season 3, Episode 18 - Singing Skirt






Friday, February 20, 2026

TCOT Podcast Episode 89 - Lazy Lover

 

TCOT Podcast Episode 89 - Lazy Lover


Season 1 - Episode 35

Originally aired - May 31, 1958


Prime Video now has all nine seasons of Perry Mason




The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.


This is an episode from season 2 that we are choosing at random using a random number generator. I will be choosing our episodes this way season by season. We’re excited by this new process which will give each season a chance to shine.



Police Lt: Tragg


DA: Burger



Guest Stars:



Yvonne Craig - 1 ep of PM/86 roles from 1957 - 2011 including Gidget/Dobie Gillis/Kissin’ Cousins w/Elvis Presley/Star Trek and Batman

Patricia Faxon


Ann Lee - 1 ep of PM/17 roles from 1948 -1962 including The Danny Thomas Show and My Friend Flicka

Lucille Allred


Neil Hamilton - 7 eps of PM(Dubious Bridegroom/Drifting Dropout - killer/Golden Fraud)/183 roles from 1918 - 1971 including Commissioner Gordon - Batman/Mr. Ed/Outer Limits

Bertrand Allred


Harry Townes - 5 eps of PM(Singular Double-ADA)/188 roles from 1949 -1988 including Quincy/Bonanza/Star Trek/Twilight Zone/Alfred Hitchcock Show

Robert Fleetwood

James Bell - 4 eps of PM(Lavender Lipstick)/159 roles from 1932 - 1964 including Dragnet

P.E. Overbrook



Frances Helm - 3 eps of PM(Nine Dolls)/39 roles from 1947 -1995 including Edge of Night/Gunsmoke/Dark Shadows/1995 Maureen O’Sullivan in a Mia Farrow biopic

Bernice Archer

Kenneth MacDonald

Judge

(as Kenneth R. MacDonald)

Len Hendry

Officer

Jeffrey Sayre

Courtroom Spectator


Time Capsule:


Furniture/Design


Perry’s Office Window View 




Fashion




Cars




Cigarettes




Where Do They Go From Here?:

I would hope Bernice gets some punishment.



Next Week’s Episode:

Season 2 - Episode 12 Shattered Dreams 














Wednesday, January 14, 2026

TCOT Podcast Episode 088 - Twice-Told Twist

TCOT Podcast Episode 088 - Twice-Told Twist


Season 9 - Episode 21

Originally aired - February 27, 1966

The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.


This is an episode from season 9 that we are choosing at random using a random number generator. I will be choosing our episodes this way season by season. We’re excited by this new process which will give each season a chance to shine.


Summary: Lennie Beale is a teenager in a car-stripping gang who is caught after Perry's car is stripped. Perry sees something good in Lennie, giving him a second chance. When a ringleader of the gang is stabbed to death, Lennie is charged.


Police Lt: Drumm


DA: Burger



Guest Stars:

Lennie is played by Kevin O’Neal who was in 24 episodes of No Time for Sergeants. The same year this came out, he was in 2 episodes of The Fugitives and played a character named Perry in one.


Harlan Warde -

Sgt. Roddin



Nicolas Surovy - Mike Roy All My Children

Tick Gleason 


Time Capsule:


Perry’s Office Window View 



Fashion


 




Cars




Cigarettes



Money Translation


$1700 Perry forfeited from the insurance = $17,000/  mjn


Where Do They Go From Here?:

Lenny becomes a Marine 



 

Next Week’s Episode:

Season 1, Episode 35 - Lazy Lover



Friday, December 12, 2025

TCOT Podcast Episode 087 - Grinning Gorilla

TCOT Podcast Episode 087 - Grinning Gorilla 


Season 8 - Episode 28

Originally aired - April 29, 1965





The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.


This is an episode from season x that we are choosing at random using a random number generator. I will be choosing our episodes this way season by season. We’re excited by this new process which will give each season a chance to shine.

Police Lt: 


DA: Robert Colbert



Guest Stars:



Lurene Tuttle - 6 eps of PM/this was her first/ 189 spanning over 50 years inc MSW, Psycho and 48 eps of Julia

Eliza Chambers


Bartlett Robinson - 6 eps of PM/151 roles from 1948 -1982 including Green Acres/Ironside/Andy Griffith/Twilight Zone

Sydney Hardwick

Time Capsule:


Furniture/Design


 

Perry’s Office Window View 


Fashion




Cars






Where Do They Go From Here?:

Helen gets the money and Josephine gets her legal fees paid. Mr. Fallon and Mr. Hershey are in Jail

Next Week’s Episode: TCOT Twice-Told Twist - Season 9, Episode 21











Wednesday, November 12, 2025

TCOT Podcast Episode 086 - Nervous Neighbor

 TCOT Podcast Episode 086 - Nervous Neighbor


Season 7 - Episode 18

Originally aired - February 13, 1964




The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.


This is an episode from season x that we are choosing at random using a random number generator. We will be choosing our episodes this way season by season. We’re excited by this new process which will give each season a chance to shine.

Police Lt: Andy


DA: Burger



Guest Stars:




Richard Rust - 2 eps of PM(Startled Stallion)/56 roles from 1955-1988 including Get Christie Love/Mod Squad/Gunsmoke/Alfred Hitchcock

Charles Fuller


Katherine Squire - 3 eps of PM(Credulous Quarry)/66 roles from 1949 -1989 including When Harry Met Sally/Twilight Zone/Alfred Hitchcock/Search For Tomorrow

Vera Hargrave


Sheila Bromley - 5 eps of PM/158 roles from 1930 -1975 including I Love Lucy/Alfred Hitchcock/Hazel/Petticoat Junction/Adam-12

Mrs Alice Bradley


Francis X. Bushman - 3 eps of PM(Flighty Father, 9 Dolls 2x victim)/231 roles from 1911 -1966 including Batman/Ozzie and Harriet/Silent Films

Philip


Barry Atwater - 6 eps of PM(Prankish Professor/Demured Defendant)/116 roles from 1954-1978 including Loretta Young Show/Twilight Zone/Alfred Hitchcock/Dr. Kildare/Bewitched with Willie May

Karl Dickinson


Paul Winchell - Gargamel and Tigger

Henry Clement


Les Tremayne - 8 eps of PM DA every season except 2/146 roles from 1950-1993 including War of the Worlds, North by Northwest, Edward Quartermaine GH and a slew of cartoons passed in 2003

George Browne


Jeanne Cooper - 5 eps of PM(Glamorous Ghost)/136 roles from 1953 -2013 including 3 eps of Ironside/The Untouchables/Twilight Zone/the Young and the Restless/

Mary Browne


Booth Colman - 2 eps of PM(Paper Bullets)/187 roles from 1950 -2008 including Frasier/ST:Voyager/Young and Restless/Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Time Capsule:


What was Happening:
The Beatles arrived from England at New York City's JFK International Airport at 1:20 in the afternoon on Pan American Airlines Flight 101 from London, and received a tumultuous reception from a throng of screaming fans, marking the first occurrence of "Beatlemania" in the United States. and then went on to perform on the Ed Sullivan show.

Electroencephalography

Diagnostic test



An EEG records the electrical activity of the brain through electrodes put on the scalp. EEG results show changes in brain activity. This may help diagnose brain conditions such as epilepsy and other seizure conditions. An electroencephalogram is a test that measures electrical activity in the brain.

Where Do They Go From Here?:

Charles and his mother are going to be set. I have a feeling Alice will give some money to the senior rec center

Next Episode:

Grinning Gorilla  Season 8, Episode 28


 






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Sunday, October 26, 2025

TCOT Podcast Episode 085 - Potted Planter

 

TCOT Podcast Episode 085 - Potted Planter


Season 6 - Episode 27 

Originally aired - May 9, 1963





The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.


This is an episode from season 6 that we are choosing at random using a random number generator. We will be choosing our episodes this way season by season. We’re excited by this new process which will give each season a chance to shine.

Police Lt: 


DA: 



Guest Stars:

 - XConstance Ford

Frances


Diane Brewster

Andrea Walden

(as Diana Brewster)


Paul Fix

District Attorney Hale


Mark Goddard

Roy Mooney




Robert Bray - 3 eps of PM(Footloose Doll)/131 roles from 1946 -1954 including Twilight Zone/Burns and Allen/Lassie/Lone Ranger

Martin Walden

Joe Maross - 3 eps of PM(DA Lavender Lipstick)/123 roles from 1952 -1986 including MSW

(last)/Twilight Zone/Gunsmoke/Peyton Place/Mission Impossible/The Rookies/Mannix/Dallas

Nelson Tarr

Davey Davison

Melinda Tarr


T. Roleet

Qu Betenla


William Allyn

David Pinter

Harry Lauter

Chris Hearn


Frank Behrens

Doctor Oldham


Robert Foulk

Delehanty

Allan Hunt

Jimmie Moore

David Macklin

Boy

Jaclyn Carmichael

Girl

Jamie Forster

Judge


Pepper Curtis

Receptionist

Richard Emory

Intern

John Barton

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Richard LaMarr

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

 

Where Do They Go From Here?:



I guess Andrea and Nelson will get together and Andrea can use the money to save the radio station. Will she go back on the stage?

Next Week’s Episode: Season 7, Episode 18 - Nervous Neighbor



TCOT Podcast Episode 090 - Shattered Dreams

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