Case Of The Empty Tin (Aired March 8, 1958)
Perry Mason aired from 1943 to 1955. Although it is ostensibly a crime drama, Perry Mason sounds and feels like a soap opera. With 15-minute shows every weekday for years on end, the famous defense lawyer handled a myriad of cases, each one blending into the next. The shows presented here give the flavor of this serial, with Perry pulling every sort of trick to prove his client innocent. Hardly the staid courtroom drama of the popular TV show, the Perry Mason of radio was a much wilder affair. Have a listen and judge for yourself. When someone mentions the name "Perry Mason" the first image that runs through their mind is of a lawyer who unmasks murderers and crooks in the courtroom. Even though the television Perry Mason is the one everyone remembers, the original Perry Mason, whose derivation came from radio, is a lot different. The Perry Mason of radio would rather swap gunshots with evildoers than sit in a boring courtroom, waiting for the deliberation! Geared more towards action than courtroom drama, Perry Mason ran 12 seasons and later led to the development of the now-popular Raymond Burr television show, which started in the late 1950's.
THIS EPISODE:
03-08-58 - The Case of the Empty Tin Perry Mason by Erle Stanley Gardner. A tin can, secretly placed among the rows of Mrs. Florence Gentrie's preserves, contains not a speck of food, but it does carry one clue to a murder that took place right next door.
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