The Case of the Wrathful Wraith

Who else better to write this macabre story than the likes of Henry Farrell, who wrote two of the greatest movie chillers, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE and HUSH, HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE, both starring Bette Davis.

Henry did a fabulous job here, a story all about a woman called Louise (played by Marian McCargo) believed to have killed her husband --but there's no body? Next there's some EERIE seances, rumors that Louise is slowly going insane(!) and a situation where the supposed dead man comes back to life? A perfect puzzler for Perry Mason.

Fun stuff, and as I have noted before, the final season was one of the best because all story options were on the table. Somehow the more offbeat, it all clicked, and the acting always above par.

Marian McCargo, prior to her screen career, was a recognized national tennis champion who later married California state Rep Alfonzo Bell, and also helped him raise his sons. Yes, she does resemble actress Dina Merrill. Look for Don Dillaway, playing a reporter. Best known (to all us movie buffs) for playing a young soldier father (killed in battle) in the goofy Laurel and Hardy comedy, PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES (1932). Not to be missed.

Trying to figure this one out is worth the investment.

SEASON 9 EPISODE 9 remastered CBS dvd box set. Volumes 1 and 2. Released 2013. The entire series, by popular demand, now in a single mega box. A gift to treasure.

As a person who is in their thirties and have been watching Perry Mason for the last 10 years I think since my twenties and I am clearly clearly far from the days when this was actually broadcast on TV but my mom this was her age we watch this together but I'm I'm a person who likes old school mysteries but it's something about this episode that is just bothering me as some reviewers said the main character is a little bit on the annoying side and I'm going to incline to agree,

But there is things that people are doing that just seems very illegal and I guess I will put spoilers but how come nobody's noticing the people that are sneaking around through the whole entire episode until the end I'm like there were like missing dialogues and added dialogues and statements that were made that could have been easily answered but they left you with no answers and that's not good or conducive to a good mystery it made you go what and why is everybody so incompetent it was just hard to get through it's all over the place you really don't even care at the end of the show because a lot of people got away with a lot of little illegal things and nobody called them out on it and certain people could have been apprehended before situations happen because they were right there and it was easily explained but yeah this one gets a 2 out of 10

Yes my review is going to leave you just as mystified as I was watching this episode another thing is a lot of people in this episode had major aggression it was very aggressive a lot of people were talking very aggressively to Perry Mason Perry Mason was snapping back it was a mess!! LoL.

As a recent convert to perry mason, 3 seasons so far. I found this show to be so tedious that I fell asleep twice before powering through to the end.

Not exactly an original plot (by far), but this one is melodrama on steroids. Marian McCargo's character is far too gullible and unstable to demand much sympathy. While it's always a pleasure to see Jeanne Bal, in this one she's miscast -- her portrayal is too enabling (she does much better when her characters have more "oomph"). The insurance investigator looks like a cross between Ted Cassidy and David McCallum. It is what it is, I suppose...

As this episode opens up we learn that Perry Mason actually had a case that went to jury and Marian McCargo was found not guilty. That sure would have shattered the usual paradigm for Perry Mason stories as he never lets cases get that far. But no matter he gets to defend McCargo again.

Hard to prove murder without a body maybe it was the DA's fault and he never should have indicted in the first place. Only now McCargo is being haunted by her dead spouse and one night he's shot to death at their home and she's found standing over the body murder weapon in hand.

McCargo delivers a fine performance as a woman really about to lose control. Even William Talman is feeling sorry for her as he offers to take a plea for temporary insanity.

But this time Raymond Burr acquits McCargo and in true Perry Mason style.