{"id":4452,"date":"2011-09-18T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T06:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?p=4452"},"modified":"2011-09-09T20:57:33","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T02:57:33","slug":"audio-drama-review-perry-mason-case-howling-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/audio-drama-review-perry-mason-case-howling-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Drama Review: Perry Mason and the Case of the Howling Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=adamsblog03-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=1455821977&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the <em>Case of the Howling Dog,\u00a0a<\/em> man approaches Perry Mason with two seemingly unrelated requests. First, he has questions about the requirements for drafting a will including whether the will would be valid if he were executed for murder. Then he complains about his neighbor&#8217;s howling dog which is keeping him up at night.<\/p>\n<p>Mason\u00a0takes action on the howling dog, contacting the district attorney&#8217;s office. The neighbor insists there&#8217;s no problem and that Perry&#8217;s client is mentally unstable. Then\u00a0Mason&#8217;s client disappears with the neighbor&#8217;s wife and later on, the neighbor himself is found murdered. Mason has to unravel the sordid affairs of the dead man, find the client he&#8217;s supposed to represent, and unmask the real killer.<\/p>\n<p><em>The\u00a0Case of the Howling Dog <\/em>is the best installment yet of the Colonial Radio Theatre&#8217;s Perry Mason series. The mystery is incredibly complex and engaging with an amazing amount of twists and turns. At 78 minutes, this is\u00a0 a fast paced thriller. Also, this is only the second of the four to feature actual courtroom scenes (The other being &#8220;The Case of the Sulky Girl.&#8221;) CRT did a much better job with the courtroom drama than in <em>The Case of the Sulky Girl <\/em>as the court scenes in <em>The Case of the Howling Dog <\/em>were more vibrant and engaging. Fans of legal dramas will appreciate Mason&#8217;s brilliant legal manuvering in the program&#8217;s climax.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the episode, as has been the usual case in these shows, Mason walks a thin line ethically. When confronted over this by Paul Drake, he expresses contempt for lawyers who wouldn&#8217;t skate on thin ice for a client. Certainly, the CRT&#8217;s Perry Mason series wouldn&#8217;t be nearly as entertaining if he didn&#8217;t.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Rating: 5.0 out of 5.0 Stars<\/p>\n<p>Note: If you are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netxtrack.com\/click.track?CID=102175&amp;AFID=173868&amp;ADID=454213&amp;SID=\">an Audible Member<\/a>, the digital download of these programs are only $2.95 each which is a fantastic price for these great productions.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed this post, you can have new posts about Detective stories and the golden age of radio and television <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004U8SET2\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=adamsblog03-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004U8SET2\">delivered automatically to your Kindle<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This post contains affiliate links, which means that items purchased from these links may result in a commission being paid to the author of this post at no extra cost to the purchaser<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Case of the Howling Dog,\u00a0a man approaches Perry Mason with two seemingly unrelated requests. 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