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Franklin Shore is supposed to have died ten years ago, but his widow Matilda (Louise Latham) stubbornly refuses to probate Franklin's will, presumably convinced that the man is still alive. It could be that Matilda is right: her niece Helen (Julie Sommars) receives quite a shock late one night when she receives a phone call from her "late" Uncle Franklin, asking her to meet him at a secret place. One thing leads to another, and before long someone has taken a shot at Helen's boyfriend Frank (Alan Reed Jr.), Helen's pet cat Monkey is poisoned, and the man who had been blackmailing Franklin Shores before his "demise" turns up murdered. Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) has got a lot on his plate in this episode, which is based on a novel by series creator Erle Stanley Garnder).