24. The Man Who Went Mad by Mistake

Case file: #115-28414-T
Mark Stephen Tabor: Bond Default, Fraud Against The Government, Unlawful Flight.

Original broadcast date: 6 March 1966

The good inspector goes undercover as a mental patient to see if the bad guy (Tabor) is faking a mental breakdown to avoid testifying in a federal case. The question never answered was if Tabor were truly faking or if he did indeed have a dehabilitating mental condition. So maybe he did not go “mad by mistake.” By the way, no interesting cars.

• This is Anthony Eisley’s only appearance as Special Agent Kirby Greene; the part was later played by Grant Williams, James McKrell, and Phil Dean. Eisley went on to play Special Agent Chester “Chet” Randolph in more than a dozen episodes of The FBI.
• J.D Cannon was well known for playing Chief of Detectives Peter B. Clifford, NYPD, on the TV series McCloud.
• Harold Gould makes another appearance on the series.