Seasons & Episodes
Murder by the Book
One member of a mystery-writing-team decides to kill his more talented partner when the better writer decides to go solo
Death Lends a Hand
A private investigator kills his client's wife after she threatens to expose his blackmail scheme. The client then hires
Dead Weight
A famous general kills a business associate, then woos a neurotic female witness to thwart Columbo's investigation.
Suitable for Framing
An art critic, Dale Kingston, kills his uncle for his valuable collection of paintings. All the clues lead to the dead m
Lady in Waiting
A woman shoots her overbearing brother, claiming she thought he was a burglar. Columbo doesn't buy the self-defense clai
Short Fuse
A chemist rigs a bomb in his uncle's car to gain control of his uncle's company, then plants clues to make Columbo suspi
Blueprint for Murder
An architect kills his business partner and deliberately lets Columbo suspect him, leading Columbo to think that he's hi
Étude in Black
The mistress of a conductor becomes a target for murder after threatening to tell all to her lover's wife.
The Greenhouse Jungle
Jarvis Goodland, along with his nephew, plan a kidnap scam to break the nephews trust fund, but after the money has been
The Most Crucial Game
The manager of a football team kills the team's owner, disguising himself as an ice cream vendor as a cover. He then use
Dagger of the Mind
While on a work trip to London, to learn the techniques of the British police, Columbo gets involved with the murder of
Requiem for a Falling Star
A fading movie star tries to murder a writer who is attempting to blackmail her, but accidentally kills her P.A.
A Stitch in Crime
Leonard Nimoy plays a heart surgeon whose talents turn to murder. Stung by jealousy, he's planning a surgical death for
The Most Dangerous Match
A chess grandmaster disposes of the champion, who keeps coming back on him.
Double Shock
A wealthy man is murdered; his twin nephews stand to inherit, but which one committed the crime?
Lovely But Lethal
Viveca Scott, the founder of Beauty Mark Cosmetics, is being threatened by her rival David Lang. When he finds out that
Any Old Port in a Storm
A wine connoisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay
Candidate for Crime
A Senate Candidate running for office kills his campaign manager by making it look like he was the target for the killer
Double Exposure
A filmmaker kills one of his clients. in a break, during the screening of a new ad campaign
Publish or Perish
A publisher hires a Vietnam vet to kill his star author and thus give himself an alibi before the writer can defect to a
Mind Over Mayhem
The director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kin
Swan Song
A Country and Western singer kills his overpowering wife in a plane crash while he parachutes to safety.
A Friend in Deed
A police commissioner provides an alibi to a friend who has just killed his wife. Later the commissioner kills his own w
An Exercise in Fatality
A health club owner kills his partner who is about to uncover a fraud and makes it look like an accident
Negative Reaction
Brilliant photographer Paul Galesko plans to murder his domineering wife, Frances, and pin the crime on an ex-convict na
By Dawn's Early Light
The head of a military school kills one of the governors by sabotaging the gun which is used on founders day.
Troubled Waters
While holidaying on board a cruise liner, Columbo helps capture the killer of the singer with the ship's band.
Playback
An inventor video tapes his mother-in-law's death, and then replays it back to the security guard, to give himself an al
A Deadly State of Mind
A doctor kills the husband of the woman he is having an affair with but is seen leaving the house by a witness who is ha
Forgotten Lady
A fading actress kills her husband when he refuses to back her comeback show.
A Case of Immunity
An ambassador from Suari and his code clerk kill the chief of security in an attempt to make it look like the chief was
Identity Crisis
A spy is killed on a lonely beach by his contact, but the killer has been photographed beforehand walking with the victi
A Matter of Honor
The owner of a bull ranch in Mexico gives his workers the day off, and then talks his number one man into fighting the b
Now You See Him
Master magician the great Santini is amazing audiences at the Cabaret of Magic. What they don’t know is that Santini
Last Salute to the Commodore
The family and friends of brilliant naval architect Commodore Otis Swanson have gathered for the company’s annual part
Fade in to Murder
Ward Fowler, who plays debonair television detective Lieutenant Lucerne, has a reputation for being a difficult actor.
Old Fashioned Murder
The female head of a museum hires one of the guards to rob the museum to collect the insurance money. But during the rob
The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case
Two former college friends, now partners in an accounting firm, become enemies when one realizes the other has embezzled
Try and Catch Me
A writer of murder mysteries wreaks revenge on her nephew-in-law by blaming him for her niece's murder.
Murder Under Glass
A famous food critic is threatened by a restaurant owner, and so the critic leaves. Soon after, the cook dies. Columbo'
Make Me a Perfect Murder
Mark McAndrews a top network programmer is promoted to a New York position. His assistant, who is very ambitious and hi
How to Dial a Murder
A famous psychiatrist uses an appointment with his doctor as his alibi while he calls his house, where his dead wife's l
The Conspirators
An Irish poet, who fronts a peace organization while secretly running guns, kills an arms dealer who tries to swindle hi
Columbo Goes to the Guillotine
Lt. Columbo delves into the world of magic, ESP and slight of hand as he investigates the death of a magician, and there
Murder, Smoke and Shadows
An egocentric film director resorts to his mastery of special effects to murder a vengeful friend who discovers the dire
Sex and the Married Detective
A sex therapist catches her boyfriend with another woman when he thinks she is out of town. She then disguises herself a
Grand Deceptions
Frank Brailie runs a private military foundation for wanabe soldiers owned by the wheelchair bound General Padget. The
Murder, a Self Portrait
A famous artist, Max Barsini, lives with his wife Vanessa and a beautiful live-in model named Julie at his beach house/s
Columbo Cries Wolf
Columbo is asked to investigate the disappearance of Dian Hunter, director of a men's magazine. Naturally, the prime su
Agenda for Murder
Columbo matches wits with a brilliant attorney responsible for the murder of the one man who could stifle his meteoric
Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo
Columbo unwittingly becomes part of a deranged woman's diabolical plot to destroy the two men she believes responsible f
Uneasy Lies the Crown
While investigating the death of a popular actor, Columbo must outwit a cunning dentist, who has set up his wife for a m
Murder in Malibu
An ambitious womanizer, rejected by the romance novelist he planned to marry, ends the story she was writing with a gun
Columbo Goes to College
Lt. Columbo is invited as guest speaker in a Criminology course and squares off against two cunning students, who are co
Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Wade Anders, a former security expert, hosts the show Crime Alert. A rival host, news reader Bud, discovers Wade was in
Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star
Lt. Columbo is pitted against an equally brilliant, nationally recognized criminal defence lawyer who murders his rock s
Death Hits the Jackpot
After winning a $30 million lottery, photographer Freddy Brower, who wishes to keep the money a secret from the wife who
No Time to Die
Columbo attends the wedding of his police officer nephew. While her husband takes a shower, the bride disappears from th
A Bird in the Hand...
Given a deadline to pay his debts or else, chronic gambler Harold plants a bomb under the Rolls Royce of his uncle, spor
It's All in the Game
Nick Franco is a violent, two-timing gigolo and his current paramour, Laura Stanton, has had enough. With the help of a
Butterfly in Shades of Grey
Ego-maniac Fielding Chase, is a radio talk show host who in order to prevent his daughter from moving to New York, murde
Undercover
A photograph is the only clue for Columbo when two dead men and a seven year old mystery with $4 million dollars involve
Strange Bedfellows
Graham McVeigh, a thoroughbred ranch owner, kills his brother, and frames a local mob bookie. Then, under the guise of m
A Trace of Murder
Cathleen Calvert and her lover, crime scene investigator Patrick Kinsley, plot to get rid of Calvert's husband, Clifford
Ashes to Ashes
Mortician to the stars Eric Prince, kills gossip reporter Verity Chandler, who had knowledge of skeletons in Prince's cl
Murder With Too Many Notes
Hollywood film composer and conductor Findlay Crawford has been mentor to a talented young composer who has been ghostwr
Columbo Likes the Nightlife
The final Columbo story starring Peter Falk, Los Angeles rave promoter Justin Price helps his girlfriend Vanessa get rid
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