Universal Crime

The curator (Joyce Van Patten) of a strapped family-owned museum stages a robbery, for insurance, then murders to hide her crime; guests Celeste Holm, Tim O'Connor.

An accountant, embezzling to support his wife's lifestyle, murders his partner after the man discovers his crimes.

A mystery writer uses her plot as a guide to murder her nephew, whom she blames for her niece's death.

Columbo investigates the murder of a gourmet restaurant owner who had been the victim of an extortionist.

A TV-network executive murders her boss and lover when he fails to promote her.

Columbo suspects a psychologist (Nicol Williamson), a noted expert in mind control, is guilty of murder.

An Irish poet, who fronts a peace organization while secretly running guns, kills an arms dealer who tries to swindle him.

An egocentric psychic murders his old mentor, a magician charged to expose him as fraud, by beheading him while he's rehearsing his guillotine trick.

A Hollywood director tries to fool Columbo when a studio becomes a murder scene.

The disheveled detective gets some free advice from a world-famous sex therapist.

The detective is called in to investigate the death of a sergeant major at a training camp.

Homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo investigates the murder of a famous painter's ex-wife.