Universal Crime

A famous romance novelist is shot dead in the course of what looks like a robbery.

The rumpled lieutenant is invited to give a college lecture on criminology but ends up investigating the murder of one of the institution's professors.

Columbo investigates the murder of a crime show host's rival with incriminating evidence.

Columbo is put to the test against an equally brilliant, criminal defense lawyer who murders his rock star girlfriend.

A police detective questions a jewelry-store owner whose late nephew had a winning lottery ticket.

Columbo attends his nephew's wedding and as the couple get ready to leave on their honeymoon, the bride disappears; Columbo investigates and suspects his nephew may have made a few enemies on the police force.

Columbo investigates a hit-and-run, followed by a car explosion.

Two women kill their two-timing lover but have solid alibis; one of the women tries to seduce Columbo to keep him off her trail.

Columbo investigates a case involving argumentative radio talk show host Fielding Chase.

The disheveled detective sets out to solve an unusual double murder in which two men have apparently killed each other.

The detective is put on the case of a man who murders his brother.

Columbo matches wits with a forensics specialist, helping his girlfriend to frame her husband for a stockbroker's murder.

The inimitable cop must prove that a flamboyant Hollywood gossip reporter was murdered by her former lover.

A Hollywood film composer and conductor murders a talented, young musician out of jealousy.

Columbo investigates the apparent suicide of a tabloid reporter in the Los Angeles rave scene.

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Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) outwits a lawyer (Lee Grant) who has killed her husband but made it look like a kidnapping.

A blackmailer interferes with a mystery writer's scheme to kill his former partner in a perfect crime.

Columbo investigates the case of an unfaithful wife who was murdered when she refused to be blackmailed.

No body, no weapon and a witness courted by the war hero she thinks committed murder, complicate a case.

Columbo is caught in a case of stolen art and murder with evidence pointing to an innocent woman.

A competition between bitter siblings for ownership of a family-owned corporation, after their father's untimely death, escalates into murder.

An explosion kills an executive as he calls his wife from a car phone, and suspicion falls on a company attorney.

Columbo excavates the area surrounding the newly poured foundation of a building to search for a corpse.

A botanical collector involves his nephew in a kidnapping to break a trust fund, then murders him to finance his hobby.

The mistress of a conductor becomes a target for murder after threatening to tell all to her lover's wife.

A football-team manager (Robert Culp) establishes an electronic alibi for the murder of the team owner (Dean Stockwell) during a game; guests Valerie Harper, Susan Howard, James Gregory, Dean Jagger.

Columbo journeys to London to observe Scotland Yard, but winds up investigating murders committed by two Shakespearean actors.

The ongoing feud between an out-of-favor Hollywood actress and a gossip columnist results in murder. Guest star: Anne Baxter.

A surgeon kills a nurse who suspects him of intentionally botching the heart surgery of his colleague, a cardiac expert.

An American chess champion plays a private match with his challenger and kills him because the man is a better player.

Twins (Martin Landau in a dual role) kill their wealthy uncle just before his marriage to a younger woman.

A cosmetics manufacturer is suspected of murdering an employee (Martin Sheen) who stole a wrinkle-removing formula.

A wine connoisseur kills his playboy brother to prevent his selling the family winery to expiate his latest scandal.

A senatorial candidate exploits death threats, fabricated for publicity, to kill his manager.