Master magician the great Santini is amazing audiences at the Cabaret of Magic. What they don’t know is that Santini hopes to pull of the grandest illusion of his career…
The owner of a bull ranch in Mexico gives his workers the day off, and then talks his number one man into fighting the bull who nearly killed his son….
A spy is killed on a lonely beach by his contact, but the killer has been photographed beforehand walking with the victim.
An ambassador from Suari and his code clerk kill the chief of security in an attempt to make it look like the chief was a traitor, who blew up the…
A fading actress kills her husband when he refuses to back her comeback show.
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 happens to be blind.
An inventor video tapes his mother-in-law’s death, and then replays it back to the security guard, to give himself an alibi.
While holidaying on board a cruise liner, Columbo helps capture the killer of the singer with the ship’s band.
The head of a military school kills one of the governors by sabotaging the gun which is used on founders day.
Brilliant photographer Paul Galesko plans to murder his domineering wife, Frances, and pin the crime on an ex-convict named Alvin Deschler. His plan is to make it look as if…
A health club owner kills his partner who is about to uncover a fraud and makes it look like an accident
A police commissioner provides an alibi to a friend who has just killed his wife. Later the commissioner kills his own wife and gets the friend to repay the favour.
A Country and Western singer kills his overpowering wife in a plane crash while he parachutes to safety.
The director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kind of genius is on the case: Lt. Columbo.
A publisher hires a Vietnam vet to kill his star author and thus give himself an alibi before the writer can defect to another publisher.
A filmmaker kills one of his clients. in a break, during the screening of a new ad campaign
A Senate Candidate running for office kills his campaign manager by making it look like he was the target for the killer’s bullet.
A wine connoisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.
Viveca Scott, the founder of Beauty Mark Cosmetics, is being threatened by her rival David Lang. When he finds out that her revolutionary cream formula actually removes wrinkles, he has…
A wealthy man is murdered; his twin nephews stand to inherit, but which one committed the crime?
A chess grandmaster disposes of the champion, who keeps coming back on him.
Leonard Nimoy plays a heart surgeon whose talents turn to murder. Stung by jealousy, he’s planning a surgical death for his brilliant but ailing associate. Will Geer plays the intended…
A fading movie star tries to murder a writer who is attempting to blackmail her, but accidentally kills her P.A.
While on a work trip to London, to learn the techniques of the British police, Columbo gets involved with the murder of Roger Haversham, a rich old businessman who is…
The manager of a football team kills the team’s owner, disguising himself as an ice cream vendor as a cover. He then uses a recording of a faked phone call…
Jarvis Goodland, along with his nephew, plan a kidnap scam to break the nephews trust fund, but after the money has been collected, Jarvis kills his partner.
The mistress of a conductor becomes a target for murder after threatening to tell all to her lover’s wife.
An architect kills his business partner and deliberately lets Columbo suspect him, leading Columbo to think that he’s hidden the body in the foundation of a building under construction. He…
A chemist rigs a bomb in his uncle’s car to gain control of his uncle’s company, then plants clues to make Columbo suspicious of the company’s Vice-President.
A woman shoots her overbearing brother, claiming she thought he was a burglar. Columbo doesn’t buy the self-defense claim – he know’s it’s murder.
An art critic, Dale Kingston, kills his uncle for his valuable collection of paintings. All the clues lead to the dead man’s first wife. Can Columbo correct the Lieutenant’s error…
A famous general kills a business associate, then woos a neurotic female witness to thwart Columbo’s investigation.
A private investigator kills his client’s wife after she threatens to expose his blackmail scheme. The client then hires the detective to assist Columbo in the search for the killer.
One member of a mystery-writing-team decides to kill his more talented partner when the better writer decides to go solo.
Civil War veteran Col. Henry Carrington takes command of Fort Phil Kearny in Northern Wyoming.
When Kansas becomes a battleground in the national debate over slavery, settlers on both sides of the issue pour into the territory to determine its future.
In Gold Rush California, Mexican immigrant Joaquin Murrieta forms a gang of outlaws that spreads terror across the newly formed state.
The abduction of nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker kicks off a series of increasingly deadly confrontations between her Comanche captors and the newly independent Texas.
Missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman settle by the Columbia River to convert the Cayuse. Cultural clashes and a measles outbreak increase tensions, leading to a fateful confrontation.
After building his reputation as a formidable hunter on Lewis and Clark’s Expedition into the newly acquired Louisiana Territory, John Colter chooses to stay out in the wilderness and enter…
Following years of land encroachments by American settlers, Chief Little Turtle of the Miami leads the Indian Nations of the Northwest Confederacy to a major victory over the fledgling U.S….
At an exclusive wine tasting, host Raymond Bettane dies from a spiked drink. As the detectives question each of the guests, Mick makes a shocking discovery about Bettane’s vintage wines.
When the magic door reroutes Charlie, Lysa and Connor to a bizarre manor where a series of Agatha Christie-style murders take place, they must figure out whodunnit, while Vikram tries…
The decision to arrest Jesus leads to a fiery debate. Roman soldiers track down a troublemaking crowd. Shmuel finds help from an unexpected source.
