Ransom for a Dead Man
Episode: 1971-03-01 | Airdate: Mar 1, 1971
A brilliant tort attorney gets rid of her boring husband by faking his kidnapping and keeping the ransom. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo.
Episode: 1971-03-01 | Airdate: Mar 1, 1971
A brilliant tort attorney gets rid of her boring husband by faking his kidnapping and keeping the ransom. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo.
Episode: 1971-09-15 | Airdate: Sep 15, 1971 (90 min)
When one member of a mystery writing team wants to break from his less talented partner, she becomes the victim in a real-life murder mystery.
Episode: 1971-10-06 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1971 (90 min)
When the CEO of a private detective agency threatens the wife of a publisher with blackmail and she threatens to expose him, he accidentally kills her.
Episode: 1971-10-27 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1971 (90 min)
A war hero shoots and kills his business partner; an easily manipulated young divorcée is the only witness.
Episode: 1971-11-17 | Airdate: Nov 17, 1971 (90 min)
A wealthy art collector is murdered, and all signs point to a robbery gone wrong. But the nephew's alibi is a little too convenient, and Columbo pulls a fast one to ferret out the killer.
Episode: 1971-12-15 | Airdate: Dec 15, 1971 (90 min)
A mousy heiress murders her brother, pretending she thought he was a burglar. Lt. Columbo unravels her alibi.