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.

A hypnotist (Jose Ferrer) is murdered before a host of would-be witnesses who all were in a deep trance at the time.

Jessica is asked to complete the last weeks of an expired congressman's term, and discovers politics is murder.

A Broadway legend's (Vivian Blaine) life is threatened after her daughter (Lorna Luft) is seriously injured in a mugging.

A talk-show host (Clive Revill) and a cab driver (Garrett Morris) help Jessica solve the murder of a New Orleans jazz musician.

On a pleasure cruise, Jessica's niece (Belinda Montgomery) receives flowers and messages from her late husband.

Murder is part of a legendary artist's (Cesar Romero) birthday celebration on a Mediterranean island paradise.

Jessica cooperates with private detective Harry McGraw (Jerry Orbach), whose partner died while researching a murder trial.

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

A motivational researcher blackmails to further his career, kills a man, then frames the victim's wife.

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.

Sparks fly between a physical therapist and an injured tennis star who is temporarily living at a tropical resort.

An influencer loses everything when her parents cut her off; homeless, she soon learns the meaning of true influence.

A child custody case turns deadly after a stack of gambling IOUs is used against Perry's client.

A jealous suitor indulges in vindictive harassment until he is killed; guests Mala Powers, Nancy Kulp, Ellen Corby.

A juvenile, previously convicted of theft, is charged with stealing a piece of antique jewelry and killing its owner.

Perry runs afoul of a beautiful blond detective and later finds his client charged with murder.

A limping canary convinces Mason that his client is innocent, but proving it in court is very difficult.

Perry's latest mystery involves a dead wife suing for divorce, a sister act featuring a non sister, a husband and an ex-husband.

Jessica inherits part of a pro football team, but the owner's murder convinces her there is more roughness off the field than on.

Jessica opposes an ambitious district attorney (Pat Harrington) who believes her poet friend (Paul Sand) killed a novelist.

Stranded at a roadside diner by a storm, bus passengers Jessica and Sheriff Tupper investigate the murder of a fellow traveler.

Hospitalized in Dallas after an airport accident, Jessica endures the inconvenience of a leg cast to probe an in-patient murder.

Jessica reunites with her college roommate at a desert resort and probes the murder of the woman's ex-husband.

At a Wyoming rancher's grave, a man shocks mourners -- including the deceased's daughter -- by claiming to be the true heir.

Jessica masquerades as a wealthy widow at a luxurious tropical hotel in an effort to trap the murderer of her good friend.

An enraged publisher hires a gunman to kill an author who intends to sign a contract with a competitor.

A prodigy and his robot help investigate the murder of a professor who threatened to disgrace a colleague's scientist son.

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

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

When the seaside town of Shaw Bay is under threat of a redevelopment, realtor Erin will do anything to save it.

Sophie, a successful marketing executive, has always used her 10-step plans to succeed in her goals. Naturally, she tries to use her plans to find love, but things take a turn when she meets Mason Wyatt, the grandson of orchard owners.

Mason is hired to establish the fact that a one-time famous actress is the mother of his client's wife.

A man (Dick Foran) seeks Perry's help for his brother (Wynn Pierce), who has been forging checks to pay off gambling debts.

A girl (Nobu McCarthy) is charged with stealing rose pearls, then with murder; guest George Takei.

A wealthy, crippled old man takes a woman's prized racehorse as payment for her mortgage.

Paul Drake becomes the defendant in a murder case and retains Perry.

Perry gets caught between two rivals for an executive position in an investment firm; guest Arthur Franz.

A cheap tycoon with many enemies is found dead on the construction site of his high-rise hotel.

Jessica's actress niece (Alice Krige) is the prime suspect in the murder of a daytime-drama writer (Jessica Walter).

Jessica is drawn into the investigation when an obnoxious man is murdered on the weekend she visits a college campus.

Jessica heads to London in answer to a foreboding message from her cousin (Angela Lansbury in a dual role).

Jessica's friend (Ann Blyth) fears she is going insane and may have murdered her husband.

While staying at a lakeside inn, Jessica investigates the drowning of a championship swimmer.

Jessica must help her niece, a jockey whose first victory is followed by charges of murdering the horse's owner.

After killing his mother-in-law, an electronics magnate's alibi is a video security system.

A psychiatrist (George Hamilton) romances a wealthy patient (Lesley Ann Warren) then uses her in his alibi after killing her husband (Stephen Elliott).

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.

Nora, a promising architect, inherits a mansion that she plans to sell to start her own business. Right away, she encounters a big problem with the accountant of her late uncle, Jamie, who makes her reconsider her desires and priorities.

Hallie and Lucas plan the tropical beach wedding of their dreams, but family conflicts force them to put on a small town wedding in the snow instead.

A model suspected of selling bathing-suit designs to her employer's competition becomes involved in murder.

A woman (Lurene Tuttle) is accused of killing a nephew who neglected his financial obligations to her.

Perry searches for a glamorous movie star driven into hiding because of a worthless movie contract.

Perry interrupts plans for a fishing vacation to help an ex-convict accused of robbery and murder by an entire town.

Perry defends a widow trying to re-establish her dead husband's reputation with his father; guests Simon Oakland, Patricia Barry.

Perry's search for truth leads him on a hunt ranging from books to bookies; guests Marshall Thompson, Madlyn Rhue.

While teaching an English class at a women's prison, Jessica steps in when a murder leads to a hostage situation.

A woman is electrocuted in the bathtub, and the chaos that follows makes things difficult for Amos as he prepares to turn the reins over to a new sheriff.

Jessica investigates when murder fells a local Navajo Indian guide who opposed an archaeologist's desecration of tribal lands.

Jessica suspects a murderous cover-up in a cosmetics firm run by volatile siblings (Jayne Meadows, Robert Culp).

Jury foreman Jessica doubts a married man's (Tony Bill) self-defense claim in the death of his lover's husband.

Tainted strawberry preserves make several patrons ill and seem to be the cause of one woman's death at a popular inn.

Jessica and a colleague (Craig Stevens) encounter a mob ready to lynch a man suspected of murdering a bully.

A foreign dignitary murders his rival then disguises the crime as part of a robbery blamed on college protesters.

A retired bullfighter credited with saving a young man from a bull arranges the death of the boy's father to protect his own reputation.

Despite an alibi, Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) thinks that a smooth Hollywood psychiatrist (Gene Barry) has killed his wife.

An attorney murders her husband, fakes his kidnapping and keeps the ransom.

A TV chef is divinely inspired to take over her late aunt's charity with help from a new friend and handsome neighbor.

Amber joins single father Connor overseas in Aruba to tutor and watch over his daughter, Macey, while he focuses on work.

Hamilton Burger disqualifies himself when Perry's client is his good friend; guests Ruta Lee, J. Pat O'Malley.

A scheme to control millions involves a wife's revenge and the theft of $112,000; guest Charles Aidman.

Perry seeks telescopic photographs as evidence in a murder case; guest Barbara Bain.

A secretary tells of a strange package, a ransacked apartment, a reporter and a corpse; guests Louise Fletcher, Beverly Garland.

Perry is surprised to learn the murder weapon in a current case was once his property.

Perry is accused of courtroom theatrics when he calls a miner's donkey to the stand; guest Susan George.