A passive husband encounters the strangled body of his nagging wife just before leaving on a trip and decides not to tell anyone out of fear of looking guilty.

A conniving husband approaches the assumed mother, a fading movie star, of his wife and demands a portion of his wife's inheritance.

A hapless man gets into an argument during a poker game and attacks another player, leading to a faked murder and a ruthless blackmail scheme.

A father disapproving of an interracial romance hires a detective to frame a Japanese girl for the theft of his wife's expensive pearls.

A rancher has foreclosed on a neighboring rancher's property and prized stallion, but the foreclosing rancher soon dies from what appears to a horse attack.

An altercation between Paul and another man leads to both men being knocked unconscious during a scuffle, only to find himself awakening to the dead man's body.

Columbo meets a murdered rock star's former lover, a witty lawyer who has never lost a case, and he soon discovers the victim was blackmailing the lawyer.

Columbo investigates the murder of a recent lottery winner who had been planning to divorce his wife right before his death.

A private chef competing for her dream job with a celebrity restaurateur finds inspiration in her mother's recipes, sweet honey and a struggling beekeeper.

Katie has only three weeks to develop a collection that could launch her brand to national prominence as she reconnects with her first love.