A two-faced agent sabotages his comedian's long awaited TV comeback, which causes the comedian to consider suicide; but the agent is the one who ends up dead.

The sole heir to the will of a wealthy man is accused of burning down the wealthy man's mansion and also killing him in the blaze.

A man claiming to be a bishop arranges a reunion between a once orphaned woman and her wealthy father, but shortly after the meeting, her father is murdered.

An elusive last chapter in a murdered playwright's script is crucial in solving a murder case and clearing an accused actor of charges.

Stolen confidential tapes of conversations between a psychiatrist and his patients are being used as leverage in an extortion ploy.

A mental institute escapee is having trouble pleading her innocence against overwhelming evidence, but a strange howling dog may hold the key to her freedom.

A gambling dentist murders a famous actor and patient after he discovers he has been seeing his wife and Columbo must get him to confess.

An ambitious womanizer is rejected by a romance novelist he's planning to marry, so he creates a violent ending for their story.