Universal Crime A psychiatrist uses a patient, he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife. His perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant. 2026-04-01 Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) outwits a lawyer (Lee Grant) who has killed her husband but made it look like a kidnapping. 2026-04-01 A blackmailer interferes with a mystery writer's scheme to kill his former partner in a perfect crime. 2026-04-01 Columbo investigates the case of an unfaithful wife who was murdered when she refused to be blackmailed. 2026-04-01 No body, no weapon and a witness courted by the war hero she thinks committed murder, complicate a case. 2026-04-02 Columbo is caught in a case of stolen art and murder with evidence pointing to an innocent woman. 2026-04-02 A competition between bitter siblings for ownership of a family-owned corporation, after their father's untimely death, escalates into murder. 2026-04-02 An explosion kills an executive as he calls his wife from a car phone, and suspicion falls on a company attorney. 2026-04-02 Columbo excavates the area surrounding the newly poured foundation of a building to search for a corpse. 2026-04-02 A botanical collector involves his nephew in a kidnapping to break a trust fund, then murders him to finance his hobby. 2026-04-02 The mistress of a conductor becomes a target for murder after threatening to tell all to her lover's wife. 2026-04-02 A football-team manager (Robert Culp) establishes an electronic alibi for the murder of the team owner (Dean Stockwell) during a game; guests Valerie Harper, Susan Howard, James Gregory, Dean Jagger. 2026-04-02 Columbo journeys to London to observe Scotland Yard, but winds up investigating murders committed by two Shakespearean actors. 2026-04-02 The ongoing feud between an out-of-favor Hollywood actress and a gossip columnist results in murder. Guest star: Anne Baxter. 2026-04-02 A surgeon kills a nurse who suspects him of intentionally botching the heart surgery of his colleague, a cardiac expert. 2026-04-02 An American chess champion plays a private match with his challenger and kills him because the man is a better player. 2026-04-02 Twins (Martin Landau in a dual role) kill their wealthy uncle just before his marriage to a younger woman. 2026-04-02 A cosmetics manufacturer is suspected of murdering an employee (Martin Sheen) who stole a wrinkle-removing formula. 2026-04-02 A wine connoisseur kills his playboy brother to prevent his selling the family winery to expiate his latest scandal. 2026-04-02 A senatorial candidate exploits death threats, fabricated for publicity, to kill his manager. 2026-04-02