Columbo Cases

Cases that Columbo solves by tempting/provoking killer to plant evidence.

Columbo Goes To College
Troubled Waters
A Friend In Deed

Cases that Columbo solves by getting killer's girlfriend (or boyfriend) to rat on him (or her)

Prescription: Murder
A Trace of Murder - 25th Anniversary
Undercover
Lady In Waiting

Cases where killer is a military figure

By Dawn's Early Light
Grand Deceptions
Dead Weight

Cases that Columbo solves with unusual fingerprint evidence

Suitable For Framing
Troubled Waters
Death Hits The Jackpot

Cases that Columbo solves by tricking the killer into thinking it's safe to confess

A Case Of Immunity
Rest In Peace, Mrs Columbo

Cases where killer or accomplice used a disguise

Prescription: Murder
Sex And The Married Detective
Identity Crisis
Strange Bedfellows
Candidate For Crime
Now You See Him
Columbo And The Murder Of A Rock Star
Fade In To Murder
Last Salute To The Commodore

Cases where killer uses gadgetry (other than video)

Columbo Goes To College
Short Fuse
Mind Over Mayhem

Cases where murder was set-up to look like natural death

Double Shock
Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous To Your Health
Uneasy Lies The Crown

Cases where killer was a doctor (M.D. or other)

Prescription: Murder
A Stitch In Crime
Sex And The Married Detective
Double Exposure
Mind Over Mayhem
Uneasy Lies The Crown
A Deadly State Of Mind
How To Dial A Murder

Cases where the killer was a lawyer

Ransom For A Dead Man
Agenda For Murder
Columbo And The Murder Of A Rock Star