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The Columbo Confab Podcast

May 11, 2020

So this is it.  To cap the podcast off, Steve and Sean discuss their top five and bottom five episodes in both the 70's era of Columbo and the 90's.  They also reveal the plans for their next project!

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May 4, 2020

Accountant and certified genius Oliver Brandt (Theodore Bikel) is threatened with exposure by his business partner for embezzling funds from their clients.  Brandt executes a Rube Goldberg-esque murder scheme to murder his colleague at the home of the Sigma Society, a club for individuals with remarkably high I.Q.'s. ...


Apr 27, 2020

When affluent restaurant critic Paul Gerard (Louis Jourdan) finds himself in a pickle of a disagreement with the owner of a successful Italian restaurant, he kills the main by poisoning a bottle of wine.  Columbo is hot on the case, and he's pretty sure Gerard is his murderer, but he can't figure out how the poison got...


Apr 20, 2020

Electronics engineer Harold van Wyke (Oskar Werner) murders his mother-in-law to retain his role in the family business and to cover up his extramarital affairs.  When Columbo stumbles upon the crime scene, however, Van Wyke soon realizes that it's going to take more than just some fancy videotape equipment to outsmart...


Apr 13, 2020

In "Swan Song" (1974) country music artist Tommy Brown (Johnny Cash) is tired of being blackmailed by his domineering evangelical wife.  He arranges a complicated murder scheme involving an airplane crash, some spiked coffee, and a parachute.  Tommy's a nice fellow, despite his vices, but he keeps his cool when pursued...