Episodes 6

1 An Exercise in Fatality

September 15, 1974

1h 38m

A health club owner kills his partner who is about to uncover a fraud and makes it look like an accident

2 Negative Reaction

October 15, 1974

1h 31m

Brilliant photographer Paul Galesko plans to murder his domineering wife, Frances, and pin the crime on an ex-convict named Alvin Deschler. His plan is to make it look as if Alvin kidnapped his wife and killed her before picking up the ransom money.

3 By Dawn's Early Light

October 27, 1974

1h 38m

The head of a military school kills one of the governors by sabotaging the gun which is used on founders day.

4 Troubled Waters

February 9, 1975

1h 38m

While holidaying on board a cruise liner, Columbo helps capture the killer of the singer with the ship's band.

5 Playback

March 2, 1975

1h 14m

An inventor video tapes his mother-in-law's death, and then replays it back to the security guard, to give himself an alibi.

6 A Deadly State of Mind

April 27, 1975

1h 15m

A doctor kills the husband of the woman he is having an affair with but is seen leaving the house by a witness who is happens to be blind.

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