Collecting signatures for Columbo
20Guest blogger Rich Weill outlines how Columbo’s most prolific writers left their own indelible signatures on the mysteries they created for the Lieutenant to unravel.
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Columbo’s Alpine adventure – the episode that never was
17Guest blogger Rich Weill shines a light on an unproduced Columbo adventure that would have seen the Lieutenant investigating a murder in the Italian Alps. Intrigued? Read on…
Trying to salvage Last Salute to the Commodore
47Playwright, lawyer and former US prosecutor Rich Weill is back in this guest post, offering us an alternative ending to the much-maligned Last Salute to the Commodore. Can it salvage one of the least popular Columbo episodes? Take a look…
Publish or Perish: a second opinion
21Former US prosecutor and regular guest blogger Rich Weill is back to share his opinion on Publish or Perish – an episode he describes as “one of the series’ great disappointments”. Can he be for real? Let’s see…
Make Me a Perfect Columbo: the 5 key steps to crafting a Columbo mystery
19If you’ve ever had ambitions of penning a Columbo mystery yourself, here are the crucial ingredients you need to get right to make it a success. Excellent, informed commentary from guest blogger – and former US Prosecutor – Richard Weill.
What happens when Columbo’s cases go to court?
40Former US prosecutor Rich Weill gives some expert insight on what would need to happen in court for Columbo’s cases to conclude with a conviction of guilt.
Columbo Dagger of the Mind: a second opinion
41In a first for the Columbophile blog, regular reader Richard Weill – a playwright, lawyer and former US prosecutor – provides a very different perspective to my own on Columbo Dagger of the Mind.
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