Wim Wenders’ acclaimed ‘Wings of Desire’ celebrates the 35th anniversary of its US release in May 2023. And as unlikely as it might seem, Columbo – both Peter Falk and his iconic detective character – was integral to its success. Glenn Stewart explains why…
All about the little-known stage play ‘Columbo Takes the Rap’ and how its hoped-for stint on Broadway never materialised…
Two-time guest killer WILLIAM SHATNER’s Columbo recollections have been made available exclusively to this blog – including what he really things about that moustache from Butterfly in Shades of Grey…
In this guest post, David Koenig, author of 2021 behind-the-scenes epic ‘Shooting Columbo’, sheds light on what an exhaustive process it could be to cast Columbo – using Season 4’s ‘Negative Reaction’ as a case study.
Guest 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.
Author David Koenig has solved a puzzle that many Columbo fans didn’t know needed solving: uncovering the true identity of the officious Tricon lady from ‘An Exercise in Fatality’. Who is she? Read on to find out…
SAINTS BE PRAISED! The 50-year-old Columbo mystery surrounding the identity of the nude model from Suitable for Framing has finally and officially been put to bed!
Guest 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…
Chronicling the two Columbo episodes that were scripted but never made – including one penned by none other than Hollywood heavyweight director Brian De Palma.
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