1968
Prescription: Murder

1971
Ransom for a dead man
Murder by the book
Death lends a hand
Dead Weight
Suitable for framing
Lady in waiting

1972
Short fuse
Blueprint for murder
Etude in black
The greenhouse jungle
The most crucial game
Dagger of the mind

1973
Requiem for a falling star
A stitch in crime
The most dangerous match
Double shock
Lovely but lethal
Any old port in a storm
Candidate for crime
Double exposure

1974
Publish or perish
Mind over mayhem
Swansong
A friend in deed
An exercise in fatality
Negative reaction
By dawn's early light

1975
Troubled waters
Playback
A deadly state of mind
Forgotten lady
A case of immunity
Identity crisis

1976
A matter of honor
Now you see him
Last salute to the commodore
Fade in to murder
Old fashioned murder

1977
The Bye Bye Sky High IQ murder case
Try and catch me

1978
Murder under glass
Make me a perfect murder
How to dial a murder
The conspirators

1989
Columbo Goes to the Guillotine
Murder, smoke and shadows
Sex and the married detective
Grand deceptions
Murder, a self portrait

1990
Columbo Cries Wolf
Agenda for murder
Rest in peace, Mrs. Columbo
Uneasy lies the crown
Murder in Malibu
Columbo goes to College

1991
Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Columbo and the murder of a rock star
Death hits the jackpot

1992
No time to die
A bird in the hand...

1993
It's all in the game

1994
Butterfly in shades of grey
Undercover

1995
Strange bedfellows

1997
A trace of murder

1998
Ashes to ashes

2000
Murder with too many notes

2003
Columbo Likes the Nightlife


Some of the Columbo episode plot synopsis are longer than others. This not only reflects the intricacy and level of explanation needed for the plot, but sometimes also the level of interest the reviewer had when watching the episode.