Steve and Sean talk about "Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo" (1990) in which realtor Vivian Dimitri (Helen Shaver) kills her boss to avenge the imprisonment and eventual death of her late husband. As the title suggests, wackiness ensues when Vivian has designs not only on the policeman who caught her husband, but his wife as well. Will Columbo escape with his life before finding the evidence that will put Vivian behind bars? Will he eat his wife's poisoned jam? Why is everyone attending this fake funeral? Listen in and find out!

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In "A Stitch in Crime" (1973) a talented heart surgeon (played by Leonard Nimoy) kills twice to cover up his murderous plan to do away with his colleague in a diabolical plot involving dissolving suture. Does this episode deserve a good diagnosis? Or was it DOA? Listen in to what Steve and Sean have to say and find out!

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Steve and Sean open Season Eight of The Columbo Confab podcast with "A Trace of Murder" (1997) starring David Rasche as a forensic scientist who plots with his mistress to frame her millionaire husband for murder. Does this episode pass scientific muster? Or is it bunkum? Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean thought!

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Steve and Sean turn the dial on the Wayback Machine to 1968 and the premiere of Prescription: Murder (1968), starring Gene Barry as an adulterous psychiatrist who bumps off his wife with the help of his mistress. Is this episode up to FDA standards? Or is as toxic as diet pills? Listen in and find out!

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In "Uneasy Lies the Crown" (1990), diabolical dentist Wesley Corman (played by James Read) has a creative plot to poison his wife's lover, but not exactly for the reason you expect: he wants to humiliate his wife and continuing practicing dentistry with his father-in-law. Is this a story that's polished? Or is it full of cavities? Listen to Steve and Sean and find out!

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Steve and Sean finish up the Robert Culp trifecta with "Double Exposure" (1973), in which Culp stars as a motivational research scientist who gets caught blackmailing clients with his named by unseen girlfriend's "fabulous body." Audiotapes, film, nickels, and raisins abound when Culp bumps off another hapless blackmailer to cover up the first murder. Oh, what a tangled web he weaves! What did Steve and Sean think? Listen and find out!

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"Grand Deceptions" (1989) stars Robert Foxworth as a colonel whose insider dealings may just land him in prison but for that pesky subordinate who insists on blackmailing him. There's leaves, a flashlight, a toothbrush, and even a woman sitting on a well as Columbo matches wits with this clever military murderer. But what did Steve and Sean think of it? Listen and find out!

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Season Seven of the podcast opens with "Death Lends a Hand" (1971) starring series regular Robert Culp as a private investigator whose attempt to blackmail a client's adulterous wife crashes like a corpse through a glass coffee table. Signet rings, contact lenses, and shag carpeting abound in this early episode, but what did Steve and Sean think about it? Listen in and find out!

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In "Agenda for Murder" (1990), Oscar Finch (Patrick McGoohan) lands in hot water when a 21-year-old scandal threatens his political future. There's cigars, gunpowder, blood, and cheese. Is this episode guilty as charged? Or is it truly a winning ticket? Listen in to see what Steve and Sean thought?

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In "Last Salute to the Commodore" (1976) naval expert Charles Clay (Robert Vaughn) when his father-in-law, the crusty old Commodore, is found bludgeoned with a belaying pin. Soon this seemingly traditional "Columbo" episode turns into an Agatha-Christie style whodunit when Clay turns up murdered as well, leaving a roomful of suspects. Was it the Commodore's secret lover? His nephew? His foreman? His lawyer? Or maybe his drunken daughter? Listen in as Steve and Sean discuss what they think about this most unusual of episodes.

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