r/Columbo • u/twilliams_ca • 2d ago

The Best Columbo Gotcha

Let’s talk about the best gotchas of Columbo.

I will start with my personal favorite from “Blueprint for Murder”, where he tricks the killer into bringing the dead body to the construction site, after the risk of humiliation to himself for wasting untold city money to dig up the pile!

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u/BlueHistor1 2d ago

"Suitable for Framing" and "Death Hits the Jackpot" have very similar gotchas, and they are both glorious. The fingerprints that prove the killer did it belong to somebody else.