With his rumpled trench coat and half-chewed cigars, not to mention his constantly breaking, decrepit car, Detective Columbo certainly looks like an underdog. But after just a few episodes it becomes ...

When it comes to television detectives, few are greater than Columbo. From 1971-1978, Peter Falk’s intrepid investigator solved mystery after mystery on prime time. He always ended his investigations ...

Detective Chimp is one of the stranger characters in DC Comics. Despite this, even Batman acknowledges him as the true “World’s Greatest Detective.” However, to help out his old Justice League Dark ...

Columbo Season 1 is an American crime drama series created by Richard Levinson and William Link. The opening chapter of the show puts Lieutenant Columbo, a cunning and unorthodox detective, in the ...

The first in a series of Japanese TV movies about a police detective who has adopted the dress and mannerisms of famous American TV detective Columbo, based on a series of novels by popular mystery ...

The series of Japanese TV movies about a police detective who has adopted the dress and mannerisms of famous American TV detective Columbo, based on a series of novels by popular mystery author Yasuo ...

The "women in refrigerators" trope as coined by Gail Simone, with "fridging" now a ubiquitous term, sees the partner or loved one of a protagonist murdered or maimed, often in a cruel and unusual ...

Mickey Haller, and Sam Spade, and John Sugar — oh my! If you’re craving a modernized old-school detective series in 2024, you don’t need to hire a private eye to find one. Mysteries with protagonists ...

Want to tell if someone is lying? Then use the Columbo method, according to psychiatrists. The tactic – named after the famous TV detective – should particularly be used by doctors on patients but ...