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The truth about Lt. Columbo

Rob Beschizza
Oct 20, 2025
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After Columbo Day last week, I refreshed my childhood memory of the investigator’s exploits in late 20th-century Los Angeles, where he exposed the city’s most cunning and confident murderers. Lieutenant Columbo, performed by the late Peter Falk, codified the “howcatchem“ genre: the audience knows who the killer is, and it’s all about how they are expose…

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